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I am searching for books on India -- history, religion, mythology, culture. General overviews would be great to start, since my background is woefully inadequate, but if you have any more specific books that you really love, I will not turn them down. (I realize that India is a big country with a long history, and I'm not being very specific, and that's mostly because I, er, don't know enough yet to be specific.)
I am looking primarily for nonfiction for these purposes, though if you have any great fiction to recommend, I will, again, not say no.
Books by Indian or Indian American authors are particularly desirable, but good books by non-Indians will work too.
Feel free to pass the request on.
Thanks!
I am looking primarily for nonfiction for these purposes, though if you have any great fiction to recommend, I will, again, not say no.
Books by Indian or Indian American authors are particularly desirable, but good books by non-Indians will work too.
Feel free to pass the request on.
Thanks!
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Date: 2009-06-16 04:34 pm (UTC)Also, an interesting overview of mythology is Ka by Roberto Calasso, but there's no reason you couldn't go to original source translations whether it's the Ramayana, Upanishads or what you will.
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