Author: Sujatha Gidla Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The word outcast is used to refer to those who have been rejected by society or a social group. It literally means outside of caste, which is the social hierarchy in which many in India have lived and still live. Previously known as untouchables and now usually referred to officially... Continue Reading →
Land of the Dawn-Lit Mountains
Author: Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This is the second book on India I’ve read for my Around the World Book Tour, and I liked it much more than the first one. For me, good travel writing not only gives an account of the author’s journey, but puts the place they’re travelling to into context. The... Continue Reading →
Around India in 80 Trains
Author: Monisha Rajesh Rating: ⭐️⭐️.5 Although Rajesh’s parents are Indian, she grew up mostly in the UK (apart from a brief two-year stint where her family returned to India during her childhood), so she’d never explored the country much beyond visiting relatives and such, so, partially inspired by Jules Verne’s Around the World in 80... Continue Reading →
