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About the Book - The first book on the subject of postcards in the Indian subcontinent - More than 500 professionally restored images - Chapters dedicated to cities and movements Postcards were to people in 1900 what the Internet was to the world ...

This history of the erstwhile princely state of Udaipur evokes the glory and grandeur of the Rajput courts. Here are tales of honour and chivalry, of magnanimity to enemies, and of a fierce pride that did not bow down before Moghul might or Britis...

Lines from an Artistic Life explores the drawings of eminent Indian artist K M Adimoolam, well-known in India and internationally for his meticulous pen-and-ink drawings on subjects ranging from realistic portraits of Mahatma Gandhi to idealized p...

The present work represents an attempt by one who had the opportunity at firsthand and the insight to represent the events of Mahatma Gandhi’s life correctly Pyarelal, secretary to Gandhi. This book deals with the last 21 months of Gandhiji’s life...

The jungle of India is awesome where beauty and mortal danger walk hand in hand. Mystery and wonder abound. Every creature knows its place and jungle life flows on, at its own sweet rhythm. Thus, deadly enemies Rajah the mighty tiger, and Ananta t...

Museums of Rajasthan is a compendium of 18 government-managed museums in Rajasthan. Using wonderful colour photographs in combination with succinct text, it details the origin, history and the importance of these museums. These collections, housed...

Rajshree Sarabhai sees things around us in a way that makes us look at the world through her eyes. She captures details in what are common plants moments, colours and details we overlook and through her photographs shares them with us. These unusu...

About the Book On 22nd February 2015, Syed Haider Raza turns 93. Widely acknowledged as a master of modern Indian art, for nearly six decades his work, vision and life have attracted critical attention from various points of view. Raza returned to...

Built around mariners’ journals of their pioneering voyages, Yankee India charts the early development of commercial and cultural relations between the United States and India in the Age of Sail. The end of colonial rule in 1783 had given American...

About the Book - Presents many of Ellias's poems which respond to classic and contemporary works of art - All proceeds from this book will be donated to the Morarka Foundation's efforts to rehabilitate survivors of human trafficking Passionate abo...

A billion lives depend on the waters of the Himalayas; sixty million live in this mountain range, while the rest live in its foothills, on the plains of the Indian subcontinent. Despite their astonishing diversity, all these peoples share the comm...

This book is a tribute to Abid Milan Lal Mian Syed-The man and his work. His exceptional technical skill and artistic eye, in a career spanning 70 years, produced hundreds of striking black-and-white images that are a treasure of India’s photograp...

The Albert Hall Museum in Jaipur, Rajasthan, is one of the finest museums of the 19th century with a repository of 19,000 objects. It was envisioned by Maharaja Sawai Ram Singh II and executed by his successor Sawai Madho Singh II at a time when J...

Traces of India investigates the roles played by photographs of Indian architecture from the late eighteenth century. The inquiry stretches from their pre-history to their migration into book illustrations, calendar art and religious imagery. Beyo...

Timeless Visions Contemporary Art of India--From the Chester and Davida Herwitz Collection [Paperback] NA

This volume presents, for the first time, the work and career of photographic pioneer James Waterhouse (1842–1922). From his early career in Central India in the 1860s, through to his technical achievements in Britain in the 1900s, this comprehens...

About the Book: Relationship between Science and Art Science and art are both manifestations of beauty andcreativity. Both are related to nature and are products ofevolution. Understanding natural phenomena and the appreciation ofbeauty has confer...

One would think that as a man grows older, he gets wiser, but not old Raaheeji. Ignoring his wife’s warnings, old Raaheeji wanders deep into the woods where he is about to meet his demise. Threatened by a man-eating tiger, Raaheeji goes on an adve...

Sudhakar Rao spends hours reading under a suragi tree in his father’s home in a small village in Karnataka. As he grows, he moves away from this idyllic setting to the complexities of life in the temple town of Udupi, and then to the whirl of Mumb...