A book that focuses on the multidisciplinary history of peoples living in the areas circumscribing the Indian Ocean

Exploring the many aspects of Afghan culture, espcially the status of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan

A collection of Ruskin Bond’s travel writings over the past 50 years

An account providing a glimpse of New York’s early history through the city’s fascination with oysters

A book that brings to light how people in India, Pakistan, Tibet and Nepal react to the cultural, religious and political influences from outside

‘Blind traveller’ Holman had travelled to every inhabited continent between 1819 and 1846

The ‘shadow’ of the title applies not only to the ghost of the Silk Road that has officially vanished, but also to the memory of Thubron’s previous encounters with the cities on this route

Poet Keki Daruwalla based his first novel on Vasco da Gama’s landing on the Kerala coast

Bulbul Sharma’s book about Shaya may compel you to drop everything and go in search for your own hamlet in the Himalayas

A book on the two campaigns, ‘Incredible India’ and ‘Kerala – God’s Own Country’, that changed India’s image as a tourist destination