“This travelling was never about gaining merit or the absolution of sins. It was always the journey that mattered, and what these travels could tell me about the country and its history – a history so alluring, so epic as… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“You know what they say about consultants, don't you? They know all the moves in the Kama Sutra but don't know any women.” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“No person ever really lives until he has found something worth dying for.” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“As they approached Dhauli the elephant refused to go forward; nothing that Mark or the mahout did could persuade her to cross the open… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“The role played by women in history is as underwritten in India as anywhere, so it is only right to end with a mention… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“There is at least one important work to be done that will not be done unless you do it. ” — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“This travelling was never about gaining merit or the absolution of sins. It was always the journey that mattered, and what these travels could… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“The most spectacular example of continental drift and tectonic plate movement has to be the Indian Plate, a triangle of geomorphic crust which aeons… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image
“It is under Ashoka’s aegis that Indian civilisation, in the sense of a shared culture embracing everything from administration to art and architecture, makes… — Charles Allen Copy Share Image