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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. London. C Hurst & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 2019. First Edition. No remarks. Hard Cover. Demy 8vo, 8¾" x 5½" [22 x 14 cm] approx. 253 pp. White boards with dark blue metallic titles to the spine. Flat signed by the author without dedication to the title page. Jacket and book are new. Known as the twice-born;first into the flesh, and again when initiated into their vocation; the Brahmins are a caste devoted to sacred learning. But what Taseer finds in Benares is a window on an India as internally fractured as his own continent-bridging identity. At every turn, the seductive, homogenizing force of modernity collides with the insistent presence of the past. In a globalized world, to be modern is to renounce India--and yet the tide of nationalism is rising, heralded by cries of 'Victory to Mother India!' and an outbreak of anti-Muslim violence. From the narrow streets of the temple town to a Modi rally in Delhi, among the blossoming cotton trees and the bathers and burning corpses of the Ganges, Taseer struggles to reconcile magic with reason, faith in tradition with hope for the future and the brutalities of the caste system, all the while challenging his own myths about himself, his past, and his countries old and new. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 24MAY2023009
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