The London Jungle Book

Bhajju Shyam with Gita Wolf and Sirish Rao

Invited to London to paint the interiors of a chic Indian restaurant, Bhajju spent two months in the city, working and observing London life. With radical innocence and great sophistication, Bhajju records his experiences in this book, depicting a modern metropolis as you have never seen it before. He turns London into an exotic bestiary where the Underground becomes a giant earthworm, Big Ben merges with a massive rooster, and English people are shown as bats that come out to play at night.

Honorable Mention Independent Publishers' Awards Multicultural Fiction

Art/Travel
Hardback, jacketed
48 pages, colour
£ 9.99 / $ 19.95 / Rs.750


"A beautiful book. I would like to give it to everyone I love when they are travelling by choice or necessity."
- John Berger

"A book that truly shows you the meaning of the word enchantment."
- Roberto Calasso

"Bhajju Shyam returns - after a century - Kipling's gaze with an equal sense of wonder, adventure, humour and directness of expression."
- Jyotindra Jain