Two new coffee table books

There have been three excellent coffee table books on Bangalore -
Bangalore:Scenes from an Indian City by Gangarams Publications
City Beautiful by TP Issar and
Blossoms of Bangalore by TP Issar, again.

Now there are two new coffee table books, both studded with some excellent visuals that captures Bangalore in all its brilliance. The first, "Bangalore and Karnataka" by Stark World publications also doubles up as a detailed tourist guide spanning over 500 pages. The second, is also titled 'Bangalore' (not to be confused with the earlier title) and is by Gangarams Publications featuring delectable visuals by Coni Horler and Sandeep Madhavan and a foreword by former Karnataka CM, S.M. Krishna.

Like all coffee table books, both come at an eye-popping price. "Bangalore and Karnataka" is priced at Rs. 750 (Paperback) and Rs. 1200 (Hardcover) while "Bangalore" is priced at Rs. 1400. But , even at that price both are a must in every Bangalore-lover's collection, the latter, just for the photograph of the canopy-covered Rashtriya Vidyalaya Road aka Jayanagar 4th Main Road aka Nanda Road.