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- Taseer, Aatish,--Travel--India
- Brahmans--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Social conditions
- Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Social conditions
- Brahmans--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh)--Social life and customs
- India--Social conditions--1947-
- Caste--India
- Culture conflict--India
- Social change--India
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Title Statement | The twice-born: life and death on the Ganges / Aatish Taseer. |
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Author | Taseer, Aatish, 1980- |
Publication | New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux,2019. |
Edition | First edition. |
Extent of Item | 242 pages |
ISBN | 0374279608 9780374279608 |
Other Number | 3474103 |
Contents | Foreigners in their own land -- The color-filled eleventh -- The hour of juncture -- The rape and the seduction -- The conqueror of destiny -- The modern traditionalist -- The revolutionary Brahmin -- The community of death -- The isle of rough magic -- The dharma of place -- The protection of the seed. |
Summary | "A portrait of the collision between tradition and modernity in India, as told through the lives of the Brahmins in the holy city of Benares"--Provided by publisher. |
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By Topic | Brahmans--Social conditions--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) |
Brahmans--Social life and customs--India--Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh) | |
Caste--India | |
Culture conflict--India | |
Social change--India | |
By Name | Taseer, Aatish,1980---Travel--India |
By Location | Vārānasi (Uttar Pradesh, India)--Social conditions |
India--Social conditions--1947- |