[sustran] Re: Indian roads - planes, cows, elephants, mosques

[Sunny]

Dear Zvi,

Since you like to read on Indian culture I would also recommend you a 
book by Amartya Sen it is called "The Argumentative Indian". I hope you 
will like it when you read it.

cheers
sunny

Zvi Leve wrote:
> Carlos,
>
> I have enjoyed very much reading VS Naipul 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VS_Naipul>'s books about India. He is a 
> well-known writer of 'travel literature' (he recently won the Nobel 
> prize for literature) and has a very good perception of cultural 
> issues. He is of Indian descent, but has never lived in India, 
> although he has travelled there extensively. I have read his books 
> Among the Believers: An Islamic Journey 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Among_the_Believers:_An_Islamic_Journey>, 
> which is about his travels in the Islamic areas of Asia (including 
> India and Pakistan), and also India: A Million Mutinies Now 
> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/India:_A_Million_Mutinies_Now>, which is 
> only about India. I think that he has newer material about these areas 
> as well. He is very opinionated and not everyone appreciates his 
> views, but I think that he is an excellent writer.
>
> One of these days I hope to make it over there myself....
>
> Best regards,
>
> Zvi
>
>