Shriharsha Bhat

Marketer by profession, father, hiker, habitual traveler, avid reader, and a foodie!

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

@SamDalrymple123 this is such a fantastic post!

[Sam Dalrymple @SamDalrymple123]

The Forgotten Capital of India

"Bayana, were it not for its shortage of water, might have been the capital of India."

So begins Mehrdad Shokoohy's book on Bayana, one of the great forgotten cities of India, just a short drive from Delhi. 🧵

[Sam Dalrymple @SamDalrymple123]

SHATTERED LANDS COVER REVEAL

As some of you may know, for the past five years my life has been consumed by writing a book on India’s many partitions and this morning it's now out for pre-order!

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

From my recent travels diaries @SamDalrymple123, the Ajanta and Ellora caves were truly eye-opening!

[Sam Dalrymple @SamDalrymple123]

Bizarrely, until the 1990s, they had never been comprehensively photographed or studied.

And yet the paintings depicted here had an extraordinarily global impact on Asian art, influencing the artistic traditions of Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, China, Korea and Japan.

[Sam Dalrymple @SamDalrymple123]

The Origins of Indian Painting

The Ajanta caves, in central Maharashtra, is one of the greatest surviving art galleries from the ancient world.

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

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[The Hindu @the_hindu]

The discovery of a 1.4-metre-tall Buddha head, along with tablets and stupas, some over 1,500 years old, in #Odisha’s Ratnagiri has brought the remote village into the limelight and attracted scholars from as far away as Egypt. The excavation has unearthed important historical details, such as Ratnagiri once being a major centre of Tantric Buddhism, while posing unforeseen problems for the experts, reports @satyabarik.

📸Biswaranjan Rout
https://t.co/YhsTwbCpWJ

[Sam Dalrymple @SamDalrymple123]

Ellora: A Wonder of the World

The town of Ellora, in the state of Maharashtra, is one of the most significant religious sites in all of Indian history.

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

My weekdays and weekend is set! Looking forward to reading this! @DalrympleWill

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The Golden Road is currently in the press! The first finished copies roll off in a week, and it will be published in a month, on 5th September

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

@cityburlington, this is how drone shows are done. Our’s was a kindergarten show of identifying our national animals. Please do better next time!

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

An almost balanced article - but many statements accompany little supporting evidence especially from the Canadian side. https://t.co/FYwbGD2pRJ

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

@adam_tooze @DalrympleWill The smug faced rodent who has done more damage to the world, and people than many other dictators.

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

@SteveSaretsky @DonRCampbell Not surprised. It’s incredibly difficult to run and manage a business due to exorbitant running costs. Employment? The less said is the better about private companies.

[Steve Austin @steveaustinBSR]

Hell Yeah!!!

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

What a storyteller! If only history would have been so interesting at school. #angkorwat

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The Khmer temple, tomb, observatory, dynastic funeral chapel and national shrine now known as Angkor Wat was, and remains, the largest Hindu temple complex in the world, dwarfing the temples of Kanchipuram and Mamallapuram that ultimately inspired it.

[Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt]

You recently won a record three Grammys in one night and made the whole of India proud. And in your lifetime, you have won countless hearts and touched innumerable souls with your music. Happy birthday to the ‘Ustad’ of Indian Classical Music, Zakir Hussain ji!

[Bloomsbury India @BloomsburyIndia]

.@dalrymplewill unveiled the cover of #TheGoldenRoad with the Bloomsbury India team at @inBritish.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Today we announce a new @EmpirePodUK mini-series on the British discovery of Indian cuisine:

Part One:
Punch & Chilli: The East India Company at Table

[Shah Rukh Khan @iamsrk]

I really believe this film is the sweetest warmest happiest film I have done. I see it and miss everyone involved in the film especially my friend and teacher Kundan Shah. To the whole cast and crew thank u and love u all.

[Shriharsha Bhat @shriharshb]

@DalrympleWill @EmpirePodUK Listening to this. The history of the diamond and the many, many lives entangled with it is eye opening.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

The Times of India @timesofindia chooses The Last Mughal as one of its Essential Ten Books on Indian History for Republic Day

https://t.co/YZzpT3cYNs