Miscallenous books
Books on India that I recommend
- India: A history by John Keay
- May You Be the Mother of a Hundred Sons by Elisabeth Bumiller
- The Inscrutable Americans by Anurag Mathur
- Five Point Someone by Chetan Bhagat (about life at IIT)
- Yuganta by Irawati Karve (critical look at Mahabharata)
Books I recommend reading if you are interested in Hindu/Buddhist Philosophy
- Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
- Cutting through Spiritual Materialism by Chogyam Trungpa
- The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal Rinpoche
- Miracle of Mindfulness by Thich Nhat Hanh
- Words of my Perfect Teacher by Patrul Rinpoche