Download or read book A Touch of India written by Valerie Britton-Wilson and published by Valerie Britton Wilson. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Engaging and beautifully written. At the heart of this wide-ranging and thoughtful book is the author's search for her mother whose Anglo-Indian identity is a source of pride and puzzlement.’ - Brenda Niall, biographer A touch of history, a touch of travel, a touch of romance … A Touch of India. In A Touch of India, author Valerie Britton-Wilson discovers the challenges and charms of modern India whilst uncovering the life of her mother Pearl, a young Anglo-Indian woman growing up in end-of-Empire Bombay. When World War II brought British forces to India, Pearl unexpectedly fell in love with a brilliant pianist on leave from fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Burma. Pearl’s descriptions of her life, the discovery of hidden love letters - and an unlikely twist- are interwoven with the author’s own experiences over two decades of working in this sometimes bewildering but always absorbing country, India. A Touch of India includes a search for an elusive Indian Ancestor, a tragic dowry murder, and explores the complexities and nuances of having mixed blood. An exceptional chapter explores why many Western women are so enchanted by India. A touch of history, a touch of travel, a touch of textiles. A lot of insights. And a touching personal story. 'Funny and poignant, part memoir, part meditation, A Touch of India charts one woman's tentative mid-life exploration of her mixed-race background. Her mother, a young artist and journalist from Bombay, married a British army officer during the War and later found herself in the conservative world of 1950s Melbourne.Further back, there is a shadowy grandmother, an Indian orphan who married into the then British Raj. Above all there is India: alluring, electrifying and unfathomable. Valerie Britton-Wilson has a sharp and nuanced eye for it all. Starting a business between India and Australia, disassembling the past and assembling the present, she finds herself more touched by India than she had ever imagined.' — Helen Elliott, literary critic 'Britton-Wilson's perceptions of contemporary India, paired with those of her Anglo-Indian mother before and during the Second World War, will be an education for newcomers to India and for old hands. both women show an understanding of the social complexities of India and of its cruelty and kindness. Their comments on the place of Anglo-Indians - both in British India and now - are fascinating. A chapter on the attraction of India to Western women broke new ground for me, as it will for others.’ - John McCarthy AO, former Australian High Commissioner to India ‘Overall, A Touch of India is engaging and beautifully written, compelling me to keep reading until the end. The human stories and perspectives make this book special and a must-add to the bookshelf for all lovers of India – modern and historic.’ - Rashida Tayabali, writer for the Indian Link

Download or read book A Touch of India written by Valerie Britton-Wilson and published by Valerie Britton Wilson. This book was released on 2021-05-22 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ‘Engaging and beautifully written. At the heart of this wide-ranging and thoughtful book is the author's search for her mother whose Anglo-Indian identity is a source of pride and puzzlement.’ - Brenda Niall, biographer A touch of history, a touch of travel, a touch of romance … A Touch of India. In A Touch of India, author Valerie Britton-Wilson discovers the challenges and charms of modern India whilst uncovering the life of her mother Pearl, a young Anglo-Indian woman growing up in end-of-Empire Bombay. When World War II brought British forces to India, Pearl unexpectedly fell in love with a brilliant pianist on leave from fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Burma. Pearl’s descriptions of her life, the discovery of hidden love letters - and an unlikely twist- are interwoven with the author’s own experiences over two decades of working in this sometimes bewildering but always absorbing country, India. A Touch of India includes a search for an elusive Indian Ancestor, a tragic dowry murder, and explores the complexities and nuances of having mixed blood. An exceptional chapter explores why many Western women are so enchanted by India. A touch of history, a touch of travel, a touch of textiles. A lot of insights. And a touching personal story. 'Funny and poignant, part memoir, part meditation, A Touch of India charts one woman's tentative mid-life exploration of her mixed-race background. Her mother, a young artist and journalist from Bombay, married a British army officer during the War and later found herself in the conservative world of 1950s Melbourne.Further back, there is a shadowy grandmother, an Indian orphan who married into the then British Raj. Above all there is India: alluring, electrifying and unfathomable. Valerie Britton-Wilson has a sharp and nuanced eye for it all. Starting a business between India and Australia, disassembling the past and assembling the present, she finds herself more touched by India than she had ever imagined.' — Helen Elliott, literary critic 'Britton-Wilson's perceptions of contemporary India, paired with those of her Anglo-Indian mother before and during the Second World War, will be an education for newcomers to India and for old hands. both women show an understanding of the social complexities of India and of its cruelty and kindness. Their comments on the place of Anglo-Indians - both in British India and now - are fascinating. A chapter on the attraction of India to Western women broke new ground for me, as it will for others.’ - John McCarthy AO, former Australian High Commissioner to India ‘Overall, A Touch of India is engaging and beautifully written, compelling me to keep reading until the end. The human stories and perspectives make this book special and a must-add to the bookshelf for all lovers of India – modern and historic.’ - Rashida Tayabali, writer for the Indian Link

Download or read book Touch the Earth written by T.C. McLuhan and published by . This book was released on 1971 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Eating India written by Chitrita Banerji and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-12-10 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Though it's primarily Punjabi food that's become known as Indian food in the United States, India is as much an immigrant nation as America, and it has the vast range of cuisines to prove it. In Eating India, award-winning food writer and Bengali food expert Chitrita Banerji takes readers on a marvelous odyssey through a national cuisine formed by generations of arrivals, assimilations, and conquests. With each wave of newcomers-ancient Aryan tribes, Persians, Middle Eastern Jews, Mongols, Arabs, Europeans-have come new innovations in cooking, and new ways to apply India's rich native spices, poppy seeds, saffron, and mustard to the vegetables, milks, grains, legumes, and fishes that are staples of the Indian kitchen. In this book, Calcutta native and longtime U.S. resident Banerji describes, in lush and mouthwatering prose, her travels through a land blessed with marvelous culinary variety and particularity.

Download or read book The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian National Book Award Winner written by Sherman Alexie and published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers. This book was released on 2012-01-10 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New York Times bestseller—over one million copies sold! A National Book Award winner A Boston Globe-Horn Book Award winner Bestselling author Sherman Alexie tells the story of Junior, a budding cartoonist growing up on the Spokane Indian Reservation. Determined to take his future into his own hands, Junior leaves his troubled school on the rez to attend an all-white farm town high school where the only other Indian is the school mascot. Heartbreaking, funny, and beautifully written, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, which is based on the author's own experiences, coupled with poignant drawings by Ellen Forney that reflect the character's art, chronicles the contemporary adolescence of one Native American boy as he attempts to break away from the life he was destined to live. With a forward by Markus Zusak, interviews with Sherman Alexie and Ellen Forney, and black-and-white interior art throughout, this edition is perfect for fans and collectors alike.

Download or read book Portrait of India written by Ved Mehta and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2021-02-04 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Returning to 1960s' India after decades beyond its borders, Ved Mehta explores his native country with two sets of eyes: those of the man educated in the West, and those of the child raised under the Raj. Travelling from the Himalayas in the east to Kerala in the west, Ved Mehta's observations and insights into India and some of its most interesting figures - including Indira Gandhi, Jaya Prakash Narayan and Satyajit Ray - create one of the twentieth century's most thought-provoking travel memoirs.

Download or read book NEP Sociology of India I B A 2nd Sem MIC 2 MJC 2 MDC 2 written by Dr. RavindraNath Mikarji and published by SBPD Publications . This book was released on 2024-11-13 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. Features of Indian Society and Culture 2. Unity in Diversity 3. Caste : Definition, Origin, Features and Recent Changes 4. Dominant Caste 5. Jajmani System : Meaning, Structure, Functions and Changes 6. Joint Family : Definition, Characteristics and Factors of Disintegration 7. Hindu Marriage 8. Muslim Marriage 9. Marriage in Tribes 10. Kinship System : Meaning, Types and Usages 11. Tribes : Meaning, Characteristics of Tribe and Caste 12. Rural Community 13. Status of Women in India and Women Empowerment

Download or read book For the Souls and Soils of India written by Helen C. Maybury and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2011-04-27 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chinese poet once said, To re-create something in words is like being alive twice. In a very real sense I have found this to be true as I have been compiling this record of my parents life. As missionaries in India from 1923-1960 they had written regularly to me and other family members in the United States. In addition, my father wrote many informative circular letters to his supporting churches. Unfortunately, some letters were lost, but in the end there was a suitcase full of correspondence. I couldnt throw them away. They were my meaningful link to my parents. So last summer, with the encouragement of my husband and children, I bought a laptop computer and started writing this story as a tribute to the remarkable and dedicated life of my parents, concentrating particularly on their life together as missionaries, followed by 17 years in Home Missions. In the process I have re-lived those early years and true to the Chinese poets words, I feel that I have been alive twice. The reader will notice capitalization of certain words in my fathers letters, where capitals are not customarily used. I believe it was his way of emphasizing words which he considered important.

Download or read book Flavors of India written by Shanta Nimbark Sacharoff and published by Book Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 357 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Along with recipes for beverages, snacks, chutneys, dairy products, vegetable dishes, rice, dal (lentils, peas, and other legumes), breads, and sweets, you will find helpful information on the spices and other ingredients that are essential to authentic Indian cooking. Includes nutritional information on the healthful benefits of Indian vegetarian cuisine.

Download or read book The Web of Indian Life written by Sister Nivedita and published by Namaskar Book. This book was released on 2024-02-13 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Embark on a profound exploration of Indian culture, spirituality, and society with "The Web of Indian Life" by Sister Nivedita. Journey through the intricate tapestry of traditions, beliefs, and customs that define the essence of India, as seen through the eyes of a dedicated disciple. As Sister Nivedita delves into the heart of Indian life, witness the interconnectedness of its various facets, from religion and philosophy to art and social structure. Experience the vibrancy and diversity of a civilization steeped in millennia of history and tradition. But amidst the richness of Indian culture, a fundamental question arises: Can we truly understand and appreciate the complexities of a culture so different from our own, or are we bound by our own preconceptions and biases? Engage with Sister Nivedita's insightful observations and reflections, as she invites readers to transcend cultural boundaries and embrace the universal truths that unite humanity. Join the journey of discovery and enlightenment as we unravel the mysteries of Indian life and philosophy. Are you ready to open your heart and mind to the wisdom of the East? Immerse yourself in the wisdom and compassion of Sister Nivedita, whose deep love for India shines through every page, inspiring readers to cultivate a deeper understanding and appreciation for its rich heritage. Now is the time to embark on a transformative journey of self-discovery and cultural exploration. Let "The Web of Indian Life" be your guide as you navigate the complexities of Indian society and spirituality, enriching your own life in the process. Secure your copy of "The Web of Indian Life" today and embark on an odyssey through the soul of India, where ancient wisdom meets modern insight, and the eternal truths of existence await.

Download or read book History of Indian Cinema written by Renu Saran and published by Diamond Pocket Books Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2014-03-04 with total page 299 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indian film industry is the largest in the world. It releases 1000 plus movies annually. Most films are made in South Indian languages (viz., Telugu, Tamil and Malayalam). Nevertheless, Hindi films take the largest box office share. India has 12,000 plus cinema halls and this industry churns out 1000 plus films a year. This book gives a brief history of the world's most exciting industrial enterprise. It gives the details, facts and vital sets of data of Indian cinema with amazing finesse. Its simple style and low cost enable all reader genres to read it. Renu Saran has penned this book for the lovers of Indian cinema. She has given many good books to our valued readers. She has worked very hard to collect data and analyze information sets. That is why this book has become one of the best in its genre.

Download or read book The Web of Indian Life 1904 written by Sister Nivedita and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Web of Indian Life by Sister Nivedita: This book is a meditation on the cultural and spiritual life of India, exploring the many facets of its rich and diverse heritage. The book celebrates the depth and beauty of Indian culture, and offers valuable insights for anyone interested in exploring the mysteries of this ancient and complex civilization. Key Aspects of the Book "The Web of Indian Life": Cultural History: The book provides a rich and detailed portrait of Indian culture, exploring its many dimensions and celebrating the richness and diversity of its heritage. Spirituality and Mysticism: The book reflects on the deep spiritual and mystical traditions of India, offering valuable insights for anyone interested in the nature of consciousness and the mysteries of human experience. Ancient and Modern: The book explores the continuity and change of Indian culture over time, highlighting the many ways in which its traditions and values continue to shape and influence the modern world. Sister Nivedita was an Irish-born teacher and social activist who lived in India during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Her book on Indian culture and spirituality remains a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history and traditions of this ancient and complex civilization.

Download or read book The Dismantling of India written by TJS George and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In October 1947, two months after Independence, TJS George arrived in Bombay. He was nineteen years old, with a degree in English Literature. He sent out job applications––to the Air Force and to the city's English-language newspapers. Only one organization cared to reply, The Free Press Journal. The editor was known to hire anyone who asked for a job, but most new hires were sacked in a fortnight. George was put on the news desk as a sub-editor and eventually became an assistant editor. In Patna, as editor of The Searchlight, he was arrested by the chief minister for sedition. He spent three weeks in Hazaribagh Central Jail. In Hong Kong, he worked for the Far Eastern Economic Review as regional editor; in New York he was a writer for the United Nations population division; and, back in Hong Kong, in 1975, he founded Asiaweek. Six years later, he returned to India and settled in Bangalore. He began a column for Indian Express that ran without a break for twenty-five years, until 2022. His seventy-five years of journalism, concurrent with India's development as an independent nation, make for a unique understanding of events and personalities. Acclaimed for his widely historical, pan-Asian vision, George brings this far-flung experience to a compulsively readable new book, The Dismantling of India. It is the story of India told in 35 concise biographies, beginning with Jamsetji Tata and ending with Narendra Modi.

Download or read book The Making of India written by Ranbir Vohra and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-12-18 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Designed for undergraduate and graduate courses on Indian civilization and history, this text provides a sweeping look at the long and varied history of India and how this complex legacy has shaped, and is shaping, the nation's modern polity. It offers unique political-historical coverage of India from pre-history into the 21st century.

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