My recently trip back from India was rather bland in terms of things bought in India. Other than taking back some artwork, the heaviest item other than pigments, and brushes were the precious books I bought. Here sharing with you are the titles.
1.Hindu Myth, Hindu History: Religion, Art and Politics by Heinrich von Stietencron 2. The Penguin History of Early India: From the Origins to AD 1300 by Romila Thapar 3. Dictionary of Indology by Dr. Vishnulok Bihari Srivatava 4. Hindu Mythology by W. J. Williams 5. Vyavarik Shabdakosh by Pra. R. G. Joshi 6. Krishna: The Playful Divine by Pavan K. Varma 7. Krishna: Life and song of the Blue God by Ramesh Menon 8. Sanathan Dharma by Annie Besant and Bhagvan Das 9. Myth = Mithya: A Handbook of Hindu Mythology by Dr. Devdutt Pattnaik 10. The Kamba Ramayan. Translated by P. S. Sundaram 11. A Classical Dictionary of Hindu Mythology & Religion: Geograhy, History, Literature by John Dowson 12. Ramayana by C. Rajagopalachari 13. 1000 names of Vishnu by Eknath Easwaran 14. Visnusahasranama with the Bhasya of Sri Sankaracharya. Translated into English by R. Ananathakrishna Sastry 15. Paryavaranh Shikhan (Shasvat Vikasakade).{Environmental Sudies} Marathi and English editions 16. Abhinav Shabdakosh (vyakaranasuh) 17. Jesus Lived in India by Holger Kersten (I read instead of arguing or getting into a tizzy -- vjp). 18. A Living Archiectural Splendour (A study of the church of St. Ana) by Rosario F. Rodrigues 19. Ethnography of Goa, Daman and Diu by A. B. de Braganza Pereira. Translated by Maria Aurora Couto 20. Modi, Vachan ani sulekhan. Nashik. 21-25. Modi, Vachan ani sulekhan.1-5. Pune 26 Modi Shika by Gangadhar Mhambre 27-29. Sanskrit books and others. The reading has begun. Its a short life anyways