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    The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India (Text Only)

    By William Dalrymple

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHarperCollins
    Release dateJun 21, 2012
    ISBN9780007373161
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    The Age of Kali: Travels and Encounters in India (Text Only)
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    William Dalrymple

    William Dalrymple is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and of the Royal Asiatic Society, and in 2002 was awarded the Mungo Park Medal by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society for his ‘outstanding contribution to travel literature’. He wrote and presented the TV series ‘Stones of the Raj’ and ‘Indian Journeys’, which won BAFTA’s 2002 Grierson Award for Best Documentary Series. He and his wife, artist Olivia Fraser, have three children, and divide their time between London and Delhi.

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    • 5/5
      Fantastic!
    • 3/5
      The writing is nice, to start with. After a while, it began to pall on me. I agree that William has traveled all over the sub-continent, and has met people from all walks of life. However, a book full of anecdotes about the crap that happens in the Indian sub-continent, South Asia, palls after a while. It is a little bit like "Slum Dog Millionaire", the guys who make the stuff get rich about writing about India's crappy side, a side that is not hidden from the world's view.In the English, the word "Kali" is confusing, I thought it was about the Goddess Kali, not about India's KaliYug. It certainly is not about the flower - Kali either!You cannot write Hindi in the English script and hope to achieve clarity. In my view, while well written, this book does not provide clarity about anything Indian.
    • 4/5
      Dalrymple,s writing syle is a delight to read. He lived in Delhi and travelled the subcontinent immersing himself in Politics past and present as well as the social cohesion and mores of this large complex society.