Akhilesh Mithal was a student of history. He read broadly, attended lectures, lectured himself and worked closely with many scholars of his time. He amassed deep knowledge about India, and used that knowledge to understand current events in India. He presents a unique view of why India is the way it is.

Akhilesh’s articles appeared in the Sunday Guardian, the Asian Age and the Deccan Chronicle. He started writing these Itihaas columns in Asian Age on February 16^th, 1994. Prior to that he wrote  for magazines like Covert, Marg, Outlook, the Economic Times and Seminar.

This page is the official collection of his articles. If you have any questions or comments about these articles, leave us a note.

All the articles that appear here are Copyright © the estate of Akhilesh Mithal. This website is Copyright © Anant Kartik Mithal, Ranjan Mithal and Nadiya Mithal.

Please note that this website is under heavy development and may change appearance from day to day.

Articles elsewhere:

Outlook

• Obituary for Usha Bhagat (April 28^th, 2006)

Marg

• The Delhi that once was