'We exaggerate the lives of our historical subjects'

Interview with author Sunil Khilnani on his latest work 'Incarnations: India in 50 lives' in which he speaks about the perils of mythologising historical subjects and how Hindutva poses a threat to the "idea of India" as a pluralistic nation

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