Tales of woe
This carefully tempered prose has it all — from Chernobyl to Yamuna — places that one would like to see in a different light
A garden lover–s delight
The colonialisation bit would have been incomplete without taking over the wild; hence the English touch to the gardens in India
Travel classic: Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Rebecca West’s ability to single out the telling detail in a swatch of vastness was of great help to Samanth Subramanian as he dipped into the relevant chapters of the book while travelling in the Balkans
Travel classic: Waters Close Over Us
Avtar Singh believes that Hartosh Singh Bal’s book –Waters Close Over Us– (2014), talking about the life and culture that revolves around the river Narmada, deserves a wider recognition
Nine Lives Recounted
William Dalrymple follows the narrative style of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales in his book of short stories covering the religious trends in India
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