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A literary affair

Historian Ramachandra Guha's 40-year relationship with his editor and friend, a fellow Stephanian, goes beyond mere indulgence-it's also culturally important for a host of reasons

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Saurabh Sharma
The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir
Author: Ramachandra Guha
Publisher: Juggernaut Books
Pages: 243
Price:  Rs 699

In the Indian publishing landscape, there hasn’t been an occasion where an author has been able to substantially foreground a relationship with an editor in a book as compellingly as noted historian Ramachandra Guha has managed to do in his latest book, The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir.

It is also a privileged, indulgent endeavour. Who else but someone of Guha’s stature would be able to either get commissioned or have managed to pitch a personal history of a relationship he has nurtured for over 40 years