Plunge right into northern India's intoxicating mix of riotous pandemonium and sublime beauty, from Old Delhi's teeming streets, pungent spices, and glorious jumble of shops to the magnificent man-made wonder, the Taj Mahal. Rajasthan beckons with its irresistible lure of brilliant colors, scorching days, ghostly twilights, and the fiery spirit of its people.

A journey to the heart of human nature through three short masterpieces. "Novels written by Guatemalans are, by definition, exotic. Guatemalan novels set in the jungles of Petén, in North Africa, or in the south of India might not have the charm of strangeness, but strictly speaking, they should be called exotic," declares the author in the introduction to this memorable volume.

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel laureate V. S. Naipaul's profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government...

An account of the author's two years in Calcutta depicts the city's vibrant architecture, diverse classes, and evolving politics while exploring its self-renewing culture and resilience against globalization.

Zay Harding explores Mumbai. Meet the great grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and discover how the movement to ent British rule started in Mumbai ; take a trip on Mumbai's notoriously overcroweded train network ; Meet a Bollywood mural artist transforming Bandra's walls into a living memborial to Indian cinema.

Experience the true story of an eleven-year-old child yogi, Neelkanth, who left his home in 1792 on a journey of enlightenment and awakening.

This volume is a heart-warming portrait of the people, landscape and multi-hued culture of India. it has been acclaimed as one of the most insightful and revealing books written on India by a foreigner in 45 years. The author has captured for posterity, the essence of India, the oldest, continuously surviving civilazation on earth. Twenty-five states of India are organized by regions into six chapters. Readers will feel as though they have made their...