Curry, Bollywood and the Taj Mahal! These are often the images we see associated with India. But India’s history, stretching back thousands of years, offers even more to discover about this country. The books and dvds in this display provide a gateway to India – discover the history, culture and continuing influence of this nation of such contrasts. From drought to monsoon, poverty to great riches, and the heights of the Himalayas to the flat Gangetic Plains, one look is not enough to Discover India!
August/September 2007

Akademi, Sahitya.  Contemporary Indian Literature.  PK2903 C65x 1981

Das, Veena (ed.). Handbook of Indian Sociology. HM477 .I4 H35 2004

Dil Se.  DVD PN1997 D5247x 2003 (Feature Films)

Dye, Joseph M. The Arts of India. N7301 .V57 2001

Follmi, Olivier.  India.  DS408 F65 2005

Ganti, Tejaswini.  Bollywood: A Guidebook to Popular Hindi Cinema.  PN1993.5 I8 G28 2004

Henderson, Carol.  Culture and Customs of India.  DS423 G33 2002

Jadhav, Narendra. Untouchables. HB126 .I43 J3313 2005

Joshi, Lalit.  Bollywood: Popular Indian Cinema.  PN1993.5 I8 B65 2002

Kal Ho Naa Ho.  DVD PN1997 K3264x (Feature Films)

Kipling, Rudyard.  Kim.  PR4854 K4

Luce, Edward. In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India. HC435.3 .L83 2007

McLeod, John.  The History of India.  DS463 M224 2002

Mahabharata.  DVD PN1997 M25453 2002 (Feature Films)

Moore, Lucy.  Maharinis: The Extraordinary Tale of Four Indian Queens and Their Journey from Purdah to Parliament.  DS480.45 M6327 2005

Mukherjee, Bharati. Jasmine. PR9499.3 .M77 J3 1999

Mukherjee, Bharati. Desirable Daughters. PR9499.3 .M77 D47 2002

Noble, Marty. Mehndi Designs. GT2343 .N63 2004

Ramayana and Mahabharata.  PK3653 A2 D8 1910

Ramanujan, A.K. Folktales from India. GR305 .F64 1992

Roome, Loretta. Mehndi. GT2343 .R66 1998

Roy, Arundhati. The God of Small Things. PR9499.3 .R59 G63 1998

Rushdie, Salman. Midnight's Children. PR9499.3 .R8 M5 1981

Sen, Amartya.  The Argumentative Indian: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity.  DS423 S338 2005

Sen, Colleen Taylor.  Food Culture in India.  TX724.5  S38 2004

Sholay,  DVD PN1997 S47595x (Feature Films)

Silsila.  DVD PN1997 S49685x (Feature Films)

Swarupananda, Swami.  Shrimad Bhagavad Gita.  PK3631 B5x 1967b

Tagore, Rabindranath. Selected Poems. PK1722 .A2 2004

Teach Yourself Hindi. PK1935 .S645x 2003

Welch, Stuart Cary. India: Art & Culture 1300-1900. N7301 .W45 1985

Wolpert, Stanley.  A New History of India.  DS436 W66 2004
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