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	A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry intricate tale of four ordinary people struggling to survive during Indira Gandhi declared state of national emergency.Mistry evokes the daily heroism of India's working poor, who must cope with corruption, social anarchy and bureaucratic absurdities

	A History of India by Romila Thapar One of the most thorough introductions to Indian history, from 1000 BC to independent India.

	A Passage to India by E. M. Forster A troubling portrait of colonialism at its worst, and is remarkable for the complexity of its characters. Here the personal becomes the political and in the breach between Aziz and his English "friends," Forster foreshadows the end of the Raj- Alix Wilber

An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire by Arundhati Roy

Bombay, Meri Jaan by Jerry Pinto and Naresh Fernandes Bombay, Meri Jaan, comprising poems and prose pieces by some of the biggest names in literature, in addition to cartoons, photographs, a song and a Bombay Duck recipe, tries to capture the spirit of this great metropolis.

	Cracking India by Bapsi Sidhwa Lenny Sethi, whose family belongs to the Parsee community in Lahore, observes the violent 1947 partition of India. As a child, a polio victim and a member of a minority, she is the perfect witness (though somewhat precocious) to the historic upheaval.

In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India by Edward Luce The (now former) Financial Times's South Asia bureau chief illuminates the lopsided features of a nuclear power still burdened by mass poverty and illiteracy, which he links in part to government control of the economy,rural landscape and corruption...

Maximum City Bombay Lost and Found by Suketu Mehta Incisively researched and elegantly written epic equal parts memoir, travelogue and journalism covers such topics as Mumbai's riots, gang warfare, Bollywood, and bar girls.

	Sati - Widow Burning in India by Sakuntal Narasimhan Bombay journalist Narasimhan here offers an unnerving, carefully documented study of the Indian ritual whereby widows bring glory on themselves and their families by self-immolation on the pyres of their dead husbands.

	Shantaram by Gregory David Robert Factional saga about the prison escapee's life on the run in Mumbai's slums and jails.

	The Cost of Living by Arundhati Roy

The Wonder that Was India by A.L. Basham Detailed descriptions of the Indian civilizations, major religions, origins of the caste system and social customs

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1,000 Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

	God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

	Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon

Sometimes a Great Notion by Ken Kesey

The Island of Lost Maps by Miles Harvey

The Time Travelor's Wife

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