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Author:
Taseer, Aatish, 1980- author.
Title:
The twice-born : life and death on the Ganges / Aatish Taseer.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
FarrarStraus and Giroux,
Copyright Date:
2019
Description:
242 pages ; 24 cm
Subject:
Taseer, Aatish,--1980---Travel--India.
Brahmans--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Social conditions.
Brahmans--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Social life and customs.
Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Social conditions.
Caste--India.
Culture conflict--India.
Social change--India.
India--Social conditions--1947-
Contents:
Foreigners in their own land -- Summer. The color-filled eleventh -- The hour of juncture -- The rape and the seduction -- The conqueror of destiny -- The modern traditionalist -- Winter. The revolutionary Brahmin -- The community of death -- The isle of rough magic -- The dharma of place -- The protection of the seed.
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.
ISBN:
0374279608
9780374279608
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1060180543
LCCN:
2018033297
Locations:
BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)
CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

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