I wasn't sure if this was history or fiction. Whatever Wendy notices and researches is all true - but I failed to see why her tone was so demeaning. It's not a joke-book that she's writing after all.One reason she writes this way could be to ask for controversy - which the book's immense publicit...
A few of my students and ex-students also helped me more specifically, and I want to thank them (in alphabetical order) for their ideas: Manan Ahmed on the Delhi Sultanate and the Mughals; Aditya Behl on Sufis; Brian Collins on the Mahabharata; Will Elison on the British; Amanda Huffer on contemp...