AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY OF MATERIALS ABOUT INDIA
Primary School Materials
Access Asia: primary teaching and learning units 1996, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Includes a unit of work for upper primary students about eating habits in Asian countries, including India. Also includes a unit about four Jataka tales (stories associated with Buddhism) and background about Buddhism.
Brewer, W. (comp.) 1995 Many flowers, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Asian folk tales. Includes two stories from India.
Hamston, J., Pigdon, K. & Woolley, M. 1995, To market, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Deals with local markets in Asia and Australia, and international trade. Includes a case study of a twelve year-old-boy in Calcutta (pp. 9-10).
Harcourt, L. & Govil, R. 1994 'Eyes on India', Pursuit, Issue 2, 1994, Marayanga Publications, pp. 2-5.
An account of Leah and Radha's trip to India, along a route similar to that taken by Henry in Raining Surprises. Includes a range of colour photographs. This issue of Pursuit focuses on Asia. Published by Marayanga Publications, PO Box 258, Prahran, Victoria 3181.
Hegarty, M. & Stephens, M. 1995 Images, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Includes some material about Indian fabrics, including colour photographs (pp. 16, 26).
Watson, R. 1995 School's out!, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Includes a case study about Chani, a middle class Indian girl in New Delhi. Also includes an Indian snakes and ladders game.
Secondary School Materials
Access Asia: secondary teaching and learning units 1996, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Includes a unit of work, 'Images of Asia', which deals with images of contemporary India. Also includes a unit about the dance of Hindu god, Shiva.
Asia scope: Towards understanding Asia: the people, their cultures and environments 1994, (set of two videos), Film Australia & Curriculum Corporation.
Concerned with Asia as a whole. Specific countries provide examples and case studies. Volume One looks at the birth of the great Indian civilisations and religions and Volume Two deals with resource use and management in India. Available from Film Australia, PO Box 46, Lindfield NSW 2070.
Brewer, W. (comp.) 1995 Many flowers, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Asian folk tales. Includes two stories from India.
Caudle, M. 1996 Business in Asia, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
A series of case studies of business enterprises in Asia. Includes a chapter about Neerja International, a successful pottery business in Rajasthan which uses village-based artisans. The case study could be compared with that of Anokhi in Into India.
Dufty, D. & Dufty, H. 1995 Asia 2000, Curriculum Corporation, Carlton, Victoria.
Includes comparative information about national finances in various countries, including India and Australia (pp. 20-21). Also includes some material about the use of forest resources in India (p. 34).
In search of an identity 1996, (27 minute video), Film Australia Lindfield NSW.
One of a series of documentaries exploring the impact of global economic change on people's lives. A few years ago, fashion designer Bina Rammani set up her design studio in Haus Khas, on the outskirts of Delhi. Other entrepreneurs soon joined her but sudden development transformed local life. Available from Film Australia, PO Box 46, Lindfield NSW 2070.
In search of the future 1994, (55 minute video), Film Australia Lindfield NSW.
One of a series of documentaries on the lives of people in various Asian countries. The Surkheras are a noble but impoverished Hindu family, hindered by their caste as they try to cope with modernisation. Available from Film Australia, PO Box 46, Lindfield NSW 2070.
Minkoff, D. & Sijmons, A. 1992 Understanding Asia, Science Press, Marrickville.
Covers Indian history in some detail and includes documents such as letters from Gandhi and extracts from the Hunter Committee Report about the Jallianwalla Bagh massacre. Also has shorter sections about Indian geography and religions.
Reference Materials
Agarwal, Bina 1986, Cold hearths and barren slopes: the woodfuel crisis in the third world, Zed Books, London.
Ali, Tariq 1985, The Nehrus and the Gandhis: an Indian dynasty, Pan Books, London.
A critical account of the family that provided three Indian prime ministers.
Anand, Mulk Raj 1970, Untouchable, Orient Paperbacks, New Delhi.
Asia year book, Far Eastern Economic Review, Hong Kong.
Published annually.
Asian survey, University of California Press.
A monthly journal. The annual February issue carries short articles on the previous year's events in each of the countries of South Asia.
Aziz, Tariq 1993, 'Raging demand for skins and bones decimates the tiger', WWF INDIA quarterly, Jul-Sept, pp. 6-11.
A report on the illegal trade in Indian tiger products.
Bardhan, Pranab 1984, The political economy of development in India, Oxford University Press, Delhi.
Basham, A. L. (ed.) 1975, A cultural history of India, Oxford University Press.
Baxter, C. et al 1987, Government and politics in South Asia, Westview, Boulder, Colorado.
Brass, P. R. 1990, 'The politics of India since independence', The new Cambridge history of india, vol. IV, no. 1, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Beer, A. B. 1970, Trade goods: study of Indian chintz in the collection of the Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design, Smithsonian Institute, Smithsonian.
Brown, J. 1985, Modern India: the origins of an Asian democracy, Oxford University Press, New York.
Bumiller, E. 1990, May you be the mother of a hundred sons: a journey among the women of India, Penguin Books, New Delhi.
American journalist, Elizabeth Bumiller, meets a variety of Indian women.
Burnard, J. 1994, Chintz and cotton: India's textile gift to the world, Kangaroo Press, Box 6125, Dural Delivery Centre, Dural NSW 2158.
Chaplin, S. E. 1994, 'The Environment in India and Australia' in Australia and South Asia: blueprint for 2001?, ed. Vicziany, M. & McPherson, K., National Centre for South Asian Studies and the Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies, October, 1994.
Chaudhuri, K. N. 1985, Trade and civilisation in the Indian Ocean: an economic history from the rise of Islam to 1750, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Cork, B. T. 1990, Tigers, Franklin Watts, London.
Desai, Ashok V. 1993, My economic affair, Wiley Eastern Limited, New Delhi.
Desai, Chelna 1987, Ikat textiles of India, Graphic-sha, Tokyo.
Frankel, F. R. 1971, India's green revolution, economic gains and political costs, Princeton, New Jersey.
Freeman, J. M. 1979, Untouchable: an Indian life history, Allen & Unwin, London.
Gandhi, M. K. 1927 (many later editions), Autobiography, or the story of my experiments with truth, Navajivan, Ahmadabad.
Gillow, J. & Barnard, N. 1991, Traditional Indian Textiles, Thames & Hudson, London.
An account of the history of Indian textiles, descriptions of production techniques and full-colour illustrations of Indian textiles from various regions.
Grewal, R. 1997, In Rajasthan, Lonely Planet Publications, Hawthorn, Victoria.
Travels in Rajasthan. Includes a visit to a Project Tiger sanctuary (p. 49f).
Hardgrave, R. & Kochanek, S. 1986, India: Government and politics in a developing nation, 4th edn, Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovitch, New York.
Hibbert, H. 1978, The great mutiny India 1857, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.
A readable account of the 'mutiny' of 1857.
Hinnells, J. (ed.) 1983, The Penguin dictionary of religions, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
India's economy at the midnight hour: Australia's India strategy, 1994, East Asia Analytical Unit,Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Canberra.
A detailed account of changes in the Indian economy and opportunities for Australian business in India.
Jaffrey, M. 1985, A taste of India, Pavilion, London.
One of many Indian cookbooks readily available.
Jeffrey, R. (ed.) 1981, Asia-the winning of independence, Macmillan, London.
See pp. 71-106.
Jeffrey, R. 1986, What's happening to India? - Punjab, ethnic conflict, Mrs Gandhi's death and the test for federalism, Macmillan, London.
Jeffrey, R. 1994, What's happening to India?, 2nd edn, Macmillan, London.
Jhabvala, Ruth Prawer 1980, Householder, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Jung, Anees 1987, Unveiling India: a woman's journey, Penguin Books, New Delhi.
Personal stories from women in many parts of India.
Kidron, M. & Segal, R. (eds) 1995, The state of the world atlas, rev. 5th edn, Penguin Reference, London.
Kishwar, Madhu (ed.) Manushi: journal about women and society, New Delhi.
Manushi sees itself as 'playing a catalytic role towards making our society more just and humane'. Editor, Madhu Kishwar, is seen in the Into India video.
Kumar, Radha 1993, The history of doing: an illustrated account of movements for women's rights and feminism in India, 1800-1990, Verso, London.
A detailed history, with many photographs.
Lannoy, R. 1971, The speaking tree, Oxford University Press, London.
A broad and important study of Indian culture and society.
Laxman, R. K. 1990, The best of R K Laxman, vols 1 & 2, Penguin, Delhi.
A collection of the work of the prominent Indian cartoonist, featured in Into India.
Mahabarata-a shortened modern prose version of the Indian epic 1991, Mandarin Paperbacks, London.
Masselos, J. 1987 (rev. edn), Indian nationalism, Sterling Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi.
Masselos, J. (ed.) 1990, India: creating a modern nation, Sterling Publishers Private Limited, New Delhi.
Masselos, J. 1991, India's textile heritage: a research collection, The Macleay Museum, The University of Sydney.
Maxwell, R. 1990, Textiles of South-East Asia: tradition, trade and transformation, Oxford University Press, Melbourne.
McDonald, H. 1997, 'Midnight's daughters', Sydney morning herald, 9 August.
The Walkley Award winning article. A personal story of poor Rajasthani women in New Delhi.
Mehta, G. 1997, Snakes and ladders: a view of modern India, Random House, London.
A series of essays by the well-known Indian writer and social commentator. Wide-ranging and includes pieces about culture, politics, economic change and the film industry. Would be suitable for some middle-secondary students.
Mohanti, Prafulla 1973, My village, my life, Transworld Publishers, London.
Mosse, J. C. 1991, India: paths to development, Oxfam Publishing, Oxford, UK.
Naipaul, V. S. 1991, India: a million mutinies now, Minerva, London.
Naqvi, J. 1987, The eid moon, Hodja Educational Resources Cooperative Ltd.
A useful, Australian-produced resource.
Nehru, Jawaharlal 1936, An autobiography, The Bodley Head, London (several other editions).
Nehru's detailed autobiography up to 1935, written primarily while he was in prison.
Ramayana 1977, Penguin, London.
An accessible version of the classic Indian tale.
Robinson, F. (ed.) 1989, The Cambridge encyclopedia of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan and the Maldives, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
Seager, J. (ed.) 1995, The state of the environment atlas, Penguin Books, Harmondsworth.
Seth, Vikram 1993, A suitable boy, Phoenix House, London.
A modern classic novel. Issues of caste and class are faced by a young, middle-class Indian woman of marriageable age.
Solomon, C. 1992, The complete Asian cookbook, Weldon, Sydney.
One of many cookbooks containing Indian recipes. Other titles by the same author are also available.
Spear, P. 1968, Penguin history of India, vol. 2, Penguin, Harmondsworth.
Spear, P. 1981, The Oxford history of India, book V, 1947-75, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
Srinivas, M. N. 1976, The remembered village, University of California Press, Berkeley.
The well-known scholar's readable description of life in an Indian village.
Srinivas, M. N. (ed.) 1996, Caste: its twentieth century avatar, Penguin India, New Delhi.
A variety of essays on the changing role of caste in India, including a focus on women and caste.
Stern, R. 1993, Changing India, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
The Asia education teachers' journal, Sydney.
Tillotson, G. H. R. 1991, Mughal India, Penguin, London.
A comprehensive guide to Mughal architecture. Includes a chapter about Agra and the Taj Mahal.
Tully, M. & Jacob, S. 1985, Amritsar, Jonathan Cape, London.
The story of events leading to 'Operation Blue Star', the assault on the Golden Temple of the Sikhs in Amritsar, ordered by Indira Gandhi in 1984.
Tully, M. & Masani, Z. 1988, From Raj to Rajiv: 40 years of Indian independence, BBC Books, London.
A short, readable account of Indian history after independence. Based on a BBC radio series.
Tully, M. 1992, No fullstops in India, Penguin Books, New Delhi.
The experiences and perceptive observations of the former BBC India correspondent.
Vicziany, M. (ed.) 1993, Australia-India: Economic links past, present and future, South Asian Issues Monograph No 1, Indian Ocean Centre for Peace Studies, Perth.
Water in our environment: a teacher information kit 1993, Melbourne Water.
Wolpert, S. 1984, Jinnah of Pakistan, Oxford University Press.
Wolpert, S. 1988, Massacre at Jallianwala Bagh, Penguin Books, New Delhi.
A fictional account of the 1919 tragedy in Amritsar.
Wolpert, S. 1991, India, University of California Press, Berkeley.
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