Andaman and Nicobar : The Mysterious Bay Islands of India : Pre and Post Tsunami

Contents: Foreword. Preface. An appeal. Acknowledgements. 1. The mysterious Bay Islands of India. 2. Port Blair: capital of the union territory. 3. Ross Island: British headquarters of yesteryears. 4. Cellular Jail: The Bastion of India's freedom struggle. 5. Jolly Buoy and Cinque: the spectacular coral Islands. 6. Havelock, Neil and long Island. 7. Mayabunder and Diglipur: Northern localities of Andaman. 8. Little Andaman Island. 9. The fascinating Nicobar Islands. 10. The tribes of the Islands. 11. Tsunami-2004.

"Andaman and Nicobar Islands posses immense natural resources and is a mine for an anthropologist. This Union Territory of India however has remained elusive and shrouded in mystery because of its geographical distance from the mainland of India. Information about the archipelago is seldom available in the form of a book. Very few persons have explored the islands and fewer ones have bothered to describe them.

The author has extensively travelled across the length and breadth of the twin archipelago. He has meticulously collected interesting information related to the Union Territory and presented them in an admirable manner with authentic photographs. He has managed to capture the endemic flora and fauna and human population as well as different appearances of nature at various places.

This book has many rare and spectacular photographs. The author has primarily described the pre-tsunami state of the archipelago, which has changed significantly after the natural disaster that had hit the islands in the recent past. The author has also explored the Islands during the post-tsunami period and studied the changes, which have occurred due to Tsunami. He compares the pre and post-tsunami changes and displays them with unique photographic evidence. This book is a visual treat and perhaps a historical document on this Indian archipelago in the Bay of Bengal." (Jacket)