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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:29
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Hi all,
I'm off to India for my first time in a couple weeks and am looking for some reading material to take with me for what I am sure will be some long journeys or chilled out days. When I'm travelling I like having books about the place I'm im. So can anyone recommend any interesting reads? I've been looking around and whats been jumping up quite a bit is 'A Million Mutinies or India: An Area of Drakeness' by V. S. Naipaul...anybody read that? thanks a bunch |
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:32
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a pain in the asana
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please check out the Books, Movies, etc. forum, many book suggestions there -- I've moved your post to that forum.
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:33
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right, thanks. New to the forum so havn't seen the thread yet.
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:35
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a pain in the asana
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if you go thru that forum, LOTS of suggestions there, along with peoples' reviews, the good, the bad and the ugly!
enjoy! |
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:43
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Here's the link you want....
http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?t=21653 And, for a start, I'd recommend 'City of Djinn's' by William Dalrymple, 'Age of Kali' by the same author, and 'Shantaram' by Gregory David Roberts, which is more of a blockbuster-thriller type book, but highly entertaining. |
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 02:46
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What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes  Don't go to India ~ Pre-trip Warnings & Misconceptions?
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Aug 22nd, 2006, 03:01
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Naipaul on India is a real bummer. Try one of the many great travel writers mentioned in the book threads--Dalrymple, Fishlock, etc.
Last edited by Merchant : Aug 22nd, 2006 at 21:37. |
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