India is indeed ‘festival country’, with one always waiting just around the corner. Celebrate India 2005 recalls, on special demand, Tulika's diary for 1999 on the same theme. Revised and updated, it invites the reader once more on a journey through the year to the sights and sounds of festivals. Crisp entries are interspersed with interesting asides on solar and lunar calendars and the six seasons. 
148 pages, 8" x 7", four colour, soft cover
ISBN 81-8146-048-0
Rs 100.00 (within India)   US $ 6.00 (outside India)

Motifs form an important artistic link between past and present, conceived as part of a larger composition where colour, texture and design come together in rhythm. This diary has motifs drawn from all forms of art, textile, craft and architecture. Each month is preceded by a traditional Indian colour, evoking its mood, with a bit of information about the dye. The diary was a tribute to Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay in her centenary year, to her dynamism and drive to rejuvenate Indian art and craft, and to her vision of aesthetics as a fusion of the elements of colour, motif and design.
136 pages, 8" x 7", four colour, soft cover
Original Price: Rs 250.00    Discounted Price: Rs 50.00 *     US $ 4.00
ISBN 81-86895-92-2    

Celebrating 150 years of Indian Railways, it tries to capture the grand sweep that the railways encompass. There are visual 'railscapes' of the terrain covered by tracks, a timeline of historical milestones and tidbits of facts and figures, anecdotes and poems, hallmark trains and journeys, locomotives down the ages, the tamasha in stations...
148 pages, 8" x 7", full colour, soft cover
Original Price: Rs 250.00    Discounted Price: Rs 50.00 *     US $ 4.00
ISBN 81-86895-83-3 

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The cycle of the six classical ritus or seasons of India – Shishira, Vasanta, Greeshma, Varsha, Sharata and Hemanta – are explored through a sensuous mingling of colour, visuals and sprinkles of text. Poems, songs, celebrations, myths, thoughts or images softly build up atmosphere, like a musical alaap.
148 pages, 8" x 7", full colour, soft cover
Original Price: Rs 250.00    
Discounted Price: Rs 50.00 *     US $ 4.00
ISBN 81-86895-48-5  

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An ode to the past millennium in India. A look at our country through the prism of time, across many spectra: political history, visual arts, science, everyday life and more. Poetic photographs herald each month and subject, as do introductions by well-known personalities. A timeline of dates and events starting with the year 992 runs through the diary to reach 1999 on the last page.
248 pages, 9.5" x 7", black and white, hard cover  
Original Price: Rs 325.00
Discounted Price: Rs 100.00 *      US $ 6.00
ISBN 81-86895-09-0        reviews

If craft epitomises the rich diversity of India, this diary encapsulates the heritage. From pottery and woodwork, to metalware, textiles, jewellery, toys and theatrecraft, each month unveils fresh craft. Absorbing details in brisk, easy-read text are enhanced by handpainted illustrations.
208 pages, 8.5" x 5.5", full colour, soft cover
Original Price: Rs 200.00
Discounted Price: Rs 50.00 *   US $ 4.00
ISBN 81-86895-23-X  

The sights and sounds of Indian festivals. The sun, the moon, the social, cultural, political and religious, all create a web of life both unique and binding. Journey down gullies and bylanes of the country to meet an array of festive occasions, accompanied by splashes of bright visuals.
164 pages, 7.5" x 5.5", full colour, soft cover
updated and reprinted in 1999
Original Price: Rs 165.00
Discounted Price: Rs 50.00 *   US $ 4.00
ISBN 81-86895-09-4