On books to read, historian William Dalrymple says: “For the modern period, Ramachandra Guha is the accepted final word on modern Indian history. For Mughal history—serious, scholarly history—Sanjay Subrahmanyam is probably the best. For more accessible writing, Ira Mukhoty writes wonderfully well. For the medieval period, I’m a great fan of the young Anirudh Kanisetti, who has written exceptionally well,” adding a few more names. #Unpolitics | Preeti Choudhry | India Today

Historian Ramachandra Guha was detained by police for protesting the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act. This is what he said about democracy at a Literary Meet for Tolerance in 2018. It was organised by the Gram Seva Sangh | Brut India