Book Review – Streaming the Past Peninsular India in History: Essays in Honour of T. K. Venkatasubramaniam

Nilanjan Sarkar and Vikas K. Verma (eds), Streaming the Past Peninsular India in History: Essays in Honour of T. K. Venkatasubramaniam, Delhi: Primus Books, 2019, 372 pages, Rs 1200

This book in honour of Professor T.K. Venkatasubramaniam, with an enchanting cover, is divided into two parts, with a collection of eight and four essays respectively. This is a good effort to mark the processes of change and continuity in peninsular India.  The writings of many scholars have successfully established the significance of regions in Indian History and one can see a change in the titles of books, which till a few decades ago covered the whole of India. The effort to visit peninsular India in this book has been quite successful as it highlights the interactions in the region.