Reviews
India: A History in Objects
My book India A History in Objects has been reviewed in a number of academic journals, including:
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies
Crispin Branfoot said:
“This wonderful book joins the British Museum's growing series of highly illustrated and accessible introductions to the cultural history of the world..."
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Journal of the History of Collections
Arthur MacGregor complimented me on the ambitious sweep of my book:
“ranging from the Palaeolithic to the late twentieth century and from stone tools to present-day film and music-making”
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The Fortnightly Review
Tom Lowenstein described the book as:
“beautifully written and with a moral purpose”
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Interviews
On my recent visit to India to promote the book, I also gave a number of interviews to Indian newspapers:
The Times of India
I spoke of my desire to:
"highlight the astonishing variety of India's culture."
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The Telegraph of Calcutta
I said my focus on objects to tell stories goes back to my “origins as a field archaeologist”.
Articles
I also wrote a report about the book in British Museum Magazine in Autumn 2022.
Processional bronze image of the deity Vishnu. He is depicted four-armed and in his upper hands he holds his two distinctive attributes, the flaming wheel (upper right) and the flaming conch. Probably from the Kongunadu part of western Tamil Nadu, c. AD 950. Purchased with the Brooke Sewell Permanent Fund. 1967,1215.1
Photograph © British Museum
