Empire of the Soul-Fast Shipping

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Paul William Roberts’s journeys through India span twenty years, and in
Empire of the Soul, he creates a dazzling mosaic, by turns tragic and comic, of the subcontinent and its the crumbling palaces of maharajas to the slums of Calcutta; from the ashrams of holy men to a millionaire drug dealer’s heavily guarded fortress on India’s border with China, Roberts captures the lure of this enigmatic land—this empire of the soul.”India is a harsh mistress,” he writes. “She seems to appreciate individual sacrifice so she has never wanted for lovers…”