Last week I finished reading
Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India by William Dalrymple, the first book of his that I read was
At the Court of the Fish-Eyed Goddess [titled
Age of Kali outside India]. Subsequently I have read his other books last being
The Last Mughal : The Fall Of A Dynasty, Delhi, 1857. With
Nine Lives he once again does what he likes best, travel around India [and around, he visits the Sindh for one story] and meets a bunch of people [as you'd guess nine of them] from varied cross sections of Indian society and religion, and as is apparent in the book virtually stays with them to get their stories. In between the story of the character he gives a back drop of the character's belief, religion or performance.
Unlike the history books of his that I read prior to this [Last Mughal, White Mughal] this one is a faster read.
