“India is beyond statement, for anything you say, the opposite is also true. It’s rich and poor, spiritual and material, cruel and kind, angry but peaceful, ugly and beautiful, and smart but stupid. It’s all the extremes.” – Sarah Macdonald
In my 20s, after completing three years of service in the Israeli Army, I traveled the world for close to two years. Thus, when my son Tomer made his world trip after college graduation, I thought it could be a great experience to join him for a couple of months and tour Northern India together. It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I was not going to miss it, as one of my mottos is: Life should be more about accumulating experiences than possessions.
My reading recommendations
The Hungry Tide, by Amitav Ghosh
The Shadow Lines, by Amitav Ghosh
White Tiger, by Arvind Adiga
Between the Assassinations: A Novel in Stories, by Aravind Adiga
Interpreter of Maladies, by Jhumpa Lahiri
Life of Pi, by Yann Martel
The God of Small Things, by Arundhati Roy
The Case of the Man Who Died Laughing, by Tarquin Hall
The Case of the Missing Servant, by Tarquin Hall
The Storyteller’s Secret, by Sejal Badani
A History of India, by Michael H. Fisher, The Great Courses
The Story of Indian Business: The East India Company, The World’s Most Powerful Corporation, by Tirthankar Roy
Holy Cow!, An Indian Adventure, by Sarah Macdonald
The Bhagavad Gita, by Eknath Easwaran
The Kama Sutra of Vatsyayana, by: Vatsyayana