August 11, 2012

Book trails through India


Auroville @ Seagull Bookshop

The Synthesis of Yoga, by Sri Aurobindo


Auroville @ Freeland

Staying Alive: Women, Ecology and Survival in India, by Vandana Shiva


(Gifted at Auroville)

Sri Aurobindo, or the Adventure of Consciousness, by Satprem


Borrowed from Jung Center, Bangalore

1. At Home in the World: Sounds and Symmetries of Belonging, by John Hill

2. C.G. Jung: His Myth in Our Time, by Marie-Louise von Franz

3. Like a Tree: How Trees, Women, and Tree People Can Save the Planet, by Jean Shinoda Bolen

4. Psyche & the City: A Soul's Guide to the Modern Metropolis, ed. Thomas Singer

5. The Collected Works of C.G. Jung Volume 11: Psychology and Religion: West and East


Rishikesh @ German Bakery, Laxman Jhoola

1. Krishnamurti's Journal

2. Shaman: Roots of the Rig Veda, by GD Bakshi

3. The Secret Life of Nature, by Peter Tompkins


Bangalore International Airport @ Crossword

1. Bhagavada Gita, translated by Mani Rao

2. Vedic Ecology: Practical Wisdom for Surviving the 21st Century, by Ranchor Prime


Bangalore @ Blossom Book House

1. Jaya: An Illustrated Retelling of the Mahabharata, by Devdutt Pattanaik

2. Jewel in the Lotus: Deeper Aspects of Hinduism, by Sri M

3. Songs of Kabir, translated by Arvind Krishna Mehrotra

4. Speaking of Siva, translated by A. K. Ramanujan

5. The Book of the Buddha, by Arundhathi Subramaniam

6. The Psychic Being (Soul: Its Nature, Mission and Evolution), selected from the works of Sri Aurobindo and The Mother

7. श्रीतुकारामचरितं, with English translation by Pandita Kshama Row


Ahmedabad @ The Gandhi Ashram

1. Moved By Love: The Memoirs of Vinoba Bhave, translated by Marjorie Sykes

2. पौराणिक कथाएँ (1 & 2), by बालशौरि रेड्डी