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The Discovery of India 16 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
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A River Sutra 74 reviews
Gita Mehta
Vintage, 1994
A wonderful realistic fictional take on multireligious India
+ o'connor would have approved
+ The Soul Must Travel through Eighty Four Thousand Births to Become a Man...
+ Poetic descriptions and an intriguing narrative
+ Winding down the thread
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Kim (Barnes & Noble Classics) 6 reviews
Rudyard Kipling
Barnes & Noble Classics, 2003
A British Huckleberry Finn
+ kim
Kipling's tale has been compared to Huckleberry Finn since it is a story about boyish adventures with an older man of a different race. Most of the story's characters have mildly hostile criticisms against other people different from themselves. The characters vacillate between hostility and ...
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The Jewel in the Crown 53 reviews
Peggy Ashcroft, Derrick Branche
A&E Home Video, 2001
A mere two cents............
+ A Jewel of a Series!
+ Deep, Dramatic History
A few years ago, seeing an advertisement for a low cost tour package of London and a number of other locations in UK, I very nearly took advantage of its great price.
While I was mulling over the idea, one of the things that came into my head was how much I would enjoy a side trip to visit ...
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India: A Wounded Civilization 25 reviews
V.S. Naipaul
Vintage, 2003
Brilliant but flawed and ignorant about India.
+ Overall a pretty accurate portrayal of India
Sir Vidyadhar is perhaps one of the most brilliant writers of English, as to prose style and thoughtful, philosophical content. However, when it comes to writing about his ancestral land, India, his arrogance is only exceeded by his ignorance. He speaks no Indian language, does not understand the ...
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The Guide: A Novel (Penguin Classics)24 reviews
R. K. Narayan
Penguin Classics, 2006
Are we creators or merely reactors?
+ A truly enjoyable book
+ Evolution
+ A Saint Despite Himself
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The Palace of Illusions: A Novel23 reviews
Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni
Doubleday, 2008
Panchali as a human
+ well done
+ A beautiful Indian epic told from the female point of view.
+ Two sleepless nights....just so that I could get to the end!
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Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East25 reviews
Gita Mehta
Vintage, 1994
It will make you a more sophisticated traveler.
+ spirituality for the modern consumer
+ Karma Cola: Marketing the Mystic East
+ Brilliantly Mocking, Insulting & Enlightening
+ KARMA COLA IS AN AMAZINGLY WELL WRITTEN BOOK
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Train To Pakistan...Based on the Novel by Khushwant Singh
Video Sound, 1998
1947: In a newly partitioned country, a ghost train in the only link.
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The Death of Vishnu: A Novel98 reviews
Manil Suri
Harper Perennial, 2002
The Tragedy and Glory of India
+ A Micro View of India
+ the essence of contemporary India
The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri is not for everyone. The people who will appreciate it most are Westerners who have spent time living in India. By living I mean working, living and interacting with people there, not just being a tourist. The reason for this assessment is that the book contains ...
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The City of Joy33 reviews
Dominique Lapierre
Grand Central Publishing, 1990
STORY OF THE UNBREAKABLE HUMAN SPIRIT
+ The City of Joy
+ The city of Joy
+ "... a heartrendering tale of the real heros of Calcutta, a tale of the indomitable spirit of humankind to triumph..."
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A Suitable Boy : A Novel (Perennial Classics)202 reviews
Vikram Seth, 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
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The Last Mughal: The Fall of a Dynasty: Delhi, 185742 reviews
William Dalrymple
Knopf, 2007
Masterful, Commanding, Brilliant History
+ Superb portrait of Mughal Delhi and its destruction in 1857
+ Commendable Research
+ The Last Mughul: the author's style is refreshing in some aspects.
+ Mutiny and Revenge
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Monsoon Wedding212 reviews
Naseeruddin Shah, Lillete Dubey
Universal Studios, 2002
One of the best movies ever
+ Monsoon Wedding
+ Ugly Ducklings Become Swans
This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It has everything. And while at times it deals with important issues, it's never too heavy for too long. It's a movie about seeing life as it is, and enjoying it as much as you can!
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The Jewel in the Crown (The Raj Quartet, Book 1)19 reviews
Paul Scott
University Of Chicago Press, 1998
Don't miss this book
+ Man Without A Country
+ The decline of the British Raj in India
+ The Raj Quartet
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Shantaram25 reviews
Scribe, 2004
A brilliant bombay book
+ One of the best novels ever
+ best book
+ Makes my life dull!!
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The Age of Kali24 reviews
William Dalrymple
Flamingo, 1999
Fearless and enlightening plunge into the conflict centers in India
+ Few writers with as much skill as William Dalrymple
+ Really good read, really crappy book
+ Fascinating and Intriguing
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Taj: A Story of Mughal India: A Story of Mughal India6 reviews
Timeri Murari
Penguin Global, 2005
Beautiful, historical book--leaves you wanting more
+ One of the best
+ Sex and Death
+ Great book so far
+ Takht ya Takhta
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A Passage to India (Penguin Modern Classics) 1 review
E.M. Forster
Penguin Books Ltd, 2000
A passage to India
I would really have liked to give this book a good review---but I have yet to recieve it in the mail. Ordered on 4/30/08 and still nothing as of 6/18/08.Some folks you order from should not be in business.
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Arranged Marriage: Stories72 reviews
Chitra Divakaruni
Anchor, 1996
Arranged Marriage
+ STUNNING, BRUTAL POETRY
+ Really enjoyed it
+ Brilliant Insight on Indian Culture
+ almost perfectly arranged stories
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