In 1947, Santha Rama Rau went to Japan with her father, India’s ambassador to Tokyo.

"The first novel of a well known and well traveled author turns "home to India" for a story of young woman's choice of a way of life.

Adela Quested travels to India with Mrs.

Discusses the cuisines of India and presents a great variety of traditional Indian recipes.

Spices - Vegetarian cuisine - Festivals & feasts - Seafood - Barbecuing Indian style - Northern India - Pakistan.

Account of the author's return to her native India at the age of 16, after 10 years' absence in England.