This thorough and dense history of the Middle East from the crumbling of the Ottoman Empire through the Suez Crisis (roughly 1900–1960) is written with an eye toward the topical and with confidence ...

‘India: A History’ by John Keay opens with a comprehensive discussion on The Harappan World, in historical perspective. The author traces the various religious beliefs i.e. Christianity, Judaism and ...

From Lagaan to his inability to see India as the 'mystical East,' historian John Keay speaks about his love for fiction and facts. From Lagaan to his inability to see India as the 'mystical East,' ...

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The sub-title is important. John Keay, doyen of British Indian studies, has written a thoroughly-researched biography, but one which depends much on speculation and the weighing of often contradictory ...

John Keay, a correspondent in Kashmir in the 1960s, has written extensively on the Himalayas and on exploration. I enjoyed reading his book The Great Arc: The Dramatic Tale of How India was Mapped and ...

Riding in a shared taxi across one of the Comoros Islands a few years ago, I was surprised to see the only tarmac road being used by farmers to dry their cloves. Spice-farming, it appeared, had done ...

KARACHI: As the East India Company established itself in India - taking over land and business, they feared that other Europeans such as the French might try to sneak into their territory. This fear ...

Meet one of UK’s most respected historians and Indologist, John Keay, in conversation with Sudeshna B Baruah. How long have you been associated with India? It was my passion for angling (chuckles) ...