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Around India in 80 Trains

By: Monisha Rajesh

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Crackles and sparks with life like an exploding box of Diwali fireworks." -- William Dalrymple In 1991, Monisha Rajesh's family uprooted from Sheffield to Madras in the hope of making India their home. Two years later, fed up with soap-eating rats, severed human heads and the creepy colonel across the road, they returned to England with a bitter taste in their mouths. Two decades on, she turns to a map of the Indian Railways and takes a page out of Jules Verne's classic tale, embarking on an adventure around India in 80 trains, covering 40,000 km - the circumference of the Earth. She hopes that 80 train journeys up, down and across India will lift the veil on a country that has become a stranger to her. Along the way, Monisha discovers that the Indian Railways - featuring luxury trains, toy trains, Mumbai's infamous commuter trains, and even a hospital on wheels - have more than a few stories to tell, not to mention a colourful cast of characters. And with a self-confessed "militant devout atheist" in tow, her personal journey around a country built on religion isn't quite what she bargained for...

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Nicholas Brealey

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1473644518

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Around India in 80 Trains

By: Monisha Rajesh

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Around India in 80 Trains

By: Monisha Rajesh

Monisha Rajesh was born in King’s Lynn in Norfolk and grew up all over England. She read French at the University of Leeds and taught English at a high school in Cannes before studying postgraduate journalism at City University London. She has written for the London Evening Standard, The Guardian, TIME magazine and The New York Times. Monisha now works at The Week magazine and lives in London. This is her first book.

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Roli Books Private Limited

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8174368450

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Around the World in 80 Trains

A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

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Around the World in 80 Trains

A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

WINNER OF THE NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL BOOK SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 'Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael Palin From the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express, Around the World in 80 Trains is a celebration of the glory of train travel and a witty and irreverent look at the world. Packing up her rucksack – and her fiancé, Jem – Monisha Rajesh embarks on an unforgettable adventure that takes her from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond. The journey is one of constant movement and mayhem, as the pair strike up friendships and swap stories with the hilarious, irksome and ultimately endearing travellers they meet on board, all while taking in some of the earth's most breathtaking views.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408869780

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9781408869789

The Indian Spice Kitchen

Essential Ingredients and Over 200 Authentic Recipes

By: Monisha Bharadwaj

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The Indian Spice Kitchen

Essential Ingredients and Over 200 Authentic Recipes

By: Monisha Bharadwaj

The Indian Spice kitchen is an indispensable guide to Indian cuisine. It takes the reader through key ingredients that are now readily available in the West, with over 200 simple but mouth-watering recipes. From the earthy, creamy lentil dishes and yoghurt-based marinades in North Indian cooking to the rice, coconut and curry leaves that are famous staples of the South, The Indian Spice Kitchen provides a context (cultivation, appearance, taste, culinary uses and health benefits) for nearly every regional classic.

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Hippocrene Books

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0781811430

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9780781811439

Schooling for Social Change

The Rise and Impact of Human Rights Education in India

By: Monisha Bajaj

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Schooling for Social Change

The Rise and Impact of Human Rights Education in India

By: Monisha Bajaj

Schooling for Social Change offers fresh perspectives on the emerging field of human rights education in India. 60 years after independence, the Indian schooling system remains unequal. Building on over a year of fieldwork, including interviews and focus groups with policymakers, educators, parents and students, Monisha Bajaj examines different understandings of human rights education at the levels of policy, pedagogy and practice. She provides an in-depth study of the origins and effects of the Institute of Human Rights Education, a non-governmental program that operates in over 4,000 schools in India. This enlightening book offers an instructive case study of how international mandates and grassroots activism can work together. Bajaj shows how the Institute of Human Rights Education has gained significant momentum for school-based adoption, textbook reform, and policy changes in a nation-state still struggling to ensure universal access to education. Schooling for Social Change provides a wealth of analysis from the frontlines of education reform and will be of interest to all those working in international and comparative education, human rights, and South Asian development.

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A&C Black

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1441176748

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9781441176745

Around the World in 80 Trains

A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

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Around the World in 80 Trains

A 45,000-Mile Adventure

By: Monisha Rajesh

Monisha Rajesh has chosen one of the best ways of seeing the world. Never too fast, never too slow, her journey does what trains do best. Getting to the heart of things. Prepare for a very fine ride' Michael Palin When Monisha Rajesh announced plans to circumnavigate the globe in eighty train journeys, she was met with wide-eyed disbelief. But it wasn't long before she was carefully plotting a route that would cover 45,000 miles – almost twice the circumference of the earth – coasting along the world's most remarkable railways; from the cloud-skimming heights of Tibet's Qinghai railway to silk-sheeted splendour on the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express. Packing up her rucksack – and her fiancé, Jem – Monisha embarks on an unforgettable adventure that will take her from London's St Pancras station to the vast expanses of Russia and Mongolia, North Korea, Canada, Kazakhstan, and beyond. The ensuing journey is one of constant movement and mayhem, as the pair strike up friendships and swap stories with the hilarious, irksome and ultimately endearing travellers they meet on board, all while taking in some of the earth's most breathtaking views. From the author of Around India in 80 Trains comes another witty and irreverent look at the world and a celebration of the glory of train travel. Rajesh offers a wonderfully vivid account of life, history and culture in a book that will make you laugh out loud – and reflect on what it means to be a global citizen – as you whirl around the world in its pages.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1408869756

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Book's by Monisha Rajesh

Around India in 80 Trains

Around India in 80 Trains

Around India in 80 Trains

Around India in 80 Trains

Around the World in 80 Trains

Around the World in 80 Trains

The Indian Spice Kitchen

The Indian Spice Kitchen

Schooling for Social Change

Schooling for Social Change

Around the World in 80 Trains

Around the World in 80 Trains

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