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Beware falling coconuts: perspectives of India by a BBC producer

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Rupa and Co. 2007Description: xiv, 271 pISBN:
  • 9788129110732
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.06 C5B3
Summary: Described as 'perspectives of India by a BBC producer' the book is really a collection of essays on this and that, mostly India-related. There is, for instance, 'Diamonds are Forever', which is all about the Kohinoor and its history, and 'Jewel in the Crown', which dwells on the unhappy destiny of Duleep Singh, Maharajah of Lahore, and his association with Queen Victoria. Then 'Chota Peg', on India's prohibition laws. So you see, it's snatches of history and real-life experiences of living and working in India. And because it swings so between subjects, Beware... doesn't find an even tenor.
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 45-B / Slot 2544 (3rd Floor, East Wing) Non-fiction General Stacks 954.06 C5B3 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 163893

Foreword by Sir Mark Tully and Illustrated by Mario Miranda

Described as 'perspectives of India by a BBC producer' the book is really a collection of essays on this and that, mostly India-related. There is, for instance, 'Diamonds are Forever', which is all about the Kohinoor and its history, and 'Jewel in the Crown', which dwells on the unhappy destiny of Duleep Singh, Maharajah of Lahore, and his association with Queen Victoria. Then 'Chota Peg', on India's prohibition laws. So you see, it's snatches of history and real-life experiences of living and working in India. And because it swings so between subjects, Beware... doesn't find an even tenor.

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