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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...

Under the Great Plum Tree

Under the Great Plum Tree
  • Author(s): Sufiya Ahmed, Reza Dalvand (Illustrator)
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Children
  • Era(s): N/A

An unlikely friendship between Miss Bandari and Mr Magarmach forms when the pair meet under the great plum tree, deep in the heart of India. Mr Magarmach is old and his hunting days are over but Miss Bandari loves...

Under the Tamarind Tree

Under the Tamarind Tree
  • Author(s): Nigar Alam
  • Location(s): India, Pakistan
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Mid 20th Century / 2019

A story of love tested to its limits by moral dilemmas, and the beauty and fragility of childhood friendships. 1964 — Karachi, Pakistan. Rozeena will lose her home — her parents’ safe haven since fleeing India and the terrors...

Urnabhih

Urnabhih
  • Author(s): Sumedha Verma Ojha
  • Location(s): Patliputra (Ancient settlement)
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): BCE

Urnabhih: A Mauryan Tale of Espionage, Adventure and Seduction Misrakesi comes to the newly-formed Mauryan court with a mission-to avenge the death of her sister. However, an encounter with Chanakya, the man she had planned to kill, sets her...

Valley of Flowers

Valley of Flowers
  • Author(s): Chris Collins
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Novella

Valley of Flowers is a short novel that fights to move, entertain and enlighten. The story opens in the famed Valley of Flowers, or garden of the gods in Northern India. It follows the trek journey of a 17-year-old...

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