Articles by William Dalrymple
The Golden Road: Read an exclusive excerpt from William Dalrymple’s new book
Why are parts of the country still dotted with Roman coin hordes? See how ancient trade led to India being called the ‘sink of the world’s precious metals’.

Updated on Sep 06, 2024 02:23 PM IST
A life in pursuit of Indian miniatures
BN Goswamy shifted the focus from art patrons to master painters by reconstructing their lives through a combination of brilliant detective work and intuition

Published on Nov 22, 2023 10:38 PM IST
William Dalrymple on JLF: It’s like a super-university pitching its tents in Jaipur
In just over a decade since its start, the Jaipur Literature Festival is widely recognised as the world’s largest, and most exciting and most influential book festival. In the process, it has inspired over 300 smaller literary festivals that have sprung up like magic across South Asia.

Updated on Jan 24, 2018 01:33 PM IST
Hindustan Times, Jaipur |
William Dalrymple
JLF 2017: Dalrymple welcomes all to ‘the Ibiza of world literature’ once again
Historian-writer William Dalrymple, who is also one of the organisers of the Jaipur Literature Festival, talks about how the now famed literary extravaganza grew over the years and its significance for the reading-writing community.

Updated on Jan 18, 2017 01:58 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
William Dalrymple
JLF 2016: Mark your presence at the Ibiza of world literature
FromDalit literature to novelists from Balkans and the Caribbean, Jaipur Literature Festival 2016 promises to be the spot in world literature. Here’s a round-up from the creator-founder, William Dalrymple.

Updated on Jan 20, 2016 10:01 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
William Dalrymple
Showcasing literary India to the world: Jaipur LitFest begins today
William Dalrymple reminisces how eleven years ago at JLF, there were just fourteen people who turned up at his reading session out of whom 10 were Japanese tourists who had got lost. A decade later by some strange yogic sleight of hand, the festival has shifted into the largest free literature festival in the world.

Updated on Jan 21, 2015 09:56 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
William DalrympleJaipur to swing with music, fact and fiction
The Zee Jaipur Literature Festival is a unique celebration of writing that has grown into something much bigger and more wonderful to anything we could ever have hoped when we first conceived this festival nearly a decade ago.

Updated on Jan 17, 2014 12:00 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
William DalrympleGet bookmarked, Jaipur Literature Festival opens today
The Jaipur Literature Festival is a unique celebration of writing that has grown into something bigger and more wonderful to anything we could ever have hoped when we first conceived this festival. William Dalrymple writes. Jaipur lit fest is here

Updated on Jan 24, 2013 03:32 PM IST
Hindustan Times | , New Delhi
William DalrympleTurn to Jaipur for a magical literary tour
Today opens in Jaipur the biggest and liveliest festival of literature east of the Suez. It is also, we believe, the largest free literature festival in the world, writes William Dalrymple. Must attend list

Updated on Jan 21, 2011 11:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | , Jaipur
William DalrympleCome ye all to Asia’s biggest literature fest
Something rather remarkable has happened at Jaipur. The DSC Jaipur Literature Festival has grown like some creature from the Puranic myths, writes William Dalrymple.

Updated on Jan 21, 2010 09:11 AM IST
'Don’t shoot! They weren’t scheming Orientalists!'
In the preface to writings by European travellers to Mughal India, William Dalrymple defends the pre-colonial writers.

Updated on May 14, 2007 03:26 PM IST
Hindustan Times |
William Dalrymple