India Travel

Driving terrified me; I hadn't done it in a decade. But if I could drive in India, I could drive anywhere. If I drive a tuk-tuk, I could drive anything. And if I said yes, I'd get to spend 10 days with her. Would that be enough time to find out who she was, what she wanted, and then convince her to abandon that and want me instead? There was only one way to find out.

India, the land of rickshaws, rajas, roti, and more. It's both a wonderful and in some cases, challenging and stressful country to visit. In spite of some harrowing experiences there, India occupies a place near to my heart. I wrote this book to help foreign tourists to India have a safe and enjoyable trip that is so wonderful that they'll have a deep desire to return to India, either physically, or through fond memories of the journey.

............ Understand Indian Culture, and ............ ....... Communicate effectively with Indians ....... This book is about Indian Culture, focusing on workplace behavior. This book acts as a cross-cultural trainer for non-Indians. If you are visiting India for business, it prepares you well to enjoy your trip. This is a good companion book to India Travel Guides. It provides guidance to people who want to interact with Indians effectively. This book analyzes the impact of Indian Culture on the workplace behavior of Indians. It provides insight into how that particular behavior evolved...

From a hectic bazaar in Delhi's old town to a carved wooden temple in Kathmandu's Durbar Square, Jason Smart discovers a wealth of colour amid the chaotic crowds of the Indian Subcontinent. After some tea and biscuits with a Bangladeshi ambassador, he somehow manages to catch Delhi Belly before even setting foot in India. When he does eventually arrive, Jason is buzzed by fearsome insects, hassled by persistent touts and acquires a worrying 'fish eye' growth on his leg. Nonetheless, Jason never loses sight of the fact that his latest adventure is an eye-opener at every turn. From the ...

Ever wondered what it's like to backpack across India? Two sixty-somethings go for one more adventure and just about survive a five-week journey involving world famous sights, crazy incidents and lots of cows.

Molly Moon returns...and bumps into earlier versions of herself, four of them, to be exact, all kidnapped and transported back in time to nineteenth-century India by Molly's most fearsome nemesis yet, an insane maharaja. Molly foiled his plans once already, by stopping Primo Cell from becoming president of the United States. This time around, the maharaja is determined to alter the course of history. The only thing standing in his way is Molly and her brave pug, Petula.

Do we create our reality, or do we just add some salt and pepper to what is already predestined? Demons have more than one face. Their true nature is hidden under the illusions they cast upon humans. Prepare to be immersed in a world of mysticism and magic as you follow the whirlwind love story between a Romani witch and a Tantric demon. My life is a mess. An affair that shouldn’t have happened, a divorce that is impending… and what did I do? I ran away on an exotic, spiritual trip with my best friends. Ten days in the Himalayas, with no signal and no internet connection, should have ...

On his 44th birthday, Eric Newby sets out on an incredible journey: to travel the 1,200-mile length of India's holy river. In a misguided attempt to keep him out of trouble, Wanda, his lifelong travel companion and wife, is to be his fellow boatwoman. Their plan is to begin in the great plain of Hardwar and finish in the Bay of Bengal, but the journey almost immediately becomes markedly slower and more treacherous than either had imagined - running aground 63 times in the first six days.

New York Times and USA Today Bestselling author/adventurer Vincent Zandri recently made his way from Kathmandu to New Delhi by boat, train, tuck-tuck, bus, bicycle, rickshaw, 4X4, and on foot. He also spent some time exploring the Upper Ganges where he decided that taking a swim in the holiest river in the world would be one heck of a bucket-list item to check off. What he didn't realize at the time is that the little swim would nearly cost him his life. PRAISE FOR VINCENT ZANDRI NOVELS: "The action never wanes." --Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinal "Gritty, fast-paced, lyrical and haunting." --...

A classic of modern travel writing, An Area of Darkness is Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul’s profound reckoning with his ancestral homeland and an extraordinarily perceptive chronicle of his first encounter with India. Traveling from the bureaucratic morass of Bombay to the ethereal beauty of Kashmir, from a sacred ice cave in the Himalayas to an abandoned temple near Madras, Naipaul encounters a dizzying cross-section of humanity: browbeaten government workers and imperious servants, a suavely self-serving holy man, and a deluded American religious seeker.

SHIVA, The Ultimate Time Traveller, is a brilliant narrative, which combines mystery, mythology, and meditation to reveal a profound spiritual journey. Shailendra presents Shiva, The Supreme Lord of Yoga, as the protagonist who rises through time and space to establish His sublime presence in the most endearing way, transforming and delighting the reader. In a timeless love story, the perfect Yogi meets the perfect Yogini. Will they be able to embrace the perfect destiny... or will the world create obstacles, not having understood perfect love? Shiva, who sports the title of 'The God beyond...

★ Bowling Through India is the exhilarating true story of Justin Brown's journey through the heart of India. From the bustling streets of Kolkata to tea shops in Darjeeling, Brown takes readers on a wild ride as he and ‘The Black Craps’ navigate the challenges and triumphs of competing in slums, cemeteries and exotic locations - mostly against ten year old kids! Joining Justin in the van is a high-country farmer, a savvy businessman, a world class photographer with bowel issues, and a shoestring traveller named Blanket Boy. Together the amateur sportsmen take to the streets of India ...

From William Thacker’s long-kept field journals comes the fascinating true story of a remarkable expedition. Thacker and his closest friend, Dr. Richard Ross, set out on a twenty-thousand-mile odyssey across India and Africa to observe and collect wildlife. But they found far more than just animals – danger seemed to await them at nearly every turn. The first of the series The Chronicles of an Exotic Animal Cowboy, Otters on a Plane allows us to relive unusual and unexpected events with Will, Doc, and the enchanting Joann McVay, the British biologist they meet along the way. We travel ...

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.

The journey through life came to a T-junction. This is your invitation to pry into the diary, be the other tourist on the train, a voyeur at the accident, an eavesdropper on the argument. Two one-track minds merge with train-wreck results.

"Some rules are meant to be broken... and some temptations are impossible to resist." ELA: I've scrubbed floors and scoured pans to earn this chance at becoming a pastry chef on the luxurious Celestial Odyssey. One wild night with a mysterious older stranger was supposed to calm my nerves before starting my new job. Instead, it may have ruined everything. Because my new boss? He's the commanding chef who rocked my world last night. PHILIP: My kitchen is my kingdom, and I rule it with exacting standards and an iron fist. But when my new pastry chef trainee walks in wearing a crisp uniform ...

50 Things to Know About Travelling to India, by Manidipa Bhattacharyya, offers an approach to prepare yourself for a trip to India.

Vedic Path to Infinite Motivation: Unleash Ancient Secrets to Overcome Stress, Learn Gayatri Meditation, Unfold Wisdom, and Achieve Blissful Success Do you want to overcome Stress without medicines and achieve ‘Blissful Success’? Do you wonder why, despite material success, happiness seems far away? Do you want to change your life by learning a powerful way to inspire yourself and others through Gayatri Meditation?Vedic Path to Infinite Motivation is the fourth book in the Corporate Transformation Series. It is your guide to overcoming a stressful life and learning the subtle art of ...

A chronicle of life on the resplendent island. Adele Barker and her son, Noah, settled into the central highlands of Sri Lanka for an 18-month sojourn, immersing themselves in the customs, cultures, and landscapes of the island: its elephants, birds, and monkeys; its hot curries and sweet mangoes; the cacophony of its markets; the resonant evening chants from its temples. When, having returned home to Tucson, Barker awakes on December 26, 2004, to see televised images of the island's southern shore disappearing into the ocean, she decides she must go back.

India is in transition. Since the publication of Culture Smart's first guide to India in 2003, the nation has been transformed from a developing third-world country into the world's fastest growing economy. This completely new and up-to-date volume by American author Becky Stephen is unrivalled.