Anthony Ham

"The Middle East Centre of St Antonya  College is the centre for the interdisciplinary study of the modern Middle East in the University of Oxford. Ce...

Rahul Jacob

When Rahul Jacob left India for the first time at the age of twenty-one, for graduate studies in the US, he was too nervous to sleep on the layover in Tokyo. Tw...

Dom Moraes

`A wonderful synecdoche for India: heterogeneous, contrary, suddenly seductive' Hindustan Time `The Penguin Book of Indian Journeys is not exactly a coll...

Robert Franklin

The whole history of London, from its birth as an outpost of the Roman Empire through its place at the heart of Empire's to today modern multicultural city,...

Alice Albinia

One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For millennia it ...

Dilip D'Souza

What do we learn when one great democracy looks at another? Alexis de Tocquevilles seminal Democracy in America answered the question 1800S. Today, India is the...

Sunetra Choudhury

'A candid and entertaining look at hardcore political reporting. It's also a must-read for anybody aspiring to be a journalist' - Prannoy Roy, Chair...

Paul Theroux

The Direct-Orient Express, the Khyber Pass Local, the Delhi Mail from Jaipur, the Golden Arrow to Kuala Lumpur and the Trans-Siberian Express are just a few of ...

William Dalrymple

A Journey in the Shadow of Byzantium ‘In his third book William Dalrymple has dug deep to present the case of the Middle East’s downtrodden Christia...

Geoff Crowther

Discover Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei Have your fortune told by a psychic parrot, then dig into dosa in Singapore\'s Little India. Trek in the footsteps...

Anomymous

Weekend Breaks from Delhi: 52 Breaks for 52 Weekends offers its readers an extensive guide to day-trips and quick getaways within a 100-km radius from Delhi. ...

Pat Yale , Jean Bernard Carillet

Features colour highlights sections, easy-to-use grid-referenced maps and insightful history, culture, food and environment chapters by specialised contributors...