Thread by @shaibaba

Top 5 of my 2024 #BooksWorthReading
1. The Other Mohan in Britain’s Indian Ocean Empire by Amrita Shah - Unputdownable historical investigation that is part travelogue and part personal history with deep insights into the lives of South African Indians. @amritareach
🧵1/5

2. The Gujaratis - A Portrait Of A Community by Salil Tripathi -Finally have a copy and can’t wait to start on this epic introduction to the people of Gujarat by Salil whose last book, The Colonel Who Would Not Repent, I totally enjoyed for its scholarship. @saliltripathi
🧵2/5

@saliltripathi 3. Speaking With Nature - The Origins of Indian Environmentalism by Ramachandra Guha - Yet another scholarly introduction by best known Indian historian to 10 remarkable individuals who have wrote and shaped the Indian environmental consciousness. @Ram_Guha
🧵3/5

@saliltripathi @Ram_Guha 4. The Golden Road - How Ancient India Transformed The World by William Dalrymple -Dalrymple never disappoints and after months of listening to his hugely popular @EmpirePodUK , it felt good to immerse in his erudite and yet friendly writing again.@DalrympleWill
🧵4/5

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@DalrympleWill 5. Gods, Guns And Missionaries- The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity by Manu S Pillai - This big book on birthnof Hindu nationalism by one of our brightest young historians is Up Next on the bookshelf and being a big fan, I can tell it is going to be a great ride! @UnamPillai