The Discovery of India16 reviews Jawaharlal Nehru Penguin Books, 2004 Amazing and Uplifting + A Masterpiece For All Time + Excellent read for all Indians who live abroad + The ONLY real Intro to India Available! A Master piece of work! + Insightful             The Jungle Books (Signet Classics)41 reviews Rudyard Kipling Signet Classics, 2005 Building a classic library for a granddaughter + Great + THE JUNGLE BOOKS by Rudyard Kipling + Review of Jungle Book BARNES & NOBLE Version + Super Reader             The Man-Eater of Malgudi (Twentieth-Century Classics)6 reviews R. K. Narayan Penguin Classics, 1993 One of Narayan's best + A story of triumph + One of Narayan's best "Man eater of Malgudi" by R.K. Narayan,one of India's first internationally-known writers who chose to write in English, is easily one of the author' best works. Vasu,a big blustering bully, moves into the lazy little South Indian town of Malgudi,the fictional town in which nearly all of ...             A Traveller's History of India (Traveller's History)3 reviews Sinharaja Tammita-Delgoda Interlink Books, 2002 A succinct and compelling history of India + Just the Ticket + Worth it if you're going to India After reading V.S. Naipaul's "An Area of Darkness" about his first journey to India, I felt that I needed a more balanced view of the country. This book was just what was called for. "A Traveller's History of India" was written by a historian from Sri Lanka with an English education. He knows how ...             The Rig Veda: An Anthology of One Hundred Eight Hymns (Classic)15 reviews Anonymous Penguin Classics, 1982 Ian Myles Slater on A Notable Translation Amazon listing for this book has at times contained a possibly confusing abundance of Wendys. Keeping it simple; Wendy Doniger used Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty on her earlier books, and uses Wendy Doniger for books published after her divorce; a few older printings of some of them have "Wendy ...             The God of Small Things871 reviews Arundhati Roy Harper Perennial, 1998 The Glimmer of An Immense Sea + Star-Crossed Lovers + Great used book + Breathtaking First Novel             Travels in the Mogul Empire, AD 1656-1668 Francois Bernier South Asia Books, 1989 A SOURCE BOOK FOR CONDITION IN INDIA DURING THE DAYS OF THE MUGHAL RULE.             The Moor's Last Sigh81 reviews Salman Rushdie Vintage, 1997 Wonderful book + Not Midnight's Children, not Satanic Verses,... this is Rushdie's best. + Big Fan of Rushdie + Lovely and Complex             The Idea of India13 reviews Sunil Khilnani Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999 A sensitive and nuanced appraisal + Indian politics:subtle,sophisticated & articulate analysis In an era that abounds with superficial books on South Asia, Khilnani's is an insightful and sensitive book, though perhaps somewhat out of sync (and this is not a criticism) with the contemporary Indian urban middle-class mood, which delights in denigrating all things perceived as "Nehruvian"; ...             The Bachelor of Arts (Phoenix Fiction Series)9 reviews R. K. Narayan University Of Chicago Press, 1994 A young man finding his place in India + The education of a melancholy bachelor + Young and educated in South Asia + Its good... as always + Excellent book             Ancient Cities of the Indus Valley Civilization9 reviews Jonathan Mark Kenoyer Oxford University Press, USA, 1998 A brilliant work + Indus Valley + Great book.... + An excellent summary             India: A Million Mutinies Now15 reviews V. S. Naipaul Viking Adult, 1991 A must read for travelers + An insightful portrait of India + Penetrating and full of love + Amazing Insight into India             Lives of the Indian Princes1 review Sharada Dwivedi, Charles Allen BPI (India) PVT Ltd, 2002 Entertaining and historical Just a quick note about this book I read while on vacation in India. There is no particular narrative, and this large collection of anecdotes is arranged by themes such as hunting, cooking, marriages, etc. A particular strength is that the authors have interviewed the descendants and survivors of ...             Nehru: The Making of India5 reviews M. J. Akbar Penguin (Non-Classics), 1990 accurate portrayal of a great freedom fighter + Great book + excellent biography A refreshing comprehensive biography by one of the formost scholars in India about one of India's great freedom fighters. If one wants to avoid orientalist lies such as Stanley Wolperts biography, then MJ Akbar's book is for you.             Midnight's Children181 reviews Salman Rushdie Penguin (Non-Classics), 1991 Wicked Sense of Humor + A Magic Carpet Ride of Indian History Oh, my goodness. What do I say about this? It's such a rich, excellently written story with lots of interesting action and characters. Bonus: Rushdie has a wicked wicked WICKED sense of humor. And, did I say that the writing is to die for? Envy the size of an elephant inhabited my body as I was ...             The Hill of Devi2 reviews E.M. Forster Harvest Books, 1971 the experience from which Passage to India was drawn + The book is really helpful to understanding Passage Forster spent a couple of years working as a secretary for an indigenous royal within the British Raj, a situation quite different from that of most Britishers working out in the Empire at that time and resulting in an experience, outward and inward, quite different from the ferociously enforced ...             Kim (Penguin Classics)75 reviews Rudyard Kipling Penguin Classics, 1987 Kim + A wonderful but somewhat esoteric story of India This book was well-written. The characters are not as well-rounded as I expected although, by Victorian standards, they are. There are places where the writing is almost juvenile - probably the reason the book is often found on lists for young people - and others where the writing is complex ...             The Vendor of Sweets (Penguin Twentieth-Century Classics)1 review R. K. Narayan Penguin Classics, 1993 Amazingly well-written and insightful R.K.Narayan's books offer a wonderfuly detailed and intricate view of the South Indian world,and The Vendor Of Sweets fits into this mould to a T.In this novel,the life of Jagan, the vendor of sweets, and the trials and tribulations of his life are wonderfully captured. What is refreshing, however, ...             The Art and Architecture of the Indian Subcontinent, Second Edition1 review J. C. Harle Yale University Press, 1994 Comprehensive listing, limited explanation. This book is most appropriate as a companion to other overviews of Indian art. It is useful in that it lists art and architecture items by region. However, it gives little information as to why they are significant, or how they figure into the overall developmental pattern of Indian art.             A Suitable Boy: A Novel (Perennial Classics)202 reviews Vikram Seth Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2005 India-made Understandable to a Westerners Eyes + Don't let the size of the book stop you! + Don't be Daunted by its Length... + Learn Indian history/culture at the same time enjoy a colorful story