Travelers' Tales Guides India

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Summary: Travelers' Tales India
Review: "The essays are lyrical, magical and evocative: some of the images make you want to rinse your mouth out to clear the dust."-Yakima Herald Republic

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Summary: Many perspectives, one book
Review: A collection of many essays, book excerpts and stories from many different authors about travelling in India. Nearly every aspect of travel in India is covered: heliskiing in the Himalayas, staying at ashrams, being sick, travel in the women's compartment of trains, standing in a monsoon, bicycling from Leh to Pakistan, riding with a truck driver. Some essays cover unique aspects of the society, such as the enterprising dish-wallahs who set up a satellite dish and sell cable tv to an apartment building or two. Several of the source books are now out of print, making this collection particularly valuable

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Summary: India Tales
Review: This book gave a great insight into the world of India! It had so much information about things that most people would not ever have the chance to experience. It is great reading!

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Summary: A nice taste before you go.
Review: This series offers a really nice way of getting insight into India's culture. The stories are well written and entertaining and it covers lots of different aspects of India -- from religion to customs and the way people think. We just returned from a trip to India and brought it along for reading on the flight over.