Oh and I've just finished reading this! I'm not a huge reader but recently I'm really into wanting to know more about India and since I've finished my studies I have free time on my hands before I fly back over there! The Little Book of Hindu Deities was drawn and written by Sanjay Patel who is one of the animators for pixar. He is Indian but was born in America and based his style of drawings of the Hindu gods on Hello Kitty. I really enjoyed this book and actually read it really fast, the idea behind it was basically to teach young Indian children and foreigners about Hinduism. I've never really been a religious person myself but it was so interesting to read all of the stories behind the gods against these amazing drawings put forward in a more simplistic way. It was also amazing to learn about the festivals centering around these gods that take place in India every year.

I've now moved on to Mark Tully's No Full Stops in India which I've only just started but I love it already! We met him when we were in India and when I was looking for a book to read it was the first thing that came to mind! Mark Tully is a British national living in India and I think that is fascinating in itself coming from a British person with a massive interest in India. As I said earlier, I've never been much of a reader so it's difficult for me to get into a book because I'm such a visual person. Don't get me wrong - I'm in love with foreign cinema, subtitled and I can't stand dubbed films but it's still going back to the visual. Mark Tully was such an interesting person to meet and I am so interested in learning more about India that his book was the first I thought of. I love it. I'm currently creating my own visual as I go. Will let you guys know more once I've finished the book!