Nine Lives

In Search of the Sacred in Modern India

Cover Art for 9780307474469, Nine Lives by William Dalrymple
ISBN: 9780307474469
Publisher: Vintage Departures
Published: 14 June, 2011
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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Examines how traditional religions are observed in present-day India through the experiences of such individuals as a Tantric practicing middle-class woman from Calcutta, a prison warder from Kerala who is worshipped as an incarnate deity, and a Jain nunwho watched a friend ritually starve.

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