Exploring Arts and Culture
Exploring Arts and Culture
Books on India
A Passage to India by E. M Forster (1924)
Twilight in Delhi by Ahmed Ali (1940)
Man-Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett (1944)
Train To Pakistan by Khushwant Singh (1956)
Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre, Larry Collins (1975)
Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie (1981)
Baumgartner's Bombay by Anita Desai (1988)
A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth (1993)
City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi by William Dalrymple (1993)
A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry (1995)
The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy (1997)
Shantaram by Gregory David Roberts (2003)
Maximum City: Bombay Lost and Found by Seketu Mehta (2004)
The Inheritance Of Loss by Kiran Desai (2006)
All roads lead to Ganga by Ruskin Bond (2007)
The White Tiger by Aravind Adiga (2008)
Nine Lives by William Dalrymple (2009)
2 States: The Story of My Marriage by Chetan Bhagat (2009)
Around India in 80 Trains by Monisha Rajesh (2012)
Behind The Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity by Katherine Boo (2012)
Sikkim: Requiem for a Himalayan Kingdom by Andrew Duff (2015)
Films on India
Pather Panchali (1955)
Mughal-e-azam (1960)
Gandhi (1982)
Passage to India (1984)
City of Joy (1992)
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Monsoon Wedding (2001)
Born into Brothels (2004)
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Being Cyrus (2006)
Water (2005)
The Namesake (2006)
Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel (2012)
Midnight’s Children (2012)
The Lunchbox (2013)
Further Reading
(2016) Arts Management: Challenges and Learning from 7 Cultural Organisations in Bangladesh, India and Pakistan [ASEF Culture 360]
(2016) A Brief Introduction to Hinduism- Commisceo Global
Tharoor, S (2012) Why nations should pursue "soft" power [TED talk video] [17.53 minutes]
Art Asia Pacific Almanac- India
Sangam- A Platform for Craft-Design Partnerships