Sudeshna Guha includes in this book a Mughal knife that is made from a meteorite. This is a precious necklace split between two nations at the partition and a butter advert that achieves iconic status (1/5)
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Guha provides a panoramic view of the rich histories of the subcontinent through a curatorial selection of objects from the prehistoric ages through 21st-century India (2/5)
The author explains the incisive essays in this collection in detail, not just objects but the histories of their reception and Guha examines how changing times and attitudes cast their presence on the ways in which the past is interpreted and recalled (3/5)
'A History of India through 75 Objects' inspires readers to interrogate their own notions of a knowable past and fixed national history (4/5)
The book teeming with thought-provoking insights and surprising anecdotes and the essays instill a sense of wonder about the continuous processes by which histories are constructed (5/5)
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