Bibliograph

The twice-born, life and death on the Ganges, Aatish Taseer

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The twice-born, life and death on the Ganges, Aatish Taseer

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The twice-born

Oclc number

1060180543

Responsibility statement

Aatish Taseer

Sub title

life and death on the Ganges

Summary

"A portrait of the collision between tradition and modernity in India, as told through the lives of the Brahmins in the holy city of Benares"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Foreigners in their own land -- The color-filled eleventh -- The hour of juncture -- The rape and the seduction -- The conqueror of destiny -- The modern traditionalist -- The revolutionary Brahmin -- The community of death -- The isle of rough magic -- The dharma of place -- The protection of the seed

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