A documentary maker can never be off duty in India because there are too many terrific stories waiting to be told. So says the author Adam Clapham, a BBC producer who has worked and played in India all his professional life. Along the way Adam has kept his eye open for the off-beat, the bizarre and the British angle. This book is a kaleidoscope of his experiences, stories from the political hard edge to the downright whimsical.
- The 400-croe diamond that cost 400 rupees
- Mark Tully, the human face of the BBC
- The evil British Traffic in Indian opium
- High jinks and white mischief at Viceregal Lodge
- The day America put India at risk of nuclear attack
The foreword is written by the author’s friend and one-time BBC colleague Sir Mark Tully, and the illustrations are from the pen of one of India’s best-loved cartoonists Mario Miranda.
Beware Falling Coconuts is a funny, perceptive look at the fabric of Indian life written for an Indian readership by an affectionate outsider.
Contents:
- Acknowledgements
- Foreword
- Introduction
- A Place in the Sun
- Coffee Dogs
- BBC Spells Trouble
- Tully Sahib
- The God Man
- Staying On
- Bus Stop
- Cloak and Dagger
- Licence to Drive
- Diamonds are Forever
- Jewel in the Crown
- Chota Peg
- The Vale of Tears
- Car Crash
- Paradise Lost
- On My Way to the Club
- Birth of a Nation
- Casualty
- Summer for the Viceroy
- Half Way to China
- American Roulette
About the Author:
Adam Clapham worked at BBC Television for nearly twenty years as a director, becoming the senior executive producer in its documentaries department. He was awarded an Imperial Relations Trust bursary to study media in India and a Leverhulme scholarship for research in Sri Lanka. He has written As Nature Intended, a pictorial History of the nudists. Adam lives in a beach house near Mangalore visiting Britain to escape the monsoon.
|