India Charm Offensive

An Expat Pilot Flies The South Asia Jungle

Nonfiction, Travel, Asia, India, Adventure & Literary Travel
Cover of the book India Charm Offensive by Michael Sobotta, Michael Sobotta
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Michael Sobotta ISBN: 9780998203720
Publisher: Michael Sobotta Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Globerunner Press Language: English
Author: Michael Sobotta
ISBN: 9780998203720
Publisher: Michael Sobotta
Publication: November 30, 2015
Imprint: Globerunner Press
Language: English

"Exuberant—and funny—without neglecting the seriousness of surviving a year of love and war." —Kirkus Reviews

Here, we enjoy a triple feature: excellent writing, fascinating stories, and learning the rich first-hand experience of an American contract helicopter pilot. Sobotta provides a humorous autobiography of his time working and flying on government missions in India, and it documents his first year there when culture shock was at its strongest.

The bureaucratic process that pervades Indian society, shooting incidents, the trials of an ancient land with thousands of gods—plus other recipes for personal and professional disaster—vie with the tastes, sounds, and colors that make up India. This book reveals to readers not just accounts of helicopter aviation or politics, but an immersion into a strange new world. 

As the author traveled around different parts of India, rural and urban, interacting with its people, he slowly moved beyond colossal cultural differences to a real sense of the country and its incongruities and wonders. Readers along for the ride can expect a journey filled with the turbulence that is India's psyche—but a journey also peppered with revealing and astonishing encounters that capture India's nuances and flavors. 

Sobotta has a talent for storytelling and eliciting a chuckle, the result blends high flying adventure with expat experiences in a narrative that requires little familiarity with India or aviation. All that is required is an interest in this exotic country and in a rollicking good read that candidly portrays a series of startling, often hilarious encounters with India's people, politics, and unique world.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

"Exuberant—and funny—without neglecting the seriousness of surviving a year of love and war." —Kirkus Reviews

Here, we enjoy a triple feature: excellent writing, fascinating stories, and learning the rich first-hand experience of an American contract helicopter pilot. Sobotta provides a humorous autobiography of his time working and flying on government missions in India, and it documents his first year there when culture shock was at its strongest.

The bureaucratic process that pervades Indian society, shooting incidents, the trials of an ancient land with thousands of gods—plus other recipes for personal and professional disaster—vie with the tastes, sounds, and colors that make up India. This book reveals to readers not just accounts of helicopter aviation or politics, but an immersion into a strange new world. 

As the author traveled around different parts of India, rural and urban, interacting with its people, he slowly moved beyond colossal cultural differences to a real sense of the country and its incongruities and wonders. Readers along for the ride can expect a journey filled with the turbulence that is India's psyche—but a journey also peppered with revealing and astonishing encounters that capture India's nuances and flavors. 

Sobotta has a talent for storytelling and eliciting a chuckle, the result blends high flying adventure with expat experiences in a narrative that requires little familiarity with India or aviation. All that is required is an interest in this exotic country and in a rollicking good read that candidly portrays a series of startling, often hilarious encounters with India's people, politics, and unique world.

More books from Adventure & Literary Travel

Cover of the book A Thinking Person's Guide To America's National Parks by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Everyman's England by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Sea and the Jungle by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Fools Rush In by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Die letzten Tage von Peking by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Avions et pilotes d'exception by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Road to Shine by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Voyages of Jacques Cartier by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Innocents Abroad by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Kapp to Cape: Never Look Back: Race to the End of the Earth by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book The Third Tower by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Mirror To Damascus by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Briser la glace by Michael Sobotta
Cover of the book Head Over Heel by Michael Sobotta
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy