A strange kind of paradise : India through foreign eyes

By: Miller, SamMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: New Delhi Hamish Hamilton 2014Description: 425 pISBN: 9780670085385Subject(s): India | civilization | travel | Visitors, ForeignDDC classification: 954 Summary: Language: EnglishPages: 437 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)About The BookA Strange Kind of Paradise is in exploration of India’s past and present, from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived in India for many years. Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, Arabs, Africans, Europeans and Americans—came to imagine India.His account of the engagement between foreigners and India spans the centuries from Alexander the Great to Slumdog Millionaire. It features, among many others, Thomas the Apostle, the Chinese monk Xuazang, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Vasco da Game, Babur, Clive of India, several Victorian pornographers, Mark Twain, EM Forster, Allen Ginsberg, the Beatles and Steve Jobs. Interspersed between these tales is the story of Sam Miller’s own twenty-five-years-long love affair with India.The result is a spellbinding, 2500-year-long journey through Indian history, culture and
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Language: EnglishPages: 437 (Throughout B/W Illustrations)About The BookA Strange Kind of Paradise is in exploration of India’s past and present, from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived in India for many years. Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, Arabs, Africans, Europeans and Americans—came to imagine India.His account of the engagement between foreigners and India spans the centuries from Alexander the Great to Slumdog Millionaire. It features, among many others, Thomas the Apostle, the Chinese monk Xuazang, Marco Polo, Ibn Battuta, Vasco da Game, Babur, Clive of India, several Victorian pornographers, Mark Twain, EM Forster, Allen Ginsberg, the Beatles and Steve Jobs. Interspersed between these tales is the story of Sam Miller’s own twenty-five-years-long love affair with India.The result is a spellbinding, 2500-year-long journey through Indian history, culture and

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