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The Rough Guide to India

Our brick-sized companion during four months on the subcontinent has been The Rough Guide to India, 5th Edition, by David Abram, Devdan Sen, Nick Edwards, Mike Ford and Beth Wooldridge. Although I was a bit put-off with the book’s overly-vague price ranges (which sometimes spanned 2000 rupees, or more than US$50!), I know this is not the fault of the authors who, I am glad to say, did an outstanding job.
My biggest praise goes to the authors’ spot-on descriptions of accommodations, which are precise and wonderfully reliable. I like their sparing and dependable use of “immaculate,” a word I consider sacrosanct in my guidebook writing, and I’ve grown accustomed to British-isms like “poky,” and “grotty.” Equally impressive is the authors’ knowledgeable treatment of history, religion, and other background information which was obviously researched with great care.
All in all, good show, lads!

2 Responses to “The Rough Guide to India”
I agree, David, that the lack of hotel prices is a serious shortcoming, but since we were calling ahead to most hotels, inquiring about the current rates was easy, and things were so cheap, that it never really mattered much anyway.
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Rough Guide’s policy of not providing specific accommodations prices really does discourage me from purchasing their guides. If Moon, Frommers, and Lonely Planet can quote prices, why can’t Rough? Too much trouble to update? Hoping to make their books last forever? Either way, this defect makes Rough Guides rather irrelevant to me.