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Travelers' Tales India

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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

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.

The stories are from all far corners of the country and really
get to the soul of the region is it set in.

I would highly recommend this book to most people, Indians or
non-Indians, they would enjoy learning about the country and
possibly even making travel plans based on the stories and locations
listed in the book.

I've so far bought four copies of this book and gifted three of
them to my friends.

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!