'Delhi' is an extraordinary portrait of one of the world's largest cities. Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi, a city he describes as being India's dreamtown and its purgatory. He treads the city streets, making his way through Delhi and its suburbs, visiting its less celebrated destinations.

From Thomas the Apostle to "Slumdog Millionaire" how we imagine India, from the author of "Delhi: Adventures in a Megacity."
"A Strange Kind of Paradise is" an exploration of India's past and present, from the perspective of a foreigner who has lived in India for many years. Sam Miller investigates how the ancient Greeks, the Romans, the Chinese, Arabs, Africans, Europeans and Americans -- everyone really, except for Indians themselves -- came to imagine India.
His account of the engagement between foreigners and India spans the centuries from Alexander the Great to "Slumdog...