India category: 2353 books

Written in India in Sanskrit between 400BCE and 300CE by the philosopher Vatsyayana, the Kama Sutra is the classic work on love, marriage and sex. Not only of historical interest, much of what it has to say on marriage and sex is still valid today. And although famous for its chapter on sexual pleasure,...

n 2005 vertrekt de dan dertigjarige journalist Saskia Konniger naar India. Ze wil reportages maken over het moderne leven in een van de oudste beschavingen ter wereld. In een mum van tijd overkomt dat leven haar in volle hevigheid: ze krijgt een rol in een Bollywoodfilm, verkent de illegale homoscene...

Namaste! Willkommen in den Untiefen der indischen Kultur, zwischen Mantras und Mumbai, Curry und Chaos, Bollywood und Buddha. Lebenskünstlerin Alma, durch und durch Berliner Schnauze, begegnet Indien auf ihrem Trip vom Norden bis tief in den Süden mit Abenteuerlust und Ungeduld. Doch Mother India...

“…Ma esiste un altro male, un male buono che ti prende e non ti lascia più: si chiama Maldindia”: mosaico di racconti per avvicinarsi al Subcontinente e provare a comprenderne le sue ricchezze, diversità e contrasti. Chiave di lettura per l'infinito universo indiano, dove moderno e antico si...

When Frank Kusy is challenged by his publisher to research a book on India in just 66 days, he thinks it will be a breeze. How wrong he is. From the very start, it's a rollercoaster ride of daily dramas and madcap meetings he never dreamt could come his way. And in the background, someone close is lying in wait to sabotage his best laid plans...

La schiera dei grandi narratori e scrittori che hanno fatto del reportage unarte abbraccia, comè noto, secoli di letteratura e ha prodotto non pochi spunti di eccellente teoria. Anton Cechov ci ha lasciato, ad esempio, un manuale del buon reporter che dovrebbe essere obbligatoriamente presente oggi...

In this evocative study of the fall of the Mughal Empire and the beginning of the Raj, award-winning historian William Dalrymple uses previously undiscovered sources to investigate a pivotal moment in history. The last Mughal emperor, Zafar, came to the throne when the political power of the...

Sometimes, only the most heartbreaking memories possess the capacity—in their elegiac immediacy—to take our breath away. With Excellent Things in Women, Sara Suleri offers the reader a delicately wrought memoir of life in postcolonial Pakistan. Suleri intertwines the violent history of Pakistan's...

The mighty sage to whom the mountain bowed, and who drank the sea empty. He humbled the arrogant and punished the wicked. He is the symbol of man's heroism and confident strength.

**A Finalist for the 2018 Los Angeles Times Book Prize in History Four centuries ago, a Muslim woman ruled an empire.** When it came to hunting, she was a master shot. As a dress designer, few could compare. An ingenious architect, she innovated the use of marble in her parents’ mausoleum...

A great king of Kalinga who ruled twentyone centuries ago. Coming to the throne when the state was in distress, he brought confidence and self-respect to the people. And he refused to join hands with a foreign army against an Indian prince.

Hyderabadis still remember the reign of Mahbub Ali Pasha as a golden age in the history of their city. Mahbub, beloved of his people, who ruled Hyderabad at the turn of the present century, became a legend in his generosity and benevolent concern for his subjects.Weaving together memories, stories...

A great hero of the 'Mahabharata'. Kama lived such a life that he became an­other name for generosity and loyalty. It was his misfortune to be shunned as a person of low caste. To him loyalty was more important than the emperor's throne. He sacrificed his life for his master. 

Sir Chris Bonington is a household name as a result of his distinguished mountaineering career during which he has lead pioneering expeditions to the summits of some of the most stunning mountains in the world. The Everest Years shares the story of his relationship with the highest and most sought-after...