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1	Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure more books like this by Sarah MacDonald add to wishlist After backpacking her way around India, 21-year-old Sarah Macdonald decided that she hated this land of chaos and contradiction with a passion, and when an airport beggar read her palm and insisted she would come back one day - and for love - she vowed never to return. But twelve years later the prophecy comes true when her partner, ABC's South ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.49! \| first editions \| SVS
2	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist A fascinating portrait of a year in the life of the city of Delhi by the winner of the Somerset Maugham Award for travel writing in 1995. see all copies from $5.69! new only from $8.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	Six Suspects more books like this by Vikas Swarup add to wishlist There's a caste system even in murder.Seven years ago, Vivek 'Vicky' Rai, the playboy son of the Home Minister of Uttar Pradesh, murdered Ruby Gill at a trendy restaurant in New Delhi simply because she refused to serve him a drink. Now Vicky Rai is dead, killed at his farmhouse at a party he had thrown to celebrate his acquittal. The police ... see all copies from $7.98! new only from $10.63! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Delhi, Agra & Jaipur more books like this by Anuradha Chaturvedi (Editor), Dharmendar Kanwar (Editor), Partho Datta (Editor) add to wishlist see all copies from $12.50! new only from $12.50! \| SVS
5	City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi more books like this by William Dairymple add to wishlist As Dalrymple's first book, "In Xanadu", traversed thousands of miles, now he traverses thousands of years. In the course of 12 months in Delhi, he peels back the successive encrusting layers of history, using both material and human remains of each of the eight cities of Delhi, interlacing innumerable stories with the present and ending with the ... see all copies from $2.29! new only from $10.24! \| first editions
6	Scoop-Wallah more books like this by Justine Hardy add to wishlist Hardy's tales about India, from the perspective of a British journalist, are topically diverse, but nevertheless relay profound insights to an intriguing culture. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.77! \| SVS
7	The Golden Calm more books like this by M M Kaye (Editor), Emily Bayley add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Twilight in Delhi more books like this by Ahmed Ali add to wishlist The sounds and smells of Delhi--the flutter of pigeons' wings, the call to prayer, the scent of jasmine and frying ghee--come to life in the novel whose detail E.M. Forster called "new and fascinating" upon its original publication in 1940. Reprinted with a revised introduction by the author, Twilight in Delhi is enacted between two revolutionary ... see all copies from $5.90! new only from $9.37! \| SVS
9	The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi & Agra more books like this by Rough Guides, Dr. Daniel Jacobs, Gavin Thomas add to wishlist "The Rough Guide to Rajasthan, Delhi and Agra" is the most comprehensive guide available. From the magnificent Taj Mahal to craft shopping in Rajasthan, the inspiring full-colour section introduces all the regions highlights. You'll find detailed accounts of every major tourist sight, along with critical reviews of all the best places to sleep, ... see all copies from $14.57! new only from $14.57! \| SVS
10	In custody more books like this by Anita Desai add to wishlist Asked to interview India's greatest poet, Nur, Deven sees a way to escape the miseries of life as a small-town scholar. But the old man he finds deep in the bazaars of Old Delhi bears no resemblance to the idol of his youth. Deven is fooled, bullied and cheated, and drawn into a new captivity. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.18! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11	An Obedient Father more books like this by Akhil Sharma add to wishlist This debut novel is about a middle-aged Delhi man, Ram Karan, who extorts campaign money for his boss, who is running for office. Karan has a history of sexually abusing his daughter Anita, and now he tries to do the same with Anita's own daughter, a 12-year-old. Anita surprises him in the act, and her vengeance--repressed all these years- ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	In Times of Siege more books like this by Githa Hariharan add to wishlist Shiv Murthy, a middle-aged New Delhi professor whose wife is away, agrees to take in and care for the daughter of a friend, a student at the university who has broken her leg. At the same time, he is in trouble with the school because an article he has written about the caste system in India has offended certain people--and made the newspapers. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	City of Djinns: A Year of Delhi more books like this by William Dalrymple add to wishlist Indraprastha is the Hindu name for the first, mythical Delhi. In this book the author peels back the successive encrusting layers of Delhi's history, using both the material and the human remains of each period as a touchstone with the present. With each of the six cities of Delhi being revealed in respective chapters, the climax, the final ... see all copies from $9.36! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	The Day in Shadow more books like this by Nayantara Sahgal add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $14.06! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Delhi Sultanate: A Political and Military History more books like this by Peter Jackson, Mr. David Morgan, PHO (Editor) add to wishlist The Delhi Sultanate was the first Islamic state to be established in India. In a broad-ranging, accessible narrative, Peter Jackson traces the history of the Sultanate from its foundation in 1210 to its demise in 1400 at the sack of Delhi by the Central Asian conqueror, Tamerlane. During the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, the Sultanate was ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $62.25! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Birds of Delhi more books like this by Ranjit Lal add to wishlist This book introduces the reader to various birding areas in and around the city, and highlights the birdlife found there. An entire chapter is devoted to bird activity during the different seasons of the year, and the main section of the book profiles around 150 species of birds, given a brief physical description of each, with their habits and ... see all copies from $5.95! new only from $8.45! \| first editions
17 view cover	Delhi, Jaipur and Agra more books like this by Kapka Kassabova, Sagarika Ghose add to wishlist The highly successful Globetrotter Travel Series, which includes Travel Packs, Guides, Maps and Road Atlases, features more than 80 destinations worldwide. The Packs are excellent value, including both a guidebook and a softcover version of the fold-out Globetrotter map of the area, in a printed plastic wallet. The handy pocket-size guide is ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.15!
18 view cover	Women, Education, and Politics: The Women's Movement and Delhi's Indraprastha College more books like this by Meena Bhargava, Kalyani Dutta add to wishlist Traces the development and progress of the education of Indian women and their role in national politics in the early twentieth century through a case study of Indraprastha College, the first women's college in Delhi. see all copies from $15.51! new only from $15.51! \| first editions
19 view cover	Ancient Delhi more books like this by Upinder Singh add to wishlist This history of Delhi from the Stone Age to the time of the Rajputs is traced against a background of the history of India. It weaves together evidence from stone tools, ancient mounds, pottery, monuments, sculpture, references in literature and legend to reconstruct a historical narrative. see all copies from $9.95! new only from $9.95!
20 view cover	Delhi: Its Monuments and History more books like this by Percival Spear, Narayani Gupta (Editor), Laura Sykes (Editor) add to wishlist First published in 1943, Percival Spear's Delhi: Its Monuments and History has long been recognized as one of the best guides to Delhi. Written in an engaging and wonderfully informal manner, Spear's guide, bringing alive the Delhi of the sultans and their ruined buildings, of tongas and lazy picnics, is a classic in its own right. Narayani Gupta ... see all copies from $15.95! new only from $15.95! \| SVS
21 view cover	Historic Delhi: An Anthology more books like this by H K Kaul (Editor) add to wishlist 'The tabernacle of the eastern parts of the universe', said Al Minhaj Bin Siraj of Delhi in the thirteenth century. Few major cities of the world are as rich in historical associations as Delhi, and fewer still possess such a wealth of archaeological and architectural splendours. This anthology contains vivid accounts of Delhi from ancient times ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $13.06!
22 view cover	Indigenous Modernities: Negotiating Architecture and Urbanism more books like this by Jyoti Hosagrahar add to wishlist This book examines how an historic, and so-called 'traditional' city quietly evolved into one that was modern in its own terms, in form, use and meaning. Through a focused study of Delhi, the author challenges prevalent assumptions in architecture and urbanism and identifies an interpretation of modernism that goes beyond conventional ... see all copies from $34.50! new only from $43.07!
23	A Situation in New Delhi more books like this by Nayantara Sahgal add to wishlist see all copies from $2.00! new only from $18.45! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Qutb Minar and Its Monuments more books like this by B M Pande add to wishlist Inscribed as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1993, the Qutb groups of monuments contains over 70 heritage buildings, such as Jamali Kamali mosque, Balban's tomb, Rajon ki Bain, Muhammad Quli Khan's tomb, and many others. This book offers a description and illustration of this priceless collection of monuments. see all copies from $9.00! new only from $13.08! \| first editions
25 view cover	Spaces of Colonialism: Delhi's Urban Governmentalities more books like this by Stephen Legg add to wishlist This book examines the residential, policed, and infrastructural landscapes of New and Old Delhi under British Rule. This is the first book of its kind to present a comparative history of New and Old Delhi. The book draws on the governmentality theories and methodologies presented in Michel Foucault's lecture courses; looks at problems of social ... see all copies from $34.00! new only from $36.00! \| SVS

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