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Why I Enjoyed Eat, Pray, Love More Than I Expected

I’m a book snob, and I’m not ashamed to admit it. I’m also a long-time fan of India, and dislike the cheap, easy caricatures of

Vintage Guidebooks: Kashmir, Ladakh & Zanskar

You’ll always know where to find me in a bookshop: in the guidebook section. The whole world laid out on a shelf is irresistible. Old

Jaipur Literature Festival 2014

Day 2 The biggest perk of my job in Kathmandu so far has been a last-minute trip accompanying my boss to the 2014 Jaipur Literature

The Last Wave: An Island Novel, by Pankaj Sekhsaria

Pankaj Sekhsaria’s debut novel, The Last Wave: An Island Novel is fascinating for the way it depicts a part of India often ignored in literature:

The Water People, by Joe Simpson

Joe Simpson’s The Water People is the story of childhood friends, Chris and Jimmy, who set off into the Indian Himalaya partly for the adventure

Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity, by Katherine Boo

It was Ramachandra Guha’s endorsement on the front of the Indian version of this book that drew my attention to it: “The best book about

Jaipur Literature Festival 2013

Day 1 The 6th annual Jaipur Literature Festival got off to a cracking start today, and I left this evening feeling very inspired, as I

Kolkata Book Fair 2013

On this unpleasantly overcast day I made my way out to the 33rd annual Kolkata Book Fair. And remembered why the Delhi metro has been

Stupid Guy Goes to India, by Yukichi Yamamatsu

As I’m fairly intimate with both Japan (having lived there for nineteen months some years ago) and India (numerous research trips and travels), the clashing

Dreaming in Hindi, by Katherine Russel Rich

I picked up this book after a rather long hiatus from my own Hindi learning, feeling the need to get back into it and wanting

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