The Unboxing Bangalore site and book may also be useful:

https://www.unboxingblr.com

Venky

On Mon, Oct 20, 2025 at 1:46 PM Jahnavi Phalkey via Silklist <
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> Agree with your choices.
>
>
> Please excuse brevity or typos. Sent from a mobile device.
>
> On 20 Oct 2025, at 1:21 pm, Thejaswi Udupa <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
> 
> While Jahnavi has given a comprehensive list, I'd specifically pick Janki
> Nair's The Promise of a Metropolis, Meera Iyer's Discovering Bengaluru, and
> Fazlul Hasan's Bangalore Through the Centuries (thanks to fellow Silklister
> Naresh Narasimhan for bringing out a sparkling new edition of this book) as
> personal favourites.
>
> And if you can read Kannada, do check out Bengaloorina Itihaasa by Ba Na
> Sundar Rao.
>
> On Sun, 19 Oct 2025, 08:13 Jahnavi Phalkey via Silklist, <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Attached is a selected list of books about Bangalore. I put this
>> together in 2023 and a few books have appeared since then which are not in
>> here.
>>
>> Warmly,
>> Jahnavi
>>
>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2025 at 08:08, Udhay Shankar N via Silklist <
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>>> Silklister Chris Kelty was asking about books to learn more about
>>> Bangalore's history. I thought this would be a good question to ask the
>>> hivemind.
>>>
>>> Tell me your suggestions, O Wise Ones.
>>>
>>> Udhay
>>>
>>>
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