Civilisational Dialogues Talking India: Ashis Nandy in Conversation with Ramin Jahanbegloo; Oxford University Press, Delhi, 2006; VINAY LAL At a time when India and Iran are mentioned together as countries whose nuclear aspirations have gained the ear of the world, Talking India furnishes a salutary reminder of other conversations that can take place between ancient civilisations and of the rich history, now only occasionally remembered, of the intellectual, cultural and political exchanges between India and Iran. In 1989, explains Ramin Jahanbegloo, one of Iran