India

'Reading Ambedkar bridges the gap between what most Indians are schooled to believe and the reality we experience every day of our lives' - Arundhati Roy B.R. Ambedkar's Annihilation of...

Mrs Winterbottom Takes a Gap Year meets The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel and Where'd You Go Bernadette in this witty novel about coming of (middle) age and discovering that you...

Descendants of indentured labourers brought from India to the Caribbean between 1845 and 1917 comprise more than forty percent of Trinidad's population today. While many Indo-Trinidadians identify themselves as Indian,...

This book challenges the widely held belief that India's mainstream cinema is pure entertainment and entirely fantasy-oriented. Instead, the author shows how conventional cinema voices the concerns of the people...

In a sensitive and compelling account of the lives of those at the very bottom of Indian society, Oliver Mendelsohn and Marika Vicziany explore the construction of the Untouchables as...

Intellectual traditions grow through a process of critical assessment, and Pathways: Approaches to the Study of Society in India is an important contribution in this area. The autobiographical element makes...

"Trapped between a dead past and an unborn future, the human animal has, since the dawn of time, asked these two questions - 'Who am I?' and 'Why am I...

This is a study of India's independence movement, from an abortive revolt against the British in 1857 through the times which eventually lead to Indian Independence in 1947 seen from...

"Above all, this book is intended to show the delight I have found in a way of life which, often with very little means, still results in great beauty." This...

We had climbed a mountain and crossed a pass; been wet, cold, hungry, frightened, and withal happy. One more Himalayan season was over. It was time to begin thinking of...

India is heir to one of the world's oldest civilisations and the origin of many of the ideas, philosophies and movements that have shaped the destiny of humankind. This is...

Wyndham and Banerjee are back in a stunning new instalment in this award-winning, Raj-era series. *Sunday Times Crime Book of the Month* **A 'Book of the Year' pick in The...

How did a 'chai wallah' who sold tea on trains as a boy become Prime Minister of India? On May 16, 2014, Narendra Modi was declared the winner of the...

Motivation, persistence and perseverance are the distinct traits of determined and dedicated individuals who can make things happen. It's always possible, even when the task is awesome -- transforming the...

We the Billion addresses the problem of overpopulation in India from a new perspective. It is the first time that the social-psychological approach has been used in population research. The...

Over the past hundred years, India has held an enormous fascination for western intellectuals and artists. Father India explores the life-changing influence of the subcontinent on western ideas of modernity...

From one of America's most celebrated writers, the moving, eye-opening bestseller about power, history and what lies hidden under the surface of ordinary lives 'The hierarchy of caste is not...

Jane Austen's Emma meets bustling Mumbai society in Swati Hegde's debut friends to lovers romcom. Confident fashionista Jia Deshpande spends her days writing cliche-ridden listicles for Mimosa , Mumbai's top...

Jane Austen's Emma meets bustling Mumbai society in Swati Hegde's debut friends to lovers romcom. Confident fashionista Jia Deshpande spends her days writing cliche-ridden listicles for Mimosa , Mumbai's top...

Explore the powerful connection between how you feel and what you eat in this inspired cookbook from acclaimed chef and Food Network champion Palak Patel. Have you ever experienced tears...

Annette Bonnier travelled throughout India over a three-year period photographing the lives of domesticated and wild elephants. These photographs are a cultural documentation of this complex and majestic animal, with...

A translation of Indian writings cover all aspects of sex and love.

The story of the 1,200 mile journey made by Eric Newby and his wife down the holy river of India, travelling in a variety of boats, and sometimes by rail,...

A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one...

A fresh, illuminating narrative exploration of one of the most contradictory and dynamic countries on earth One of this century's greatest surprises has been the economic and social revolution in...

'The leading character is the deftly drawn Persis Wadia, the country's first female detective. She's a wonderful creation and this is a hugely enjoyable book' Ann Cleeves 'This is historical...

The epic story of the rivalry that shaped the 20th century and poses questions for the 21st. Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill- India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime...

A FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE A FINALIST FOR THE MOORE PRIZE A NEW STATESMAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A gripping and rigorous crime story about the murder of...

His first cookbook, "Ismail Merchant's Indian Cuisine" was chosen by both the "New York Times" and the "Los Angeles Times" as one of the top ten cookbooks of 1986. From...

Landlocked, almost inaccessible to foreigners, Nagaland has been fighting a secret, often brutal war for independence for more than half a century. Portrayed either as a land of ruthless guerrillas...

In March 1998, India broke a quarter-century's silence when it detonated a series of nuclear devices in the Rajasthan desert. Having announced it possessed the requisite credentials for membership in...

Introduced by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Ubuntu collection is a unique series of exquisitely produced small-format books that take inspiration from Ubuntu and are each founded on the work and...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the...

Now the political and cultural mecca controlling the pulse of India, the vibrant capital city of Delhi has been ruled by many powerful empires and seduced many powerful rulers over...

In this volume, seven distinguished writers offer penetrating insights into the complexities of the subcontinent. Roderick MacFarquhar reflects on the legacy of Empire ad Partition, Ian Buruma considers secularism and...

Winner and Top Pick of the 2019 American Library Association Reading List for Mystery Winner of the 2019 Mary Higgins Clark Award Winner of the 2019 Lefty Award for Best...

Find out about India with this fun and engaging first information book. Topics include major cities, interesting places, food, sport and much more. For children progressing through Book Bands, it...

You are a single woman in your thirties, fed up with the singles scene. You are tired of singles dinner parties, and exhausted by phone calls, e-profiles, and forced dinner...

The fascinating and revealing story of Frater's journey through India in pursuit of the astonishing Indian summer monsoon. On the 20th May the Indian summer monsoon will begin to envelop...

Jeremy Seal travels to the USA, Africa, Australia and India to meet people living amongst the world's deadliest snakes - and attempts to overcome his personal fear in the process....

Hands that tell stories, a sparkle in the eyes, or wrinkles on the face inscribing a whole life lived. In this new book of street photography in India, David Krasnostein...

Reversing his parents' immigrant path, a young writer returns to India and discovers an old country making itself new. Anand Giridharadas sensed something was afoot as his plane prepared to...

This will be the definitive book about Bollywood - about a country finding its identity, a movie industry that changed the face of India and one man's struggle to become...

Mohandas Gandhi and Winston Churchill: India's moral leader and Great Britain's greatest Prime Minister. Born five years and seven thousand miles apart, they became embodiments of the nations they led....

The Burning Forest is an empathetic, moving account of what drives indigenous peasants to support armed struggle despite severe state repression, including lives lost, homes and communities destroyed. Over the...