Download or read book Chasing the Monsoon written by Alexander Frater and published by Pan Macmillan. This book was released on 2005 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1987 Frater was able to realize his dream of witnessing firsthand the most dramatic of meteorological events: the Indian monsoon. He followed it from its "burst" on the beaches of Trivandrum, through Delhi, Calcutta and across Bangladesh. The result is an illumination of the towering influence of nature over the lives and culture of India and her people.