'The Cooking of Books' | With Ramachandra Guha and Nirmala Lakshman | The Hindu Lit Fest 2024

In a Saturday session at The Hindu Lit for Life, titled ‘The Cooking of Books’ after the name of Ramachandra Guha’s latest book, the historian and writer spoke to Nirmala Lakshman, chairperson of The Hindu Group Publishing, about the mercurial relationship he shares with his “self-effacing” editor Rukun Advani, the “kind of man you will never see at a literary festival”. Dr. Guha described the book, his shortest one yet, as an “eccentric, idiosyncratic personal memoir of a relationship of more than 40 years”. The idea for the book emerged during the pandemic, when Dr. Guha, a man of habit, could not make his regular pilgrimages to historic archives. Confined at home, he instead began leafing through his own private archives and realised that his letters with Mr. Advani formed the bulk of it. Those letters then formed the basis of the book. Read more: https://www.thehindu.com/litfest/the-... Thank you for watching our video! You can subscribe to our channel here: https://bit.ly/3c8Adi6 Visit https://www.thehindu.com/ for the latest updates, analysis, opinions, and more. You can also download our apps: Android: https://bit.ly/3nboBEi iOs: https://apple.co/3EDCwt4 The Hindu is committed to keeping you up-to-date with information on the developments in India and the world. We promise to deliver quality journalism that stays away from vested interest and political propaganda. You can support us by subscribing to our digital offerings here: https://bit.ly/3emywiz Follow us: Twitter:   / the_hindu   Instagram:   / the_hindu