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'When a Gandhi dies, nobody is safe.' 'When a Gandhi dies, nobody is safe.' An assassination and a romance. A hijacking, several nuclear explosions and a religious experience ... just some of the ingredients in the latest tour de force from the bestselling author of the Carpet Wars. In the searing summer of 2004, Christopher Kremmer returns to India, a country in the grip of enormous and sometimes violent change. As a young reporter in the 1990s, he first encountered this ancient and complex civilisation. Now, embarking on a yatra, or pilgrimage, he travels the dangerous frontier where religion and politics face off. tracking down the players in a decisive decade, he takes us inside the enigmatic Gandhi dynasty, and introduces an operatic cast of political Brahmins, 'cyber coolies', low-caste messiahs and wrestling priests. A sprawling portrait of India at the crossroads, Inhaling the Mahatma is also an intensely personal story about coming to terms with a dazzlingly different culture, as the author's fate is entwined with a cosmopolitan Hindu family of Old Delhi, and a guru who might just change his life.… (meer)
The author was a journalist based in India for many years and covers some memorable moments from his time there, plus his then current visit to India with his Indian wife and family. Kremmer recounts his presence at such important events in Indian history like the scattering of Gandhi's ashes following their discovery, as well as the ruling Congress Party and their then grip on India.
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One has to dare to believe.
Mahatma Gandhi
Opdracht
Eerste woorden
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'Come along now', said Gari Lal, removing his shoes and calmly massaging his toes, as if the shuddering steel assemblage of interstate bus was not swerving maniacally at night on an unlit road in northern India.
Citaten
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When a Gandhi dies‚ nobody is safe.
Laatste woorden
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Climbing the ghat back towards my bundle, and checking to see whether some thief had stolen my sandals, I dried myself in the sun, and sat for a while admiring the colour and beauty of the morning.
'When a Gandhi dies, nobody is safe.' 'When a Gandhi dies, nobody is safe.' An assassination and a romance. A hijacking, several nuclear explosions and a religious experience ... just some of the ingredients in the latest tour de force from the bestselling author of the Carpet Wars. In the searing summer of 2004, Christopher Kremmer returns to India, a country in the grip of enormous and sometimes violent change. As a young reporter in the 1990s, he first encountered this ancient and complex civilisation. Now, embarking on a yatra, or pilgrimage, he travels the dangerous frontier where religion and politics face off. tracking down the players in a decisive decade, he takes us inside the enigmatic Gandhi dynasty, and introduces an operatic cast of political Brahmins, 'cyber coolies', low-caste messiahs and wrestling priests. A sprawling portrait of India at the crossroads, Inhaling the Mahatma is also an intensely personal story about coming to terms with a dazzlingly different culture, as the author's fate is entwined with a cosmopolitan Hindu family of Old Delhi, and a guru who might just change his life.
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Certainly not the worst travelogue I've read. (