India Books

A very well written book. The recipes indicated in this book are quite authentic, judging by the ingredients and method of cooking. Devaki Bubbar has some good pointers too, that can be aplied to other styles of Indian cooking.

Wow, this book is a find! Considering the popularity of Gujarati food in India, it's surprising how few culinary books exclusively devoted to it are available in English. Going by general books on Indian cooking, it seems as though Gujaratis eat nothing less elaborate and rich than undhiyu, and aamras-puri. Thankfully this book proves otherwise, with truly authentic recipes for everyday fare, snacks, festival food, and even home remedies like ukaalo (for when you have the sniffles). Illustrations are sparse, but the recipes are precise and clear. Whether you're looking for new vegetarian flavors, or whether you're an expat Gujarati missing home cooking, you'd enjoy the recipes for osaaman, valore-muthiya nu shaak, ghau na faada ni khichdi, and magaj. These are not things you can order in an Indian restaurant. If you have access to good Gujarati home cooking, or to a Gujarati specialty restaurant, you can skip this book. Otherwise, it's absolutely essential!

This book provides a wealth of practical information, strategic planning, and decission making tools. Very easy to follow and practice. Author has in depth knowledge on the subject. I love this book.

The book is clear, concise and to the point. One of the few books I have ever read that has profound ideas but, at the same time, is an easy read. The management principles outlined in this book can be applied to almost any profession--including educational administration. I firmly believe that a leader can't operate at full potential until he or she grasps the concepts in this book.

People have been drinking tea for hundreds of years. Sylvia Schneider not only provides numerous tea recipes from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Arabia, the Americas, and Europe, she also includes the history and traditions of tea, as well as tea recipes for a wide range of ailments.

The popularity of tea combined with the popularity of herbs as medicine makes this title not only an interesting and informative book, but a practical one as well. The reader will enjoy learning about the history of these teas and the ingredients from which they are made. Preparing and drinking these teas, which can improve health and well-being, will also be an enjoyable experience.

This book is a jewel. A good friend gave it to me as a "hope you feel better gift" the last time I was down with a bad cold. You don't have to be sick, however, to learn about the ancient history and healing power of teas and infusions.

Sylvia Schneider is a freelance writer and medical and scientific editor who works as a medical journalist. In this book she explores the history, traditions, ingredients and recipes for tea from China, Japan, India, Tibet, Latin America, Aboriginal America, and Europe. There is also information about the use of exotic herbs and spices.

This beautiful volume is illustrated with more than 50 color photographs and includes many recipes to improve the overall state of health and well-being. Makes an excellent gift. I know firsthand!
JANA

I sent this book and "Quick Quack Quick" by the same author, to my niece and nephew. They really enjoyed it, and my sister enjoyed reading it to them. Many thanks for such a great story.

This book is just marvelous! Little Four(the little gray kitten on the cover) follows Bengal into the jungle to learn how to be like a tiger, so that he may earn his name on naming day. I was struck by how Four perseveres, and eventually triumphs, despite all those around him who doubt. This book has everything; exciting action, great moral (without being preachy)and the illustrations are as magical as the rest of the book.(Be sure to look for the hidden tigers!) Positive, empowering and beautiful, it's everything a picture book should be. I read it to my son's 2nd grade class; it was a hit, it really got them excited and talking.

A Heart Poured Out is the biography of Swami Ashokananda (1893-1969), who was a prominent monk of the Ramakrishna Order and a man who devoted most of his life to developing the Vedanta Society in San Francisco. Knowledgeably written by Sister Gargi, a disciple of Swami Ashokananda since 1948, A Heart Poured Out deftly covers the breadth of Ashokananda's life ranging from his childhood in India, to his enthusiastic dedication to personal spirituality, to his independence in daring to refute some of Mahatma Gandhi's political viewpoints. A Heart Poured Out is highly recommended as being a unique and rapturously written biography of an intrinsically fascinating man.

I was bowled over by this biography of a man of God who walked among us for a time. If you have never met a living saint, you have no idea how such a one combines power and love and humor in such a way as to make you KNOW your own divinity. Swami Ashokananda was one such man of God, and if you read "A heart poured out" you cannot fail to be blessed by his uncommon presence and enlightened by his remarkable teachings. Sister Gargi's book is a masterpiece of spiritual literature.

Simply, amazing! A lot of deep, insightful views about Indian classical music, together with a great sense of humour and liveliness. Not only for the Indian music lover, but also for anybody who really loves any kind of music.

As a teller of tales, Mrs. Dhar shines forth in the same light as possibly W. Somerset Maugham. As a racounteur, her skills are tremendous - the words are like a conversational monologue. The characters are drawn in excellent verbal chiarascuro, in immaculate English, and the humour although quite native, is delighting to all races, I am sure. Her encounters with people have been drawn with remarkable accuracy and the characters come to life with her verbal quill. Kudos on all counts to a great writer and singer, as I remember her myself.

Fascinating look at what numbers represent on a mystical level. An amazing book!

Life seems so chaotic, so random and completely unpredictable. However, within chaotic systems, such as life, or coastlines or even blood vessel formation to stock market fluctuations are predictable in nature. That is what the Chaos theory, fractal geometry and many other mathematical studies attempt to prove. We are math, and math is about numbers. this book is enlighting.

Bauer presents an excellent ethnographic and historical analysis of the changes the people of Dolpo have encountered since 1959, and he demonstrates to us that cultural survival and cultural change are not antithetical to one another. His examination of the resilience and adaptability of Dolpo-pa brings to life the practical importance of local environmental knowledge, human agency, and cultural innovation. As founder of the grass-roots organization DROKPA (meaning "nomad" in Tibetan), Bauer also directs his excellent analytic understanding of pastoralism toward working along with pastoralist populations to respond to the many political, economic, and environmental challenges they face in the 21st century. Very fine research and writing.

High Frontiers makes the landscape and the people of Dolpo come alive. Kenneth Bauer's descriptions are vivid, accurate and heartfelt. His observations in the chapter A Tsampa Western about the filming of Caravan/Himalaya and its impacts on the villagers is timely and thought provoking. One does not need to have an academic background to absorb and enjoy this timely book.

This book has a lot of substance.Unlike other books I have read,this book does not have any fluff or give unnecessary stories.It gives you practical information and tools you can use to stay focused on and achieve your goals.Good companion to Consciously Creating Wealth.Good fortune!

This is such a great little book!! It is so inspirational that I find myself referring to it time and time again.

I couldn't always get the concepts that I read about in other books but this book is written in a story format which not only makes it interesting, it's so easy to understand!

We really are powerful and this book shows that with the right frame of mind you can persuade anyone to do what you want and you can achieve anything you want.

I highly recommend this book!

Hiking in that part of the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California in the early 1940s, I met Robert Barrett on the trail when I was 14 years old. Invited into their home, I spent many hours listening to "Sahib" and "Mem-sahib" talk about the adventures written about in "The Himalayan Letters of Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba." After 60 years, both come alive again in these pages. When I knew them, Katherine Barrett was crippled from severe arthritis, and was barely able to walk. She describes being carried by litter over high passes and swaying footbridges by stout Ladakhi porters. Katherine's clear descriptions of the Himalaya landscape and people balance Robert's unabashed romanticism. Readers are advised to proceed slowly, bookmark the "Caravan Vocabulary," in the back for quick reference, and augment the fold-out maps by going on-line for recent cartography and pictures.

I read this book years ago when I was in college. It was a delightful discovery. This obscure book from the 1920s is a collection of letters, many written for young readers, by an eccentric, enlightened and talented pair of travelers. The Barretts, alias Gypsy Davy and Lady Ba, traveled to exotic locales not as casual tourists but as serious students. This book grew out of a multi-year caravan with pack animals through Ladakh in 1923-24. The letters include vivid descriptions of the area's terrain, the history and the people they met and got to know, including Tibetan monks and Muslim explorers. The adventures tend to be low-key but the setting and content are fascinating in and of themselves. The overall tone reflects a love of life and respect for people of all types. All in all, this book is a rare and precious curio.

The Barretts wrote other books, even more obscure, about travels in other lands, too. After falling in love with this book, I read all I could find and deem them worth a read as well.