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“VOC, a small-town pleader who decides to start a shipping company that would not just challenge colonial mercantile interests but also make a bold swadeshi statement, makes for an unforgettable protagonist." openthemagazine.com/lounge/books/v…

The pioneering economic historian Raman Mahadevan writes a detailed and perspicacious review of my recent book on #VOC #SwadeshiSteam At Sea Against the Empire theindiaforum.in/book-reviews/s… The India Forum

To be mentioned in the same breath as Sumit Sarkar and Fernand Braudel is the highest praise that a historian can aspire to! Rudrangshu Mukherjee reviews 'Swadeshi Steam' in the Wire. thewire.in/books/how-chid…

வ உ சியின் கப்பல் கம்பெனி பற்றிய என் Swadeshi Steam நூலுக்கு சங்கரராமசுப்பிரமணியனின் விரிவான மதிப்புரை akazhonline.com/?p=7253

Manu Pillai reviews Swadeshi Steam. frontline.thehindu.com/books/swadeshi…

Book recommendation: Swadeshi Steam by A R Venkatachalapathy ஆ.இரா. வேங்கடாசலபதி. A fascinating account of VOC’s Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company: medium.com/@ramabadran.su…

Meera Srinivasan weaves in a note on my book Swadeshi Steam in her column.

அந்திமழை தளத்தில் வ.உ.சி.யின் கப்பல் கம்பெனி பற்றிய என் நூல் தொடர்பான விரிவான நேர்காணல். facebook.com/share/p/QdtzQk…

Will soon be in conversation with Dinyar Patel on my Swadeshi Steam, the tragic saga of VO Chidambaram Pillai

My recent trip to Colombo & Kandy with my friends Perumal Murugan, AR Venkatachalapathy & Kannan Sundaram included meeting friends, serious conversations, learnings & of course lots of fun & banter! Few photos taken during our trip.

Swadeshi Steam தொடர்பாக அம்ருதா இதழில் வெளியான என் நேர்காணலும் மதிப்புரையும். facebook.com/share/p/mDUnCQ…

Jairam Ramesh on Swadeshi Steam.

In conversation with Dinyar Patel on Swadeshi Steam and VO Chidambaram Pillai.

I hope destiny has some nice plans for this fellow!

Delighted to be on the long list of New India Foundation's Book Prize!

A chronicle of the heroism of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai, who launched an indigenous steam navigation company in defiance of the maritime might of the British Empire, in the backdrop of the Swadeshi Movement—this book focused in a talk Ahmedabad University with author A R Venkatachalapathy.

My Swadeshi Steam, the tragic story of V.O. Chidambaram Pillai and his heroic shipping enterprise, is shortlisted for the Gaja Capital Book Prize.

Friends in Bengaluru, I will be in conversation with Ranjani Krishnakumar on my book Swadeshi Steam at the Bangalore Literature Festival on 14 Dec., 2:45 pm. Bangalore Lit Fest

At jaipurlitfest in conversation with the brilliant historian Sunil Amrith on my book #SwadeshiSteam

President of India RNG Awards Mridulika Jha Siddhant Mohan Jisha Elizabeth Mandar Gonjari Sibu Tripathi 🪂 Joel Michael Rohini Krishnamurthy Satyasundar Barik Vishnukant Twesh Mishra Maitri Porecha ASHUTOSH MISHRA Shahab Ali Amarnath Kashyap Tejas Vaidya Enakshi Rajvanshi Nihal Koshie Mahender Singh Manral Mihir Vasavda Anurag Dwary Shubhajit Roy Nilesh Christopher Jeet Mashru Somita Pal #RNGAwards 🏆 | Congratulations to A.R. Venkatachalapathy (A R Venkatachalapathy ஆ.இரா. வேங்கடாசலபதி) for winning The Indian Express Excellence in Journalism Award in print for the category Books (Non-Fiction) For his book on a small port town lawyer named V. O. Chidambaram Pillai, whose novel idea