# India: In Word & Image - Hardcover by **Eric Meola** (Photographer), **Bharati Mukherjee** (Introduction by) Gorgeously jaw-dropping, _India_ has been beautifully redesigned with 32 additional pages of glorious photos shot by Eric Meola since _India_ was first published. This revised and expanded version of Eric Meola's 2008 _India_ takes the reader on a journey through Mumbai, Rajasthan, Agra, Dungarpur, along desert roads, to the Ganges water's edge, including spectacular ruins, the Taj Mahal, and the Festival of Elephants, capturing the spectacle and vibrant colors of these ancient regions. INDIA is rapidly becoming one of the pre-eminent leaders of the twenty-first century. For more than a decade, Eric Meola has returned repeatedly to India, photographing the people, temples, landscapes, architecture, celebrations, and art of this uniquely exuberant and incredibly diverse country. Meola's journeys took him from the Himalayas and monasteries in the North to the temples of Tamil Nadu in the South, from the color and pageantry of Rajasthan in the West to the tea plantations of Darjeeling in the East. Over 200 photographs (edited from more than 25,000 images) will fill this beautifully printed, large-format book. The photographs will be accompanied by dozens of essays, stories, and poems by contemporary and classical Indian writers. Table of Contents **INDIA: In Word & Image** **Photographs by Eric Meola** Contents 19 Eric Meola My Private India 24 Bharati Mukherjee Introduction 29 Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children 34 I. Allan Sealy The Trotter-Nama 47 R. K. Narayan Ganga's Story 52 R. K. Narayan The Ramayana 63 William Buck Mahabharata 67 R. K. Narayan Mr. Sampath--The Printer of Malgudi 71 Gita Mehta A River Sutra 83 Kiran Desai The Inheritance of Loss 86 Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu 94 R. K. Narayan The Guide 100 Ruth Prawer Jhabvala The Housewife 110 Jhumpa Lahiri Interpreter of Maladies 119 Thomas Byrom Dhammapada 120 Anita Desai Fasting, Feasting 129 Amit Chaudhuri A Strange and Sublime Address 132 Nirad C. Chaudhuri My Birthplace 136 R. K. Narayan The Dark Room 147 Nirad C. Chaudhuri My Birthplace 150 Kiran Desai Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard 163 Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children 169 Clark Blaise and Bharati Mukherjee Days and Nights in Calcutta 178 Rabindranath Tagore Subha 182 Upamanyu Chatterjee English, August 185 Vikram Seth A Suitable Boy 190 Amit Chaudhuri A Strange and Sublime Address 194 Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things 198 Anita Desai Fasting, Feasting 203 O. V. Vijayan The River 211 Kamala Markandaya Nectar in a Sieve 214 Amit Chaudhuri Sandeep's Visit 222 Gita Mehta A River Sutra 232 V. S. Naipaul An Area of Darkness 239 Manil Suri The Death of Vishnu 243 Ismat Chughtai The Wedding Shroud 246 Nirad C. Chaudhuri The Autobiography of an Unknown Indian 250 Nirad C. Chaudhuri My Birthplace 254 Anita Desai A Devoted Son 260 Kamala Markandaya Nectar in a Sieve \--- ### Author Biography **Eric Meola**'s graphic use of color has informed his photographs for more than four decades. In 2004, Graphis Editions published his first book _The Last Places on Earth_. An exhibition in England of his photographs of Bruce Springsteen, which coincided with the publication of his second book _Born to Run: The Unseen Photos_ (Insight Editions, 2006), was followed in 2008 by the first edition of _INDIA: In Word & Image_ (Welcome Books, NY), and an exhibit in 2009 at the Art Directors Club of New York. In 2011, Ormond Yard Press of London published his most unusual book, an oversize (18x24, 14 lbs.) edition of photographs of Bruce Springsteen--_Born to Run Revisted_\--that was limited to 500 copies. _Streets of Fire_, his fifth book, was published by HarperCollins in September of 2012. Winner of numerous awards, with prints in several private collections and museums, including the National Portrait Gallery, he is a Canon "Explorer of Light". Introduction Author **Bharati Mukherjee**, award-winning author and professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, is well known both as a writer of fiction and as a social commentator. Her most recent novel is _The Tree Bride_, the second novel in a trilogy that bridges modern America and historical India. Her other novels include _Jasmine_, _Leave It to Me_, _Desirable Daughters_, and _The Holder of the World_. Her short stories are found in The Middleman and Other Stories, and Darkness. **Number of Pages:** 288 **Dimensions:** 1.3 x 13.2 x 10.2 IN **Illustrated:** Yes **Publication Date:** September 24, 2013 **Award:** Independent Publisher Book Awards (2014) **Award:** IndieFab awards (2013) ## Details - **Price:** 65.0 USD - **Vendor:** Books by splitShops - **Type:** Books - **Tags:** Books by splitShops, Shopify Collective ## Variants | Variant | Price | Available | |---------|-------|-----------| | Default Title | 65.00 USD | In stock | ## Images - India: In Word & Image - Hardcover --- > Source: [Smart supply deals](https://smartsupplydeals.com/products/india-in-word-image-hardcover) > Updated: 2026-07-23