Love is celebrated throughout Indian poetry
- mystic love, love between humans & their God as well as passionate or affectionate
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Indian Subcontinent at 1:4, 500, 000 from Nelles Verlag, with its smaller size, double-sided map offering a convenient format for use when travelling. The map divides the region north/south, with a very generous overlap between the two sides. Coverage

Includes:: the whole of Afghanistan & the western half of Burma/ Myanmar. Relief shading with spot heights & names of mountain ranges presents the topography. Road network distinguishes between highways in good & poor condition & shows distances on main routes. Railway lines & local airports are included & the map also shows internal administrative boundaries with names of the states/provinces. No places of interest or tourist sights are marked. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 4° intervals. The map has no index. Insets, all highlighting various places of interest, show town centres of Delhi & Colombo, plus the environs of Mumbay, Kolkata (Calcutta) & Kathmandu. Map legend

Includes:: English.



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`A lot of people lose their way in India.. .it`s a country specially made for that.` Amid the backstreets, brothels & faded hotels of Bombay, Madras & the old Portuguese port of Goa, a man searches for his lost friend. Xavier has been missing for a year, & the only clues to his disappearance lie with an overworked doctor, a young prostitute & the leader of a strange religious order. Dreamlike, elusive & profoundly disquieting, ” Indian Nocturne” calls into question the very nature of identity. ...

A topographic map showing the southern Indian Ocean from the Equator down to 48 degrees south, & east from Africa to the east coast of Australia. Below the waterline the ocean bed is shown with depth divisions in shades of blue with contour lines at 1, 000m intervals (below 1, 000m). Above the waterline the land is shown physically with height divisions in shades of brown with contour lines at 1, 000m intervals (above 1, 000m), with rivers & lakes also shown. In both cases only the physical features are named. Overlaying the ocean detail are the faint lines followed by the hydrographic surveys, & a latitude (5 degree intevals) & longitude (10 degree intervals) grid. Spot heights/depths are shown. ...

The Indian Ocean Cruising Guide by Rod Heikell covers the routes from Europe to Australia & points in between, Indian Ocean Cruising Guide covers all the usual points of interest for cruising yachtsmen, from history to climate, weather patterns, formalities, route planning & so on. The general sections are followed by a country-by-country round-up in which key ports are described in detail with the aid of harbour plans & photographs. This second edition has been thoroughly revised & contains a lot of additional information on Malaysia & Thail&, the Seychelles & the Chagos archipelago. The introduction has been expanded & throughout there are new plans & photographs. This guide is an ideal companion to Rod Heikell & Andy O` Grady`s Ocean Passages & Landfalls which discusses routes across the Indian Ocean. Contents: Preface; Introduction; Technical information; 1. Northern Indian Ocean: Singapore; Indonesia; Malaysia; Thailand; Burma; Andaman Islands; Nicobar Islands; Sri Lanka; India; Maldives; Pakistan; Dubai; Oman; Yemen; Somalia; Red Sea; 2. Southern Indian Ocean: Australia; Ashmore Reef; Christmas Island; Cocos Keeling; Chagos archipelago; Seychelles; Rodrigues; Mauritius; Reunion; Comoros; Mayotte; Madagascar; South Africa; Mozambique, Tanzania & Zanzibar; Kenya; Appendix ...

Map No. 102, Indian Peaks
- Gold Hill in Colorado, at 1: 40, 680 in an extensive series of GPS compatible, contoured hiking
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Indian Railway Map by Samit Roychoudhury, the author of the Railway Atlas of India, showing the country’s network with stations & graded according to gauge, single or double lines, electrified routes, etc, with enlargements for the environs of Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata & Chennai. The main map presents India at 1:5, 000, 000 with states in different colours. The railway network is graded into broad, meter & narrow gauge routes, indicating single or double lines & electrified sections. Also marked are dedicated freight lines. Stations are graded according to their status: zonal or divisional headquarters, junctions, etc. Symbols indicate locations of electric & diesel loco sheds. Also marked are international border crossings & the map shows the railway network in the eastern part of Pakistan (without grading). Enlargements present the environs of Delhi, Kolkata, Mumbai & Chennai in greater detail. Another inset shown a map of India with railway transit times, e.g. Delhi to Thiruvananthapuram in 42 hours. ...

Indian Subcontinent at 1:4, 500, 000 from Nelles Verlag, with its smaller size, double-sided map offering a convenient format for use when travelling. The map divides the region north/south, with a very generous overlap between the two sides. Coverage

Includes:: the whole of Afghanistan & the western half of Burma/ Myanmar. Relief shading with spot heights & names of mountain ranges presents the topography. Road network distinguishes between highways in good & poor condition & shows distances on main routes. Railway lines & local airports are included & the map also shows internal administrative boundaries with names of the states/provinces. No places of interest or tourist sights are marked. Latitude & longitude margin ticks are at 4

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The countries of the Indian Subcontinent presented by ITMB in a handy size, A5, paperback, indexed atlas with city centre street plans of main cities. The mapping is taken from ITMB’s coverage of the region on individual country maps, so scales vary. The atlas covers: Bangladesh (1:345, 000, Dhaka), Bhutan (1:345, 000, Thimphu & Paro), India (1:2, 100, 000, Delhi, Kolkata & Mumbai), Nepal (1:530, 000, Kathmandu City & Valley), Pakistan (1:1, 200, 000, Karachi), & Sri Lanka (1:475, 000, Colombo). All the maps present the topography by altitude colouring, with colour bands & heights in some countries in metres & in other locations in feet. Road network indicates driving distance on main routes. International & local airports are marked. A wide range of symbols highlight various places of interest including historical & religious heritage, beaches & water sport sites, nature reserves & other protected areas, etc. Most maps shows latitude & longitude lines, & the atlas is indexed. The size of street plans varies; all highlight selected accommodation and/or other facilities. ...

While attempting to teach at an inner London comprehensive Will Randall is taken up by an elderly German woman who asks him to accompany her to India. Nothing ventured, he agrees & so begins a wonderful life-changing adventure. Set down in Puna (3 hours from Bombay) he begins work teaching English at a slum school. Most of the children are orphans or parentless (one lost his parents four years previously when his mother had let go of his hand at a railway station & he `d boarded the wrong train ). When zamidars -slum barons
- arrive & threaten to pull down the school Randall has to put on a fund-raising performance of the Indian epic The Ramayana in order to help the slum dwellers buy their own l&. Meanwhile he`s also been spotted by a Bollywood Director who persuades him to take the role of leading man in his new film. Will Randall is `the teacher who travels` &, as in SOLOMON TIME, this is a funny & heart-warming account of how one man`s enthusiasm & old-fashioned desire to do good have helped to preserve a community.
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