Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India (Vintage Departures)

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.

• | Author: William Dalrymple
• | Publisher: Vintage
• | Publication Date: June 14, 2011
• | Number of Pages: 304 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0307474461
• | ISBN-13: 9780307474469