Pankaj Mishra

In one of history’s false starts, the Japanese victory at the Battle of Tsushima in 1905 seemed to mark Asia as the next dominant region. While such a power-shift did not occur, Asia gave rise to a group of remarkable thinkers. In his portrait of leaders such as Tagore and Gandhi in India, Liang Qichao and Sun Yatsen in China, and Jamal al-Din al-Afghani in the former Ottoman Empire, Mishra, author of Temptations of the West, paints a picture of an extraordinary time and place. Mr. Mishra will be in conversation with Madhulika Sikka, executive producer of NPR's Morning Edition.

Street: 5015 Connecticut Ave NW City: Washington, Province: District Of Columbia Postal Code: 20008 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)

Pankaj Mishra visits the Harold Washington Library to discuss and sign copies of his new book From the ruins of empire: The Intellectuals Who Remade Asia. Mishra also writes for The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Book Review, and The Guardian.

You can find more details about the event here.

Location: Street: 4736-38 N Lincoln Ave City: Chicago, Province: Illinois Postal Code: 60625 Country: United States (added from IndieBound)… (more)