Ramachandra Guha
Ramachandra Guha’s many books include a pioneering environmental history, The Unquiet Woods; a landmark history of his country, India After Gandhi; and an authoritative biography of Mahatma Gandhi, both volumes of which were chosen by the New York Times as a Notable Book of the Year. Having previously taught at Stanford, the Indian Institute of Science, and the London School of Economics, he is currently Distinguished University Professor at Krea University. Guha’s awards include the Leopold-Hidy Prize of the American Society of Environmental History, the Howard Milton Award of the British Society for Sports History, and the Fukuoka Prize for contributions to Asian culture. He is the recipient of an honorary doctorate in the humanities from Yale University.
The prologue to an unlikely friendship between an aspiring cricketer and an aesthete. Excerpted from Ramachandra Guha’s memoir “The Cooking of Books”.