The Essentials
All Programs
- AFS India Welcome Booklet
- AFS India Participant Handbook
- Safety Tips
- Focus on India
- AFS Participant Guide
- AFS Medical Guide
Year High School
Global Prep
Digging Deeper
Language Resources
- Hindi Language Guide
- Duolingo (free language learning app)
- Rosetta Stone: Hindi
- Rosetta Stone: Urdu
- Memrise: Hindi
- Memrise: Bengali
- Memrise: Gujarati
- Memrise: Telugu
- Memrise: Urdu
- Learning Hindi
- Linguanaut: Hindi
- Unilang: Hindi
- Live Mocha: Hindi
Cultural Resources
- Institute of Indian Culture
- Hofstede Center: India
- The Asia Society
- New York India Festival
- Culture Grams
- –Username: afsusa – Password: cgrams
New and Media
- The Times of India (English)
- The Indian Express (English)
- India TV
- BBC Productions
Movies and Documentaries
- Gandhi (1982)
- Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
- Like Stars on Earth (2007)
- Rang De Basanti (2006)
- Bhaag Milkah Bhaag (2013)
- Swades (2004)
- The Story of India (PBS-BBC 6 part series)
- Bombay Dreams (BBC)
- Monk with a Camera (2014)
- Chronicles of a Temple Painter (2014)
Books
- India: Brief History of a Civilization
- A Concise History of Modern India
- National Geographic Traveler: India, 4th edition
- Enjoying India: The Essential Handbook
- Madhur Jaffrey’s Quick and Easy Indian Cooking
- A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
- Midnight’s Children
- The Immortals—Amit Chaudhuri
- City of Djinns: A Year in Delhi
- The Hungry Tide
- The Shadow Lines
- Baumgartner’s Bombay
- Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard
- A Fine Balance
- Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
LGBTQ Resources (Diversity)
Heritage and Ethnicity Resources (Diversity)