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Fiction to cure everything from snobbery to apathy
The Sarmaya founder’s favourite books on a city, a country and a species
If you love historical fiction, you’re in the right place
In the first of our new series on books, Sarmaya’s brand custodian lists her favourite monsoon reads
It is tough for us today to imagine the enormous excitement in the late 19th century over what India was really like.
Witness a magical storytelling performance of Tholubommalaata and let your imagination take flight as the evening light suffuses the stage and the colourful leather puppets are seized with a fierce energy
Meet Paul Abraham, the collector who turned a childhood hobby into a lifelong quest for beauty and wonder. For the story of Sarmaya is the story of one man following his curiosity through the history and art landscapes of India.
By Jonathan Gil Harris
The fascinating tale of modern-day Aurangabad and its creation by a former Abyssinian slave and rival of Emperor Jahangir, Malik Ambar, who designed the city and its complex water supply system, and taught the Marathas guerrilla warfare.