TY  - BOOK
AU  - Dalrymple,William
TI  - Nine lives: in search of the sacred in modern India 
SN  - 9781408878194
AV  - BL2001.3  .D35 2016
PY  - 2016///
CY  - London
PB  - Bloomsbury
KW  - India
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - 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
ER  -