Recommend Reading
Mobile libraries are carried in the minibus when the group is at least seven people in size. Libraries include guide books, books about local history, and fiction written by local authors. Feel free to use these books at any time during the tour.
Books worth reading include those outlined below. Please refer to our website for a wider list of suggested reading.
Guide Books
Lonely Planet Guide to India
The Rough Guide to India
The Rough Guide to South India
Lonely Planet Guide to South India
Footprint Guide to India
South India Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint)
Rajasthan and Gujurat Handbook: The Travel Guide (Footprint)
General Resources for India
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth
City of Joy by Dominique Lapierre
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Eat Smart in India by Joan Peterson and Indu Menon
Hinduism: An Introduction by Dharam Vir Singh
Sahib: A British Soldier in India from 1750 – 1914 by Richard Holmes
Maharanis: The Lives and Times of Three Generations of Indian Princesses by Lucy Moore
The Sceptre and the Veil: Autobiographies by Indian Maharanis by Ranjana Harish
A Malgudi Omnibus by R K Narayan
The Argumentative India: Writings on Indian History, Culture and Identity by Amartya Sen
The Ruling Caste: Imperial Lives in the Victorian Raj by David Gilmour
The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India by William Dalrymple
The Life of Mahatma Gandhi by Louis Fischer
White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth Century India by William Dalrymple
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple
The Honourable Company: The History of the English East India Company by John Keay
India: A History by John Keay
Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald
The Jewel in The Crown by Paul Scott
A Passage to India by E M Forster