India: A Cultural Journey by Putumayo

Read the full post at - India: A Cultural Journey by Putumayo I picked this one up off the shelf at my local Fulton County Library on instinct. Two reasons. First, I’ve been deeply interested in India for a while now — I have family there, and it’s an endlessly fascinating country. Second, Putamayo is one of my favorite music labels. They have a real gift for sampling different global genres and making world music accessible without dumbing it down. I had no idea they had a book publishing arm until this showed up on the shelf in front of me. Immediate grab. India: A Cultural Journey is a coffee table reference book — large-scale photography paired with written context at the opening of each chapter. It’s not a history. It’s not a travel guide. It’s more of a visual immersion into what India looks and feels like culturally. What I Liked The structure works well. Each chapter leads with enough written context to orient you before the photographs take over — which is the right call for…