The book uncovers thousands of years of history and also manages to link it to the dramatic and quite sudden changes taking place in the country. “Land of the Seven Rivers” by Sanjeev Sanyal is a fantastic attempt to talk to us simply about our heritage (well so to say) and of the times gone by. I had to let the history and geography of our land sink in and that helped me savour the book – page by page. However, this did not happen while I was reading this book, maybe also because I took my time with this one. It is very easy to lose interest in a book based on facts and numbers. There is a danger when you want to read a non-fiction title. Till I heard of “Land of the Seven Rivers” by Sanjeev Sanyal and decided to give it a shot. The thought would be there and I wanted to read more on it, till something else caught my attention and this thought would then be on the back burner. I have always been intrigued by our country’s cultural subtext and how we came to be as a nation. More so when the country in question is India, with its diversity and centuries of culture and history, which can still be seen in most places, if only you would look at it closely enough. What is most difficult is when the two get combined in a book. It is not easy to write a book which is solely based on geography or for that matter history. Title: Land of the Seven Rivers: A Brief History of India’s Geography
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