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Book Review: Ancient Futures
Author: Helena Norberg-HodgePublishers: Oxford University PressPages: 224 Ancient Futures is a book on Ladakh’s cultural and social atmosphere, its environment and changing face of Ladakhi...
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Book Review – The Great Railway Bazaar: By Train Through Asia
Author: Paul TherouxPublishers: Penguin BooksPages: 342 Theroux’s book on his epic train journey is now one of the most celebrated travel books. Theroux begins his journey from London, travelling on...
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Book Review: The Penguin Book of Indian Journeys
Compiled by Dom MoraesPublishers: Penguin BooksPages: 369 The Penguin Book of Indian Journeys, according to the description in the inside cover, is an anthology of travel writing on India. The image...
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Book Review: Himalaya
Author: Michael Palin Publishers: Phoenix Pages: 296 The unimaginatively named book is a journal of Michael Palin and his team along the Himalayan Mountains, shooting a documentary for BBC. Palin...
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Book Review – Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Author: Jon Krakauer Publishers: Anchor Books Pages: 333 From the very beginning of the book, Jon Krakauer creates an impression that this is a book that keeps the reader hooked. At the end of the...
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Book Review – The Great Arc by John Keay
Author: John KeayPublishers: Harper CollinsPages: 172 ‘The Great Arc’ is the story of mapping India and discovering the highest mountains on earth. It all began in the first decade of 19th century...
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DVD Review: BBC TV Series – Ganges
Information. ‘Ganges’ is a DVD of three episode TV series aired on BBC in 2007. It is distributed in India as DVD by Saregama. The video is approximately 150 minutes long. As of posting this, it...
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Recent Read –“Following the Equator” by Mark Twain
Author: Mark Twain Publisher: Available for download from Project Gutenberg Following the equator is a journal of Mark Twain’s travel across the world on a lecture tour. While we call today as the...
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Book Review: The Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Title: The Geography of Bliss Author: Eric Weiner Publishers: Twelve Books Pages: 325 Eric Weiner sets out on a world tour on a quest to find out what makes people happy. He journeys to countries...
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Ten Books that made an impact
A good friend asked me to make a list of ten books that have had a profound impact on my life. I thought it will take a long time for me to come up with the ten list. But it filled up really quickly,...
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