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Abhrajyoti Chakraborty

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty is a writer in New Delhi. His writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The New Yorker and The New York Times.

Photo of Abhrajyoti Chakraborty

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty

Abhrajyoti Chakraborty is a writer in New Delhi. His writing has also appeared in The Guardian, The New Yorker and The New York Times.

  • Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
    When India was the seat of Islam

    The Indian Caliphate reveals how an exiled Ottoman ruler and a billionaire prince came close to reshaping the Muslim world

    Fri, 23 Jan 2026

  • Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
    Ayşegül Savaş’s stories of women in search of themselves

    The Europe-spanning collection Long Distance displays the Turkish writer’s talents as a miniaturist

    Sun, 10 Aug 2025

  • Abhrajyoti Chakraborty
    The partitions that made modern Asia

    Sam Dalrymple’s Shattered Lands is an imperious view of the British Raj's collapse, redeemed by its forgotten stories of independence fighters

    Sun, 22 Jun 2025

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