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The Age Of Kali
''The Age of Kali'' is a 1998 travel book by William Dalrymple (historian), William Dalrymple. The book's theme is trouble in the Indian subcontinent and the Hindu belief in a time called the Kali Yuga when many problems will come to exist in the world. The book gives an overview of many of the top controversies in the region at the time of publication, including interviews with players in those events. Publication Dalrymple's fourth book, ''The Age of Kali'' (1998), saw the author rekindle his love affair with India. It was released in India renamed as ''At the Court of the Fish-Eyed Goddess'' (). (The "fish eyed goddess" refers to the Goddess Meenakshi of Madurai.) Synopsis by chapter The book is a collection of essays collected through almost a decade of travel around the Indian subcontinent. It deals with many controversial subjects such as Sati (practice), Sati, the caste wars in India, political corruption and terrorism. The Age of Kali: Patna, 1997 This chapter on Patn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Dalrymple (historian)
William Dalrymple (born William Hamilton-Dalrymple on 20 March 1965) is a Delhi-based Scottish historian and art historian, as well as a curator, photographer, broadcaster and critic. He is also one of the co-founders and co-directors of the world's largest writers festival, the annual Jaipur Literature Festival. His books have won numerous awards and prizes, including the Wolfson Prize for History, the Duff Cooper Memorial Prize, the Hemingway, the Kapuściński, the Arthur Ross Medal of the US Council on Foreign Relations, the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award and the Sunday Times Young British Writer of the Year Award. He has been five times longlisted and once shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for non-fiction and was a Finalist for the Cundill Prize for History. The BBC television documentary on his pilgrimage to the source of the river Ganges, 'Shiva's Matted Locks', one of three episodes of his ''Indian Journeys'' series, which Dalrymple wrote and presented, won him t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
