India: In Word and Image, Revised, Expanded and Updated: In Word and Image

ISBN: 1599621282

Author: Meola, Eric

Condition: New

Gorgeously jaw-dropping, India has been beautifully redesigned with 32 additional pages of glorious photos shot by Eric Meola since India was first published.This revised and expanded version of Eric Meola's 2008 India takes the reader on a journey through Mumbai, Rajasthan, Agra, Dungarpur, along desert roads, to the Ganges water's edge, including spectacular ruins, the Taj Mahal, and the Festival of Elephants, capturing the spectacle and vibrant colors of these ancient regions.INDIA is rapidly becoming one of the pre-eminent leaders of the twenty-first century. For more than a decade, Eric Meola has returned repeatedly to India, photographing the people, temples, landscapes, architecture, celebrations, and art of this uniquely exuberant and incredibly diverse country. Meola's journeys took him from the Himalayas and monasteries in the North to the temples of Tamil Nadu in the South, from the color and pageantry of Rajasthan in the West to the tea plantations of Darjeeling in the East. Over 200 photographs (edited from more than 25,000 images) will fill this beautifully printed, large-format book. The photographs will be accompanied by dozens of essays, stories, and poems by contemporary and classical Indian writers.Table of ContentsINDIA: In Word & ImagePhotographs by Eric MeolaContents19 Eric MeolaMy Private India24 Bharati MukherjeeIntroduction29 Salman RushdieMidnights Children34 I. Allan SealyThe Trotter-Nama47 R. K. NarayanGangas Story52 R. K. NarayanThe Ramayana63 William BuckMahabharata67 R. K. NarayanMr. Sampath-The Printer of Malgudi71 Gita MehtaA River Sutra83 Kiran DesaiThe Inheritance of Loss86 Manil SuriThe Death of Vishnu94 R. K. NarayanThe Guide100 Ruth Prawer JhabvalaThe Housewife110 Jhumpa LahiriInterpreter of Maladies119 Thomas ByromDhammapada120 Anita DesaiFasting, Feasting129 Amit ChaudhuriA Strange and Sublime Address132 Nirad C. ChaudhuriMy Birthplace136 R. K. NarayanThe Dark Room147 Nirad C. ChaudhuriMy Birthplace150 Kiran DesaiHullabaloo in the Guava Orchard163 Salman RushdieMidnights Children169 Clark Blaise and Bharati MukherjeeDays and Nights in Calcutta178 Rabindranath TagoreSubha182 Upamanyu ChatterjeeEnglish, August185 Vikram SethA Suitable Boy190 Amit ChaudhuriA Strange and Sublime Address194 Arundhati RoyThe God of Small Things198 Anita DesaiFasting, Feasting203 O. V. VijayanThe River211 Kamala MarkandayaNectar in a Sieve214 Amit ChaudhuriSandeeps Visit222 Gita MehtaA River Sutra232 V. S. NaipaulAn Area of Darkness239 Manil SuriThe Death of Vishnu243 Ismat ChughtaiThe Wedding Shroud246 Nirad C. ChaudhuriThe Autobiography of an Unknown Indian250 Nirad C. ChaudhuriMy Birthplace254 Anita DesaiA Devoted Son260 Kamala MarkandayaNectar in a Sieve---