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Juan M.
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 Message 1 of 6
09 November 2008 at 9:12pm | IP Logged 
Has anyone here ordered books from India, either in Sanskrit, Hindi, English or any other languages? Here are some examples:


http://www.easternbookcorporation.com/

http://www.vedicbooks.net/

http://www.bagchee.com/ ----> DO NOT USE SEE POSTS BELOW


There are many others. I don't know though if they're any good.

Does anyone have experience ordering from India?

Otherwise, how would one go about purchasing books in Sanskrit?

Thanks in advance and bye!

Edited by Juan M. on 11 December 2009 at 2:44pm

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nissimb
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 Message 2 of 6
09 November 2008 at 10:02pm | IP Logged 
A few more online bookstores dealing with Indian books:

GENERAL

India Plaza
http://www.indiaplaza.in/books/

All Time Books
http://www.alltimebooks.com/shop/

Flip Kart
http://www.flipkart.com/

Bookshop of India
http://www.bookshopofindia.com/

Bagchee
http://www.bagchee.com/

TAMIL LANGUAGE

Any Tamil
http://www.anytamil.com/php/home.php

Tamilbooks
http://www.tamilcinema.com/tamilbooks.htm

GUJARATI LANGUAGE

Gujarati Books
http://www.gujaratibooks.com/

Navbharat Sahitya Mandir
http://www.navbharatonline.com/index.asp

TELUGU LANGUAGE

AVKF
http://www.avkf.org/BookLink/book_link_index.php

MALAYALAM LANGUAGE

dc bookstore
http://dcb.puzha.com/

Indulekha
http://indulekha.com/keralashopping/

KANNADA LANGUAGE

Kannada Store
http://www.kannadastore.com/

BENGALI LANGUAGE

Boi Mela
http://www.boi-mela.com/

Calcutta Web
http://www.calcuttaweb.com/cgi-bin/book.php

Bengali Books Online
http://www.bengalibooksonline.com/

Online Bangla Book
http://www.onlinebanglabook.com/cgi-bin/home.pl

MARATHI LANGUAGE

Rasik
http://www.rasik.com/

Maayboli Marathi Books
http://kharedi.maayboli.com/shop/home.php?cat=254

Since I live in India, I have never bought any Indian books online, so I can't comment on whether the online bookstores are good (or not) :)

Hope this helps.

Nissim


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Juan M.
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10 November 2008 at 9:35am | IP Logged 
Thanks a lot!

What would be your advise for someone looking for Sanskrit books?
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Juan M.
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 Message 4 of 6
21 November 2009 at 8:38pm | IP Logged 
Well, I received my first order from Vedicbooks.net.

I ordered five Sanskrit manuals. My credit card was charged the same day I placed my order and I received it 40 days later. There were no status updates over this period, only a shipping confirmation email when the order was dispatched. Earlier, when an email was sent to inquire after the order's status it went unanswered. A subsequent email did prompt a reply, but afterwards another one received no response as well.

Sadly I have to say that the books turned out to be of rather poor quality. At times the printing is so faint that several paragraphs and even complete pages are rendered practically illegible. Shipping included these weren't exactly cheap either.

Overall I can't say I'm satisfied. I'm awaiting an order from Bagchee.com and hope it'll go better. I'll let you know either way.
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Juan M.
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02 December 2009 at 2:43pm | IP Logged 
I'm sorry to report that Bagchee.com stole my money. I placed an order there and was immediately charged for it more than a month ago. They offered a title that I wanted and which almost no one else had (a small collection of Sanskrit works on logic), so I ordered it along with three other books in English and German in order to obtain free shipping.

Three weeks later they shipped those other three books which I barely wanted without the fourth in Sanskrit for which I had placed the order. I wrote to them to inquire about its status, but they have been ignoring all my emails ever since and I doubt I'll ever hear from them again. The monetary amount involved is thankfully small (unless I never do receive the first shipment, which is entirely possible) but what really is frustrating and disheartening is to learn such a difficult language and then not be able to find books to read in it. I'm wondering whether it makes sense to go on learning Sanskrit, as it is more difficult to buy books in Sanskrit than to learn the language itself.

At any rate, stay away from Bagchee.com!

Edited by Juan M. on 02 December 2009 at 2:45pm

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Juan M.
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 Message 6 of 6
11 December 2009 at 2:40pm | IP Logged 
I received the first package from Bagchee.com yesterday, and it is missing one of the books which they had allegedly shipped, so that's a total of two books that they charged me for but never fulfilled. Worse still, the missing book is the first volume of a three-volume set without which the use of the other two which they did send is impaired.

I wrote to them but of course they are not in the habit of replying emails.

All in all I got taken for some USD23 by Bagchee.com. Do yourselves a favor and do not ever deal with these people.


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