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Gandhi, Mahatma. The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

Gandhi believed in revealing himself. He regarded secrecy as the enemy of freedom-not only the freedom of India but the freedom of man. He exposed even the innermost personal thoughts which individuals usually regard as private. In nearly a half-century of prolific writing, speaking, and subjecting his ideas to the test of actions, he painted a detailed self-portrait of his mind, heart, and soul. Buy

Labels: Biography, India

Keay, John. India: A History

India has five thousand years of history that we have enough evidence to write about. Any book that can simply be coherent and readable while covering so much ground is an achievement. Buy

Labels: History, India

Lonely Planet India

Remarkable, bewildering, totally irresistible - India offers a million different experiences, all at once, all the time. If you seek spiritual enlightenment, the thrill of scaling the mighty Himalaya, or the buzz of a modern hyper-metropolis - or if you just want to lie on a tropical beach and count cows - discover the sensory overload that is India with this top selling guide. Buy

Labels: India, Travel Guide

Eyewitness Travel Guide to India

"This book is a guidebook only in the broadest sense of the term. In 800 hefty, glossy, photo-filled pages you will find everything you need to know to make a trip to India an amazing experience. History, culture, art, religion, architecture, food are all covered, accompanied by photos, drawings and maps" - Amazon review. Buy

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Das, Gurcharan. India Unbound: The Social and Economic Revolution from Independence to the Global Information Age

Gurcharan Das' book mixes autobiography, social and political observation and economic history to tell the capitalist's story of India from 1947 to the present. Buy

Labels: History, India, Politics

Culture Smart! India: A Quick Guide to Customs & Etiquette

Culture Smart is a new series of travel guides written for the traveller on the go. Each volume is a quick, accurate guide to customs and etiquette; all the essential cultural and etiquette points are covered, making you confident in a variety of situations. Buy

Labels: Culture, India, Travel Guide

Bumiller, Elisabeth. May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons: A Journey Among the Women of India

The overall powerlessness of Indian women is shown through a discussion of traditions and portraits of typical individuals. Based on Bumiller's four-year residence in India, this perceptive, alert travelogue considers the prevalent custom of arranged marriage, India's scattered, budding feminist movement, population control, female infanticide and the legacy of Indira Gandhi. Buy

Labels: Culture, India, Women

Sen, Amartya. The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity

As India's multicultural society confronts violent sectarianism at home and a range of destabilizing forces internationally, these illuminating essays from Nobel Prize winning economist Sen offer a timely and cogent examination of the country's long history of heterodoxy and public discourse. Challenging the notion of the West as sole originator of liberal values, the book bears forcefully on contemporary debates over multiculturalism, secularism and postcolonial identity. Buy

Labels: Culture, History, India

Born into Brothels (DVD 2004)

This film is a portrait of several unforgettable children who live in Calcutta’s red light district, where their mothers work as prostitutes. A New York based photographer lives in the brothels while documenting the film and teaches the children photography. As the children look at the world through new eyes they begin to awaken to their own talents and sense of worth and discover how education can transform their lives. Buy

Labels: Children, India, Women

Tagore, Rabindranath. Gitanja: A Collection of Indian Poems by the Nobel Laureate

Gitanjali is a sweet collection of poems and songs from Nobel Prize winning poet Rabindranath Tagore. These are songs that touch on love, faith, truth, life in general. Tagore has written from the heart. Buy

Labels: India, Literature

The Rough Guide to India 6

The Rough Guide to India is the essential handbook to this extraordinary country. The 24 page full-colour introduction includes stunning photography of the country's many highlights. The guide has comprehensive accounts of every attraction, from fast-paced Delhi and the sacred sites of the Ganges plain to the Moghul splendour of Agra and the shell-sand beaches of the south. Buy

Labels: India, Travel Guide

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