If It's Monday It Must Be Madurai: A Conducted Tour of India

Most travel writing reveals much about the place being travelled, its sights, sounds and scenes, and to some extent, perhaps, the writer as well.

What if a travelogue is an exercise in uncovering the character of the fellow-traveller? What if it reveals, sometimes unwittingly, the true nature of the character of the nation of the co-traveller.

That, that is why you should read If It's Monday It Must be Madurai.

Srinath Perur is a fine writer with a keen eye and unmistakeable sense of hu...