History

Man's immutable yearning for freedom and human rights is the pulsating lifeline of The Ruse, a story that mirrors the humanistic philosophy of the Khalsa, enunciated 300 years ago. Set in 18th-century Punjab, against the backdrop of the terminal years of Aurangzeb's reign, it relives Banda Singh Bah... More

Made for Maharajas: A Design Diary of Princely India explores the fascination among Indian royalty for western luxury goods. This taste reached its peak during the British Raj, when Indian rulers began travelling to Europe and remodelled their lives along western lines. Commissioning architects to d... More

Editorial Review IN ASSOCIATION WITH “DUBLIN” ITC MAURYA SHERATONA MUST FOR THE BAR, THE PARTY AND THE CONNOISEUR.Some of mankind's most important inventions are shrouded in mystery. No one knows, for instance, who invented the wheel that set humanity rolling; nor does anyone know who first hit... More

Nestling amidst the great Himalays, the tiny kingdom of Tibet evokes images of monasteries, meditating monks, Buddhism and towering above them all, the Dalai Lama. The Tibetan diaspora is perhaps the only community in the world today wherein the spiritual head also dons the mantle of political leade... More

India is a large and very diverse country with many distinct pursuits, vastly different convictions, widely divergent customs, and a veritable feast of viewpoints. The Argumentative Indian brings together an illuminating selection of writings from Nobel prize-winning economist Amartya Sen that outli... More

Dhan Dar served with rice always makes its appearence in a Parsi meal. Fish, too is considered auspicious. Meat is cooked with a variety of vegetables. Papeta ma gosht, Kala masoor dal ma ghost. Dhansak(lamb cooked with mixed pulses and vegetables) is a famous dish.... More

'Gives an understanding of the glorious intellectual and spiritual tradition of (a) great country.' - Albert Einstein Written over five months when Jawaharlal Nehru was imprisoned in the Ahmadnagar Fort, The Discovery of India has acquired the status of a classic since it was first published in 1... More

Aromatic spices and exotic trade routes mingle headily in this lush, evocative history. This is an exotic saga with the tang of drama in every voyage. "The Spice Route" transports the reader from the dawn of history to the ends of the earth. "The Spice Route" is one of history's great anomalies. Shr... More

A new edition of the brilliantly irreverent classic about the clash between Eastern and Western cultures. ‘There are enough crazy characters, stories and wild scenes here for several novels, and the entire book offers…the real juice and color of modern India seen from the inside.’ —Librar... More

During the heyday of the studio system spanning the 1930s, '40s, and '50s, virtually all the American motion picture industry's money, power, and prestige came from a single activity: selling tickets at the box office. Today, the movie business is just a small, highly visible outpost in a media univ... More

‘In his third book William Dalrymple has dug deep to present the case of the Middle East’s downtrodden Christians. More hard-hitting than either of his previous books, From the Holy Mountain is driven by indignation. While leavened with his characteristic jauntiness and humour, it is also profou... More

Trails Of The Tiger offers you interesting text and images on selected Tiger reserves in India.This Collection features detailed and thorough information about the jungles along with interesting aspects of the life in the game parks. It showcases rare images of the wild along with different aspects... More

James Achilles Kirkpatrick landed on the shores of eighteenth-century India as an ambitious soldier of the East India Company. Although eager to make his name in the subjection of a nation, it was he who was conquered—not by an army but by a Muslim Indian princess. Kirkpatrick was the British Resi... More

In Twenty-Five AIDS has killed 25 million, one million for each year of the epidemic, and another 40 million have been infected-A total exceeding the population of Tamil Nadu.But why, when Aids is preventable? Many of these lives could have been saved and millions of infections could have been avert... More