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Jaipur Journals

Jaipur Journals
  • Author(s): Namita Gokhale
  • Location(s): Jaipur
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

A brilliant, funny, and moving account of the characters that make festivals tick. There are the authors enjoying moments of adulation after years of creative isolation and the star-struck public allowed to mingle with their cultural icons.  And those...

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi
  • Author(s): Geoff Dyer
  • Location(s): Varanasi, Venice
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

This book is in 2 parts – the first part is set during the Biennale, journalist Jeff drinks and snorts his way in and out of social events, and has a short affair with Laura, an American gallery director....

Kim

Kim
  • Author(s): Rudyard Kipling
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
  • Era(s): Late 19th Century

Kim is Rudyard Kipling’s finest work. Now controversial, this novel is a memorably vivid evocation of the life and landscapes of India in the late nineteenth century. Kim himself is a resourceful lad who befriends a lama, an ageing...

Lost and Found in India

Lost and Found in India
  • Author(s): Braja Sorensen
  • Location(s): Mayapur
  • Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
  • Era(s): Modern

Most books on India written by foreigners share one trait: the authors visit India, then leave. Sorensen moved in, set up house, became a resident in a village on the banks of the Ganges river, and eventually called India...

Love Muffin And Chai Latte

Love Muffin And Chai Latte
  • Author(s): Anya Wylde
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Romance
  • Era(s): Cotemporary

Clear your calendar, turn on your voicemail and get cozy on the sofa as Anya Wylde has decided to dip her toes into the world of contemporary romance … Love Muffin and Chai Latte follows the journey of Tabitha...

Meet Me in Bombay

Meet Me in Bombay
  • Author(s): Jenny Ashcroft
  • Location(s): Mumbai (Bombay)
  • Genre(s): Historical, Fiction
  • Era(s): WW1

Bombay, 1913 It’s New Year’s Eve, and Madeline Bright, fresh to the exotic opulence of colonial India, is yearning for all she’s left behind in England. But then, at the stroke of midnight, Maddy meets Luke Devereaux, and as...

Midnight’s Children

Midnight’s Children
  • Author(s): Salman Rushdie
  • Location(s): India
  • Genre(s): Fantasy, Fiction
  • Era(s): 1940s

Saleem’s birth is normal in every way apart from the accident of timing which is the premise of the title. It is an allegory for the birth and development of a nation.

Monsoon Memories

Monsoon Memories
  • Author(s): Renita D'Silva
  • Location(s): Bangalore (Bengaluru), Harrow, Udupi
  • Genre(s): Fiction

Exiled from her family in India for more than a decade, Shirin and her husband lead a comfortable but empty life in London. Memories of her childhood – exotic fragrances, colours, stifling heat and tropical storms – fill Shirin...

Monsoon Summer

Monsoon Summer
  • Author(s): Mitali Perkins
  • Location(s): Berkeley, Pune (Poona)
  • Genre(s): Fiction
  • Era(s): Modern

Jasmine (Jazz) lives in Berkeley, CA and is the child of an Indian Mother and a white Father. At 15 she is already running a small business with Steve, taking photos of tourists in front of Landmarks. Jazz’ Mum...

More Bodies Will Fall

More Bodies Will Fall
  • Author(s): Ankush Saikia
  • Location(s): Delhi, Manipur, Nagaland
  • Genre(s): Mystery, Crime, Thriller
  • Era(s): present day

A girl from north-east India is murdered in Delhi. The main suspect is her ‘Indian’ boyfriend, but there isn’t enough evidence to prove his guilt. Amid a growing outcry about police neglect and racial injustice, detective Arjun Arora reluctantly...

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