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While searching for something else entirely, I came across this delightful article on the use of the word "bifurcation" in India. Check it out.
Speaking of what I was actually looking for, can anyone recommend any accurate and readable books on Tibet and/or the surrounding area? I am mostly looking for the details of daily life and the natural world, BUT the thing I'm writing is set pre-use-of-firearms, so I'm looking for either historical accounts or things set in places sufficiently remote that not that much has changed since then.
Also, any recommendations for material on Kerala from that time period? I have a lot of books on Kerala, but they all pretty much begin with the British Raj, and the thing I'm working on is set before that.
Finally, does anyone know anything about Tibetan/Nepali/Bhutanese/etc martial arts? The material I've found online so far strikes me as a bit dubious, ie, written by white guys promoting their schools in Pittsburgh and claiming to be in some lineage stretching back to Shangri-La. (In case your ears perked up at the mention of Kerala, I don't need recommendations for material on kalaripayat; I have lots on that already. Also, I read the book about the American female martial artist who went to Tibet, and was underwhelmed by it.)
Speaking of what I was actually looking for, can anyone recommend any accurate and readable books on Tibet and/or the surrounding area? I am mostly looking for the details of daily life and the natural world, BUT the thing I'm writing is set pre-use-of-firearms, so I'm looking for either historical accounts or things set in places sufficiently remote that not that much has changed since then.
Also, any recommendations for material on Kerala from that time period? I have a lot of books on Kerala, but they all pretty much begin with the British Raj, and the thing I'm working on is set before that.
Finally, does anyone know anything about Tibetan/Nepali/Bhutanese/etc martial arts? The material I've found online so far strikes me as a bit dubious, ie, written by white guys promoting their schools in Pittsburgh and claiming to be in some lineage stretching back to Shangri-La. (In case your ears perked up at the mention of Kerala, I don't need recommendations for material on kalaripayat; I have lots on that already. Also, I read the book about the American female martial artist who went to Tibet, and was underwhelmed by it.)
While searching for something else entirely, I came across this delightful article on the use of the word "bifurcation" in India. Check it out.
Speaking of what I was actually looking for, can anyone recommend any accurate and readable books on Tibet and/or the surrounding area? I am mostly looking for the details of daily life and the natural world, BUT the thing I'm writing is set pre-use-of-firearms, so I'm looking for either historical accounts or things set in places sufficiently remote that not that much has changed since then.
Also, any recommendations for material on Kerala from that time period? I have a lot of books on Kerala, but they all pretty much begin with the British Raj, and the thing I'm working on is set before that.
Finally, does anyone know anything about Tibetan/Nepali/Bhutanese/etc martial arts? The material I've found online so far strikes me as a bit dubious, ie, written by white guys promoting their schools in Pittsburgh and claiming to be in some lineage stretching back to Shangri-La. (In case your ears perked up at the mention of Kerala, I don't need recommendations for material on kalaripayat; I have lots on that already. Also, I read the book about the American female martial artist who went to Tibet, and was underwhelmed by it.)
Speaking of what I was actually looking for, can anyone recommend any accurate and readable books on Tibet and/or the surrounding area? I am mostly looking for the details of daily life and the natural world, BUT the thing I'm writing is set pre-use-of-firearms, so I'm looking for either historical accounts or things set in places sufficiently remote that not that much has changed since then.
Also, any recommendations for material on Kerala from that time period? I have a lot of books on Kerala, but they all pretty much begin with the British Raj, and the thing I'm working on is set before that.
Finally, does anyone know anything about Tibetan/Nepali/Bhutanese/etc martial arts? The material I've found online so far strikes me as a bit dubious, ie, written by white guys promoting their schools in Pittsburgh and claiming to be in some lineage stretching back to Shangri-La. (In case your ears perked up at the mention of Kerala, I don't need recommendations for material on kalaripayat; I have lots on that already. Also, I read the book about the American female martial artist who went to Tibet, and was underwhelmed by it.)
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