Nine lives : in search of the sacred in modern India / William Dalrymple.
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TextPublisher: London Bloomsbury, 2016Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Paperback editionDescription: xviii, 284 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781408878194; 1408878194; 9781408800614; 1408800616Subject(s): India -- Religious life and customs | India -- Social conditionsLOC classification: BL2001.3 | .D35 2016Summary: ASIAN HISTORY. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ASIAN HISTORY. A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day.
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