The European discovery of the Indian flora : The flora of the Indian subcontinent has stirred European curiosity and investigation for over two millennia. From pepper, a coveted commodity of the lucrative spice trade, to rhododendrons, orchids, and alpine flowers, cherished in innumerable British gardens and conservatories, Indian plants have
The five-foot shelf of books. The Harvard classics – 50 vol. set + 1 reading guide+ 1 vol. on Lectures Dr. Eliot’s Five Foot Shelf, is a 51-volume anthology of classic works from world literature, compiled and edited by Harvard University president Charles W. Eliot and first published in 1909.[1]Eliot had stated in speeches that the elements
The Flamed Mosaic Indian Contemporary Painting This is a survey of the past century of Indian painting, incorporating reproductions of 250 works by 80 artists from Rabindranath Tagore to M.F. Husain. The book also has an historical essay, conversations with 35 of today’s leading Indian artists, biographical outlines and exhibition
