Travel classic: The Places in Between, 2004
Rory Stewart–s sensitive narrative of the complex Afghan history and landscape make the book –The Places in Between– Sarah Waters– favourite travelogue
A murder mystery
With this book, Calcutta finally makes an appearance on Paul Theroux’s fictional map
In search of one’s roots
The author travelled seven years to retrace the diverse histories of 75 members of her far-flung family
A motorbike rider’s journal
An account of a motorbike ride through the challenging but thrilling Himalayan terrain
The royal toxicologist
The King of Pontus, Mithradates, was a ruthless polyglot genius, who spoke 22 languages and established the basic principles of bio-warfare
Adrift in the airport lounge
The short fiction series revolves around a group of people stranded at the Heathrow airport waiting lounge
Railways: Transforming the world
The author stands firm on giving the credit to the railways for laying the foundation for all the changes in society brought about by the industrial revolution
Journey of the nomadic Tuaregs
The book dwells on the theme of land and displacement and gives a sensual description of the Sahara desert
The mangrove goddess
In an excerpt from her new book, In Good Faith: A Journey in Search of an Unknown India, the author meets a unique deity, Bonbibi, in the Sunderbans
A tale of two grandmothers
An extract from André Béteille–s Sunlight on the Garden: A Story of Childhood & Youth, where the author talks about an idyllic childhood in the French enclave of Chandannagar
A glimpse of Tagore’s Shantiniketan
The book is an attempt to define Rabindranath Tagore’s concept of space while building the campus in Shantiniketan