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These Foolish Things

These Foolish Things
  • Author(s): Deborah Moggach
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Humour
  • Era(s): Modern

This is the same book as The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. A very funny book about a retirement home in Bangalore, peopled by quirky British pensioners.

Tiger Hills

Tiger Hills
  • Author(s): Sarita Mandanna
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Romance
  • Era(s): Various

When a flock of herons wheeled overhead at the moment of Devi’s birth, it seemed that her life would be touched by fate… As a child, Devi befriends a young boy whose mother has died in tragic circumstances. Over...

Under the Coconut Tree

Under the Coconut Tree
  • Author(s): Marissa de Luna
  • Location(s): Goa
  • Genre(s): Mystery
  • Era(s): Modern

In the early hours of November 11th the body of Sandeep Shah is discovered, nestled amongst a pile of coconut husks. Detective Arthur Chupplejeep and Police Officer Pankaj are called to investigate. From their experience this should be a...

Under the Jewelled Sky

Under the Jewelled Sky
  • Author(s): Alison McQueen
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century

London 1957. In a bid to erase her past, Sophie Schofield accepts a wedding proposal from ambitious British diplomat, Lucien Grainger. When he is posted to New Delhi, into the glittering circle of ex-pat society, old wounds begin to...

Witness the Night

Witness the Night
  • Author(s): Kishwar Desai
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A highly atmospheric mystery set in India, with the controversial subject of female foeticide at the fore. Longlisted for the ManAsian Literary Prize. In a small town in the heart of India, a young girl is found tied to...

Land Where I Flee

Land Where I Flee
  • Author(s): Prajwal Parajuly
  • Location(s): Gangtok
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

To commemorate Chitralekha Nepauney’s Chaurasi – her landmark 84th birthday – three of Chitralekha’s grandchildren are travelling to Gangtok, Sikkim, to pay their respects. Agastaya is flying in from New York. Although a successful oncologist, he is dreading his...

Arctic Summer

Arctic Summer
  • Author(s): Damon Galgut
  • Location(s): Alexandria, India
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): 1920s

In this literary tour de force, twice Booker shortlisted novelist Damon Galgut evokes the life and work of EM Forster, his travels to India, and the freedom and inspiration he found there. In 1912, the SS Birmingham approaches India....

Om Shanti, Babe

Om Shanti, Babe
  • Author(s): Helen Limon
  • Location(s): Kerala
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Young Adult
  • Era(s): Modern

Cassia can’t wait for her first visit to India – Bollywood glamour, new friends to admire her uber-cool street-dance moves…. But as she steps into real Indian life, NOTHING is as she expected… Cass is with her mum in...

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
  • Author(s): Deborah Moggach
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

In the original this is These Foolish Things (which also features on the TF site) A very funny book about a retirement home in Bangalore, peopled by quirky British pensioners.

The Gypsy Goddess

The Gypsy Goddess
  • Author(s): Meena Kandasamy
  • Location(s): Tamil Nadu
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): 1960s

Tamil Nadu, 1968. Village landlords rule over a feudal system that forces peasants to break their backs in the fields or suffer beatings as punishment. In the misery of their daily lives it is little wonder that the Communist...

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