(Reprinted from the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography [cclapcenter.com:]. I am the original author of this review, as well as the owner of CCLaP; it is not being reprinted here illegally.)

As regular readers know, this fall I plan on undertaking for the first time in my life a major study regarding the history and culture of India, with me slowly adding titles to my reading list whenever I have a convenient excuse to do so. So how cool, then, that one of the books I received More...