Stories from India

From the ECO Library: free books about the houses, villages and families of India, and the grandchildren who carry their stories abroad. No account needed to start reading.

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Houses and the people of their states

Two former royal houses, told by the people who kept their letters, wells, music and records.

Cover of The House of KesarmerBack cover of The House of KesarmerThe House of KesarmerFive Generations of a Rajput Family and the Kingdom They BuiltV. AshtapadHistorical Fiction · 15 chaptersRajasthan · Rajput · princely statesCover of The House of DhauladharBack cover of The House of DhauladharThe House of DhauladharLetters to the People of the StateV. AshtapadHistorical Fiction · 12 chaptersHimachal hill states · princely India · Pahari miniature painting

Elders, grandchildren and the diaspora

A grandfather's memories from 1947 to the Himalayas, and the families who carry them across oceans and tables.

Cover of Short Moments on Mountain WindsBack cover of Short Moments on Mountain WindsShort Moments on Mountain WindsThe Memory Vault of MohanV. AshtapadElders & Generations · 10 chaptersmemoir writing · partition of india · armyJJust the GravyParvati's Friday Stories of an Unbolted Door, a Tinkerer's Bench, and Everyone Who Came HomeV. AshtapadFamily & Heritage · 14 chaptersPunjab · Partition of 1947 · canal engineeringCover of Two Tables, One FamilyBack cover of Two Tables, One FamilyTwo Tables, One FamilyTwo Stories of Weddings, Words, and WelcomeV. AshtapadFamily & Heritage · 14 chaptersfamily · weddings · cross-cultural marriageCover of Gabriel's Long TableBack cover of Gabriel's Long TableGabriel's Long TableThree Days in LisbonV. AshtapadCross-Cultural Families · 15 chaptersLisbon · philanthropy · Indian American

On the Kerala coast

A fishing town, a new race circuit and the people the money forgot.

Cover of Slack TideBack cover of Slack TideSlack TideMonsoon Line · ∞ Book TwoV. AshtapadMystery & Thriller · 20 chaptersthriller · family · Kerala