Books on Air-India
The Story of an Airline, 1932 - 1953. Published in 1953, by Air-India International, this book gives an insiders view of the evolution of the group. Starting with Tata Air Lines, growing into Air-India and finally Air-India International. Rare photographs, and history recorded as it was happening. A must read for all Air-India collectors. I am very grateful to the Tata Central Archives, Pune for providing me a B&W xerox copy of this publication. This book was never sold, and meant for distribution only. Not too many copies are known to survive. |
A Labour of Love. Text speech given by Mr. S.K. Kooka, Commercial Director of Air-India at the annual convention of the American Association of Advertising Agencies at Pebble Beach, California on November 3, 1965. Click here to download |
Disaster in the Air: The Crash of the Kashmir Princess, 1955. Colonel A. K. Mitra's first hand account, Published in 2001, about the conspiracy to assassinate the Chinese premier, Chou-en Lai who was to fly the chartered Air-India Lockheed Constellation L-749, the Kashmir Princess from Peking to Jakarta. The author was the Military, Naval and Air Force Attache to the Embassy of India in Indonesia, and a member of the International Commission of Investigation into the Air Crash. While never proven, this was widely suspected to be a CIA plot. |
Women of Anglo-India: Tale and Memories. Anglo Indian women were the unsung heroines of our Community. While the male heads of households were involved in their careers, it was their women-folk who took on the tasks of rearing families with gentle discipline, instilling home-grown principles of honesty, diligence and respect for elders. Co-edited by Margaret Deefholts & Susan Deefholts and Published by CTR Inc. in 2010. |
Air-India Art Collection. Curated by Prof. Rajeev Lochan. 2013. Air-India Salutes Indian Masters. A catalogue of art from the Air-India Collection exhibited in the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi in 2013.
On the right, an interesting trophy with the Maharajah adorned in an artist's smock with a paintbrush and palette in hand, and what looks like labels with names of various recipients of this award. |
Air-India "Dharohar - A Vayogh Through 75 years" catalogue of some of the art displayed at this exhibition held on 27th November 2021, Air-India Building Nariman Point, Mumbai. Click here to read more about the event. |