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Manu S. Pillai
Manu S. Pillai is the author of the critically acclaimed The Ivory Throne, Rebel Sultans and The Courtesan, the Mahatma & the Italian Brahmin. Formerly chief of staff to Shashi Tharoor MP, he is a winner of the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar. His other essays on history have appeared in Mint Lounge, The Hindu, Hindustan Times, Open Magazine, New Statesman and other publications.
Sessions
Raya: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara
Srinivas Reddy in conversation Manu S. Pillai
Srinivas Reddy’s Raya: Krishnadevaraya of Vijayanagara is a vivid and compelling account of one of the most dynamic and illustrious rulers of the Indian subcontinent. Krishnadevaraya was known not only for his political expansion throughout the Deccan but also for the cultural dynamism and the nurturing of ancient texts and tradition he encouraged in the milieu. Reddy is a translator, musician and academic who has also translated Krishnadevaraya’s Amuktamalyada and Kalidasa’s Meghadutam and Malavikagnimitram. In conversation with author Manu S. Pillai, he examines the splendour of Krishnadevaraya’s rule and its impact on the region.
Akbar:
Ira Mukhoty in conversation with Manu S. Pillai
Akbar was the most admired of all the Mughals and one of only two Indian rulers to be widely known as ‘The Great’ but before Ira Mukhoty’s writings, he has been without a modern biography. Here Mukhoty talks about her groundbreaking study with fellow historian Manu S. Pillai.
AKBAR
Ira Mukhoty and Manu S. Pillai in conversation
Akbar was the most admired of all amongst the Mughals and one of only two Indian rulers to be widely known as ‘The Great’. But before Ira Mukhoty’s ‘Akbar: The Great Mughal’, he had been without a modern biography. Here Mukhoty talks about her ground-breaking study with fellow historian Manu S. Pillai.