The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India
by William Dalrymple
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As he searched for evidence of Kali Yug, the "age of darkness" predicted by an ancient Hindu cosmology in a final epoch of strife and corruption, Dalrymple encountered a region that thrilled and surprised him. Venturing to places rarely visited by foreigners, he presents compelling portraits of a diverse range of figures. His love for the subcontinent comes across in every page, which makes its chronicles of political corruption, ethnic violence and social disintegration all the more poignant. The result is a dark yet vibrant travelogue, and a unique look at a region that continues to be marked by rapid change and unlimited possibilities as it struggles to reconcile the forces of modernity and tradition.
Contents: Introduction -- The North. The age of Kali ; In the kingdom of Avadh ; The city of widows ; Warrior queen: the Rajmata of Gwalior ; East of Eton -- In Rajasthan. The sad tale of Bahveri Devi ; Caste wars ; Sati Mata -- The new India. Two Bombay portraits ; Finger-lickin' bad: Bangalore and the fast-food invaders -- The South. At the court of the fish-eyed goddess ; Under the Char Minar ; Parashakti -- On the Indian Ocean. At Donna Georgina's ; Up the tiger path ; The sorcerer's grave -- Pakistan. Imran Khan: out for a duck ; On the frontier ; Blood on the tracks ; Benazir Bhutto: Mills & Boon in Karachi.
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William Dalrymple is the author of seven acclaimed works of history and travel, including City of Djinns , which won the Young British Writer of the Year Prize and the Thomas Cook Travel Book award; the bestselling From the Holy Mountain ; White Mughals , which won Britain's most prestigious history prize, the Wolfson; and The Last Mughal , which won the Duff Cooper Prize for History and Biography. He divides his time between New Delhi and London, and is a contributor to The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker , and The Guardian .
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- Title
- The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India
- Author
- William Dalrymple
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- New New
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- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0006547753
- ISBN 13
- 9780006547754
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- June 1999
- Keywords
- Kali Yug, Hindu, Hinduism, travel, travelogue, customs, social life, Pakistan, India
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- India; Exploration, Expeditions, and Discoveries; Asia; Religion & Spirituality;
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- 8vo
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