Incarnations A History of India in 50 Lives

For all of India’s myths stories and moral epics Indian history remains a curiously unpeopled place. In Incarnations Sunil Khilnani fills that space recapturing the human dimension of how the world’s largest democracy came to be. His trenchant portraits of emperors warriors philosophers film stars and corporate titans-some famous some unjustly forgotten-bring feeling wry humour and uncommon insight to dilemmas that extend from ancient times to our own. About the Author Sunil Khilnani is the author of the acclaimed and influential The Idea of India. He is currently the Avantha Professor and director of the India Institute at King’s College London.