India

Books
- Maximum City (Suketu Metha)
- Liberty or Death (Patrick French)
- Midnight's Children (Salman Rushdie)
- Discovery of India (Jawahar Lal Nehru)
- Train to Pakistan - Agony of a village torn apart by partition (Kushwant Singh)
- In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India (Edward Luce)

Movies
- Lagaan
- Bandit Queen
- 15 Park Avenue
- Rang De Basanti (2004) - An intense film about the youth of today's India
- Sholey(1975) - Mother of all indian masala movies- comedy, tragedy, action romance and singing around trees all packed in 1 blockbuster
- Do Bigha Zameen(1953)- About a poor farmer's struggle to keep his farm land from being taken away by money lender

Drinks
- Masala Chai - Milk Tea with indian twist
- Bhang ki Thandai - Intoxicating cool drink served during Holi festival
- Lassi - A refreshing cool drink basically processed derivative of milk

Dishes
- Kasturi Kebab (Chicken Kebab with various spices and an egg batter)
- Dal Makhani (Black lentils cooked with desi ghee and other awesome spices)
- Masala Dosa
- Daal Bati (Dumpling of wheat flour served with lentils)
- Makke ki Roti Saro ka Saag (Maize Flat bread with Spinach)
- Mave ki Kachori (Sweet Surprise)

Restaurants
- Swagat(Delhi)
- Bukhara (Delhi)
- Khan Chacha's Kebab Corner (Delhi)
- Delhi Haath - A consortium of all indian cusines (Delhi)
- Choki Dhani - A buffet in village setting with music and dance performances (Jaipur)
- Road side Dhaba - Authentic India with stomach churing recepies (Found along all Highways)

Bars & Night Life
- Elevate (Delhi)
- Q-Bar (Delhi)
- Shalom (Delhi)

Places
- Delhi
- Mumbai (The contemperory India with best pubs discs and whole lot of places to explore in vicinity)
- Kolkata
- Bangalore
- Jaipur (Pink city is best of India's traditional culture with its forts, palaces and colors all around)
- Hyderabad
- Pondicherry
- Udaipur (The Lake city famous for bollywood style wedding but is a whole heritage joy ride)
- Kerela (The mix of sensuality and nature and the best of hospitality)
- Sikkim (The best of himalayas with its monastories and pagodas and the montains)
- Jaiselmer (The city of golden fort in the mid of dessart hosts one of the best new year parties)
- Goa (The beaches at its best in India)

PS.- Thanks Rishi and Nirvikar!