This volume is a heart-warming portrait of the people, landscape and multi-hued culture of India. it has been acclaimed as one of the most insightful and revealing books written on India by a foreigner in 45 years. The author has captured for posterity, the essence of India, the oldest, continuously surviving civilazation on earth. Twenty-five states of India are organized by regions into six chapters. Readers will feel as though they have made their own odyssey to this fascinating country.