atul@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (Atul Arya) (07/25/85)
Thanks for bringing up a topic close to my heart,i.e.,books
about India (by Indians & others). At the outset i would like to
classify them in two very broad groups : fiction and non-fiction.
My non-fiction selection would include the following (and
many more):
Jawaharlal Nehru -- Glimpses of World History,
The Discovery of India
Mohandas K. Gandhi -- The Story of my Experiences with Truth
S. Dasgupta -- History of Indian Philosophy,
History of Sanskrit Literature (and many more)
S. Radhakrishnan -- Eastern Religion and Western Thought,
Philosophy of the Upnishadas, Bhagvadgita,
(and many many other books)
(In my opinion he was one of the great philosophers of this century)
Wendy O'Flaherty -- Rig Veda (Penguin Classics -- Easy to read)
Karma & Rebirth in Classic Indian Traditions
Khushwant Singh -- History of the Sikhs (2 vols., Princeton
Univ. Press -- excellent)
This is an abridged list and has some obvious omissions. I am
listing only those books which are easily available in bookstores. Fellow
booklovers across the net(s) can help complete the above list. My fiction
selections in the next posting.
Atul Arya
Dept. of Petroleum Engg.
Univ. of Texas at Austin