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Three men on motorcycles

Three men on motorcycles
  • Author(s): Ketan Joshi
  • Location(s): Ladakh
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modernn

‘Let’s go for a ride!’ This was the clarion call for Royal Enfield riders, but where should we go? Bharathi (the wife) – She Who Must Be Obeyed – sneers at our puny destination plans and orders us to...

Three Ways to Disappear

Three Ways to Disappear
  • Author(s): Katy Yocom
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

In Katy Yocom’s award-winning debut novel, Three Ways to Disappear, two families—one human, one tiger—follow parallel journeys in which the powerful drives to connect, love, and raise the next generation play out against the fact of loss and the...

Ticket to India

Ticket to India
  • Author(s): N H Senzai
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

A map, two train tickets, and a mission. These are things twelve-year-old Maya and her big sister Zara have when they set off on their own from Delhi to their grandmother’s childhood home of Aminpur, a small town in...

Tiger in Trouble (The Adventure Club)

Tiger in Trouble (The Adventure Club)
  • Author(s): Jess Butterworth, Kirsti Beautyman (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

Do you like exploring, animals and adventure? Then join The Adventure Club! A brand new illustrated series for younger readers about animals and adventure from much-loved author Jess Butterworth – writer of classic adventure stories in vibrantly described settings....

Tiger Skin Rug

Tiger Skin Rug
  • Author(s): Joan Haig
  • Location(s): India, London, Scotland
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

An old promise. A mysterious tiger. A magical adventure. Fly into the night with this enchanting tale of friendship, family, and what it means to find home. Lal and his brother Dilip miss home. They don’t like drizzle, midges,...

Tomb of Sand

Tomb of Sand
  • Author(s): Daisy Rockwell (Translator), Geetanjali Shree
  • Location(s): North India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary looking back

Set in Northern India. An eighty-year-old woman slips into a deep depression at the death of her husband, then resurfaces to gain a new lease on life. Her determination to fly in the face of convention including striking up...

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu

Too Young to be Old: From Clapham to Kathmandu
  • Author(s): Frank Kusy
  • Location(s): India, London
  • Genre(s): Humour, Travelogue
  • Era(s): 1980s

When Frank starts working with old people, he reignites a young dream. And sets out to make it come true. As Frank Kusy turns 27 he is unexpectedly put in charge of an old people’s home in Clapham, South...

Towards the Within

Towards the Within
  • Author(s): Reece Willis
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Sometimes the further you distance yourself, the closer you are to the truth.What starts out as a simple trip around India soon becomes a psychological journey into the darkness of Sam’s past. One he knows there’s no running from.When...

Travels With My Grief

Travels With My Grief
  • Author(s): Susan Bloch
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Contemporary

Witty, yet wise with intimate insights, this is a unique journey of sensuous delights, a beautiful and compelling series of adventures that capture the insecurities, pain and ultimate joy of a middle-aged woman facing life and embracing life on...

Truck de India!

Truck de India!
  • Author(s): Rajat Ubhaykar
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Travelogue
  • Era(s): Modern

“The share auto I squeeze into next seems unusually vulnerable after a night in the truck – too compact, too low down. Perhaps, these are the usual side effects of prolonged riding with the king of the road, I...

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