Hyderabad - Post Report Question and Answers

Do you recommend any books or movies about this city/country for those who are interested in learning more?

Anything by William Dalrymple. There is so much literature about India. - Jun 2024


A Burning, God of Small Things, Shantaram, White Tiger, Death of Vishnu, Midnight’s Children. The Lunchbox, RRR, Monsoon Wedding, Salaam Bombay. India has an enormous literature and cinema that caters to basically all tastes. - Jan 2023


White Mughals by William Dalrymple. - Dec 2020


Shantaram. - Sep 2016


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/014200412X/ref=as_li_qf_sp_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=9325&creativeASIN=014200412X&linkCode=as2&tag=thesunspousunder&linkId=NGUV4WZA3QOFIELL - Mar 2015


- Jan 2015


Stealing from a previous poster: White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India, Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure, Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death, and Hope in a Mumbai Undercity. - Nov 2014


White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple. Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure by Sarah MacDonald. - Jul 2014


White Mughals: Love and Betrayal in Eighteenth-Century India by William Dalrymple is set in Hyderabad during British colonial period. - Mar 2012


We have yet to find much media about Hyderabad, but the first chapter of "Maximum City" by Suketu Mehta (about Bombay) is a good introduction for the difficulties expats have in adjusting to India. - Feb 2012


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