The indispensable guide to Hindi English words, to the influence of Indian languages, and a most entertaining read. A book as unique and multi-leveled as India, Bangladesh and Pakistan today.Read more

An exceptional set of photographs new to research in the history of Indian photography and full of hand-colored exemplars.

"The Unforgettable Maharajas transports the reader back in time through 150 years of Indian royalty. Fairytale childhoods, magnificent palaces and forts, luxurious lifestyles, princely pastimesRead more

Author: Russell Harris
Publisher: Roli Books Pvt Ltd (2002)
Binding: Paperback, 16 pages
This book records the history of the Lafayette Studio of London, and its contribution in portraying the princes of India. It details its ups and downs, and eventual retrieval of its treasures. Besides a short text, the books carries 24 princely portraits.Read more

This book by India's master writer and chronicler Khushwant Singh was published in 2008 by Penguin India. It is being released in the US on August 12, 2009.

"Photography's Other Histories is an extremely interesting and important volume. It challenges both the canonical view of photographic value and importance and, in its cross-cultural concerns, the centrality of Euro-American theoretical constructs of photography.Read more

Although not directly concerned with photography, its scope is all the other visual arts around photography, and it is an incredibly well-written and researched account of some of the most interesting time in Indian visual history.Read more

Fred Bremner's memoir is one of the very few in Raj photography. It tells the story of a man brought by fate and accident to India. In making the best of it, he left behind an irreplaceable photographic record of Balochistan, Kashmir and Frontier.Read more

"This book provides a fascinating and rare glimpse into the life and work of a 19th century photographer in India, and is a unique and invaluable reference work for all collectors of his photographs."

This is no exaggeration; reading these pieces probably set many a people down the path into the discovery of Raj photography. Expertly brought back by Hugh Ashley Rayner, who presents the correctly edited version of Bourne's amazing narrative.Read more