All the world's a spittoon travels back to India (Record no. 10375)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143030348 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 915.4 |
| Item number | SAW |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sawhny, Samit |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | All the world's a spittoon travels back to India |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New Delhi |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Penguine Books India (P) Ltd. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2003 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | ix, 269p. |
| Other physical details | pbk |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | After five years in London, Samit Sawhny decides to move back to India - the long way. Vowing not to board a plane between London and Delhi, he heads east with a backpack, and soon finds himself where no Indian has gone before.After experiencing twenty-four-hour sunlight in Norway and teaching Europeans to play kabadi in Helsinki, Samit watches Russians sunbathe standing up in St Petersburg and takes a stiff swig of Moscow's nightlife. Crossing the cultural border into Asia, he marvels at the courtship rituals of Yakutian women and the Siberian taste of B-grade Bollywood idols. Mongolia reveals the joys of open-air billiards, fermented mare's milk and stunningly pristine countryside; in China, Samit fishes for cormorants, watches the modernization march and follows briefly in Vikram Seth's footsteps.Tibet brings thrilling treks to Mt Kailash and Everest Base Camp, not to mention a hair-raising encounter with some boy monks. The journey comes full circle in Kathmandu, where finds himself discussing 'the real India' with a group of Western backpackers. Called upon to define Indian culture, he rises to the occasion and finds that some things never change. Born of a talent for seeing order (and humor) in chaos, All the World's Spittoon is a rollicking journal of a road less traveled. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Geography |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Travel |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Gratis Resources |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| 9 (RLIN) | 1327 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 1163 |
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| 9 (RLIN) | 456 |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | History | Plaksha University Library | Plaksha University Library | 02/07/2024 | Student | 915.4 SAW | G000165 | 02/07/2024 | 02/07/2024 | Gratis Resources |