Category: India
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The Silk Roads by Peter Frankopan
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I was rather impressed by how quickly I was reading Peter Frankopan’s *The Silk Roads*—until I realised I’d picked up the younger readers’ edition! Reading it while travelling through Kyrgyzstan, I loved how this accessible history connected the dots between China, India and Central Asia’s great empires, cultures and trade routes.
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Missy – Raghav Rao
India I read Missy while in Chennai, a city of layered histories and quiet hierarchies. Having also spent time in Chicago, I felt unusually well positioned for a novel that moves between Tamil Nadu and the American Midwest. I even found myself scanning the city for the convent where Missy was raised, unsure whether it…
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The Covenant of Water – Abraham Verghese
India I finished The Covenant of Water while we were in Chennai — a city that still carries echoes of its older name, Madras. Reading a novel so deeply rooted in Kerala and southern India while physically in the region added a quiet layer to the experience. The geography wasn’t abstract to me. Verghese spans…