Tales of Delhi
R.V. Smith explores Delhi–s myriad moods–from people to culture–in his book –Delhi: Unknown Tales of a City–
Pot of plenty
Fan of south Indian food? Sabita Radhakrishna–s cookbook on Tamil cuisine will leave you drooling for the goodies from the south!
Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches
Douglas Dewar–s book –Jungle Folk: Indian Natural History Sketches– talks of the times when bird watching was a moment of discovery sans lenses and field guides
Travel Classic: A Walk in the Woods, 1998
Bill Bryson–s A Walk in the Woods tickles Yashodhara Lal–s funny bone
Travelling on a budget in India
The Heat and Dust Project is a book about a couple–s travel across India on a shoestring budget
Following the trail of Buddha
Moorthy gives us a glimpse of the Buddhist Circuit–the first pilgrimage trail in the Indian sub-continent–in his book –The Vanished Path: A Graphic Travelogue–
Benarasi chronicles
You can–t take Benaras out of a Benarasi. Roli Jindal, in her book (Benaras: A Journey Within) tells us what is so unique about the city’s culture and food
Exploring various aspects of Mecca
Mecca: The Sacred City, by Ziauddin Sardar, documents Mecca as one of Islam–s holiest cities and also as a place of turbulence
On Indian textiles and craftsmanship
A comprehensive work on contemporary Indian textiles and their making
A twice-born tale
American Phil Deutschle chronicles his days as a teacher in a Nepali village and as a trekker in the Khumbu region
Afghanistan in the 1920s
Bengali littérateur Syed Mujtaba Ali’s tongue-in-cheek narrative about life in Afghanistan in the 1920s. Translated by Nazes Afroz.
Travel classic: The Hill of Devi, 1953
Damon Galgut talks about E.M. Forster and his detailed observations of British Raj which he documented in his journals (one such is his book –The Hill of Devi–)
Reflections of Kumbh Mela
Spirit of Kumbh is a coffee-table book full of scenes from one of the largest religious gathering–Kumbh Mela
Ruskin Bond at his simple best
A Book of Simple Living–a collection of brief notes by Ruskin Bond on nature and people of his beloved Garhwali hills
A tale of highway robberies
JonathanGil Harris– book The First Firangis is a tale of highway robberies with a twist–the dacoits and the victims being migrants to India during the reign of Shah Jahan