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Sunil Khilnani, "Incarnations"
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October 5, 2016
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49:13Now PlayingTo tell the history of India, a vast, ancient, and almost incomprehensibly complex place, Khilnani, the Avantha Professor and Director of the India Institute at King’s College London, and author of The Idea of India, focuses on a series of individuals, letting their particular experiences tell the larger stories of ethnicities, religions, political movements, and regions. The result was first a popular BBC show and now this wide-ranging and colorful book. As he follows figures including the Buddha, a Sanskrit linguist, Gandhi, as well as warriors, artists, and entrepreneurs, Khilnani looks not only at India’s past and present but at how its history informs life there today.
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