An olfactory odyssey

The Scent Trail is about one woman’s journey around the world to find her bespoken fragrance


Out of the box

David Remnick in this book proves that even food has a cultural life


Three cheers

Feisal Alkazi’s book on the history, architecture and religion of Srinagar


The astonishing biodiversity of Mumbai

Going beyond the popular Borivali National Park, –Mumbai Safari: Nature in the extreme—-a pictorial guide explores biodiversity across a range of habitats within around Mumbai


Mughal India

An account of medieval India by various travellers during the reign of the great Mughal emperor Akbar


Ultimate Journey, 2001

Richard Bernstein’s Ultimate Journey retraces the path of Hsuan Tsang crossing Asia in search of enlightenment


Impressions Of Africa

Raymond Roussel’s travelogue, Impressions Of Africa, 1910 about passengers of a shipwrecked vessel in the imaginary Ponukele is novelist Sarnath Banerjee’s favourite


Guide to Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s Other Half: A guide to the Central, Eastern & Northern Provinces is an updated guidebook of the Island nation


Mangrove Myth

In an excerpt from her new book In Good Faith – A Journey In Search Of An Unknown India, Saba Naqvi meets a unique deity in the Sundarbans