Summary: Historian Michael Wood chronicles the history of the Indian subcontinent, focusing especially on the diversity of its peoples, cultures and landscapes. The world's largest democracy and a rising economic giant, India is now as well known across the globe for its mastery of computer technology as it is for its many-armed gods and its famous spiritual traditions. But India is also the world's...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Maya Vision International 2008
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD STOSummary: Amid the cultural upheaval of 1950s India, Lata is torn between romance and responsibility, while her wayward brother-in-law Maan has a perilous affair with a glamorous courtesan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SUISummary: In 1818 India, Lt. Col. Richard Sharpe and Sergeant Major Patrick Harper are traveling across India, escorting the beautiful Marie-Angélique Bonnet to meet her fiancé. While in bandit-plagued badlands, they come across the very dregs of the Crown's troops : an ill disciplined, rag-tag unit led by boy soldier Beauclare. As Sharpe and company sit down to have dinner with their hosts, the camp...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by BBC Worldwide Americas, Inc. acting as agents for 2 entertain Video Ltd. 2010
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV SHASummary: It is 1935. Three years have passed, and as the seasons turn, so too do the machinations of a rising revolution. As a new summer falls upon the foothills of India's Little England, Simla, political tensions reach fever point. With help from the scheming Cynthia, Ralph faces the most pivotal year of his career. Alice's husband has followed her to India, and Aafrin's ascending career may be in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV INDSummary: Delhi 1795: John Beecham, a former soldier in the East India Company, is determined to leave the past behind and start a new life. At the grand house, the staff is shocked that their new master has arrived with his infant son, a baby of mixed parentage. John is determined to reunite his family in Delhi and keep the identity of his child secret, but at what cost to himself and those he loves?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020