Roy, Saumya
Summary: All of Mumbai's memories and possessions come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains at the city's outskirts. In this graveyard of castaway belongings, among the vast, teetering piles of discarded items--medical waste, rotten food, old clothes, broken glass, and twisted metal--lives a small, forgotten community of ragpickers. In this sweeping narrative, Saumya Roy follows the life of Farzana, a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Astra House, a division of Astra Publishing House 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.728 ROYPatterson, James
Summary: When Santosh Wagh isn't struggling out of a bottle of whisky he's head of Private India, the Mumbai branch of the world's finest PI agency. In a city of over thirteen million he has his work cut out at the best of times. But now someone is killing women - seemingly unconnected women murdered in a chilling ritual, with strange objects placed carefully at their death scenes. As Santosh and his...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2014Boo, Katherine.
Summary: Annawadi is a makeshift settlement in the shadow of luxury hotels near the Mumbai airport, and as India starts to prosper, Annawadians are electric with hope. Abdul, a reflective and enterprising Muslim teenager, sees "a fortune beyond counting" in the recyclable garbage that richer people throw away. Asha, a woman of formidable wit and deep scars from a childhood in rural poverty, has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Large Print Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning 2013
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1 available in Adult, Call number: LP 305.5 BOOFlock, Elizabeth
Summary: "In twenty-first-century India, tradition is colliding with Western culture, a clash that touches the lives of everyday Indians from the wealthiest to the poorest. While ethnicity, class, and religion are influencing the nation's development, so too are pop culture and technology--an uneasy fusion whose impact is most evident in the institution of marriage. The Heart Is a Shifting Sea...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.8 FLOScott-Clark, Cathy
Summary: Describes what took place during the 2008 terrorist attacks in Mumbai when terrorists assailed the luxurious Taj Mahal Palace Hotel and how the combined efforts of courageous staff and guests helped keep the death toll down.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.325 SCOSummary: In 2008 Hollywood filmmaker, Jennifer Lynch traveled to India to direct Hisss, a tale about the vengeful snake goddess, Nagin. This documentary captures her experience in the chaotic world of Bollywood-Hollywood filmmaking where "chaos is the process and filmmaking doubles as a crash course in acceptance and self-realization"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC DESGurbani, Amisha Dodhia
Summary: "Tradition meets innovation in this celebration of Indian cuisine made for the American kitchen. Many of us love the flavors of Indian food but are intimidated by the idea of cooking it ourselves. Amisha Gurbani teaches home cooks to embrace spice and build dishes that play with sweet, spicy, sour, and savory flavors. Inspired by the spices and dishes of her native India and the produce-forward...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Countryman Press, a division of W. W. Norton & Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 GURRao, Sri
Summary: Pairs recipes for home-cooked Indian food with movie stills from the nation's cinema, including such dishes as shrimp curry, bhindi masala, chicken korma, baked samosas, sweet and sour pumpkin, and mango cheesecake.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.5954 RAOKostigen, Thomas.
Summary: An environmental journalist describes his visits to vulnerable places throughout the world to shed light on the actual costs of everyday choices, in a report that links electricity use to the melting polar ice caps, and newspapers to the destruction of the rainforests.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperOne 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.7 KOSSummary: A region-by-region travel guide to India featuring descriptions of the country's history and culture; practical details on hotels, restaurants, and other aspects of trip planning; and many color photos and maps.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DK Pub. 2011