While here studying, doing yoga and exploring, I found time to read some amazing books and wanted to share. I recommend them all:
1: Holy Cow, Sarah Macdonald. This is a very funny book about Sarah’s experience when she moved to India with her husband for a few years. It is incredibly accurate and very well written. 5 plus stars.
2: Yoga School Dropout, Lucy Edge. This is also a very funny book. It is about Lucy’s travels through India, searching for yoga and a little enlightenment. I recommend this for anyone who is thinking about traveling here and visiting yoga teachers and ashrams. She must have made it to almost every Ashram in the Country. Not only was it funny, but it was educational and it is what spurred me to leave Goa and travel down to the Sivananda Ashram for a week. 5 plus stars.
3: Mira and the Mahatma, Sudhir Kakar. This is a wonderful book that primarily deals with the relationship between Ghandi and an English woman who came to be known as Mira. Very well written and shows a different side of Ghandi. 5 stars.
4: The White Tiger, Aravind Adiga. A good, but slightly “dark” book that deals very realistically with the lives of people in certain situations within India today. 5 stars.
5: The Ramayana, William Buck. A very good story version of the famous Ramayana. 4 stars.
6: Bridge of Rama, Ashok Banker. Book 5 in the series (I have to find the first four immediately). Really wonderful series that brings the Ramayana and all the characters within it to life. 5 plus stars.
Currently reading (yes, I really read all those books in my time here, and I was not just reading all the time!):
The God of Small Things, Arundhati Roy. So far, excellent. But I am still not sure how to describe it to you. ;-)
Read and Enjoy!!!