The Cooking Of Books Review: Ramachandra Guha's Memoir A Homage To Handwritten Dialogues

Historian Ramachandra Guha's The Cooking Of Books memoir highlights the rarity of a lasting author-editor association and the evolution of his literary strength under his first editor's guidance.

Ramachandra Guha's The Cooking Of Books is a remarkable read for both literary enthusiasts and those intrigued by the intricacies of long-term collaborations. ( Image Source :Getty (Modified) )

Ramachandra Guha's latest memoir, "The Cooking of Books", revolves around the letters and emails exchanged between an outspoken scholar and a private and occasionally sharp-witted editor. The narrative is consistently infused with a refreshing blend of wit, humour, and drollness, elements often stifled in today's atmosphere of heightened political correctness. The story begins in the early 1980s in Delhi, where Guha, then an unpublished PhD scholar, and Rukun Advani, an editor at Oxford