Historian William Dalrymple was in Mumbai to promote his new title. We caught up with the Scotsman, and discovered how this book situates India at the helm of intellectual and cultural transmission in the ancient period
19 November,2024 07:34 PM IST | Mumbai | Nandini Varma
In this extract from his new book, noted historian William Dalrymple details how Buddhist monks shaped India’s early religious history in the second century BCE at the little known Bhaja Caves that still stand just 2.5 hours from Mumbai
15 September,2024 07:52 AM IST | Mumbai | Team SMD
In a conversational-style podcast, authors William Dalrymple and Anita Anand explore the stories, personalities and events of empires in history, starting with the Raj
04 September,2022 07:54 AM IST | Mumbai | Ela Das
A few hours after Indian-born British author Salman Rushdie was attacked at a literary event in New York, several authors from the literary community around the world including Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, William Dalrymple, Taslima Nasreen and Amitav Ghosh have expressed their feelings
13 August,2022 02:15 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Get reintroduced to India’s history that you thought you knew, with a lecture by William Dalrymple
06 May,2022 06:16 AM IST | Mumbai | Tanishka D’Lyma
Dharker was a former Mid-day and Sunday Mid-day editor, and the founder-director of the Mumbai International Literary Festival
26 March,2021 02:18 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
An exhibition showcases photographs historian William Dalrymple captured while researching for his next book
12 April,2018 09:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
Renowned author William Dalrymple's second outing as a photographer champions mobile phone photography
22 April,2018 08:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Benita Fernando
William Darlymple's latest book celebrates faceless Indian artists commissioned by the East India Company who developed a unique style that was two-third Mughal, one-third European, but ignored by both India and England
19 January,2020 08:15 AM IST | Mumbai | Anju Maskeri
From corrupt traders to ruthless administrators, William Dalrymple's latest book chronicles how exactly a London-based joint-stock company went on to rule India
18 October,2019 07:00 AM IST | Fiona FernandezADVERTISEMENT
