In light of India
By: Octavio Paz ; translated from the Spanish by Eliot Weinberger
Contributors: Weinberger, Eliot
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt Brace
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 209
ISBN-13: 9780151002221
Subjects: Mexican Authors; Ambassadors; Travel; Civilization
Work titles: Vislumbres de la India
Description: Paz looks at the people and landscapes of India, based on his years with the Mexican embassy, offering a collection of essays on Indian history, culture, art, politics, language, and philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Pt. 1. The antipodes of coming and going. Bombay; title: Delhi; title: Return; title: Pt. 2. Religions, castes, languages. Rama and Allah; title: The cosmic matrix; title: Babel; title: Pt. 3. A project of nationhood. Feasts and fasts; title: The singularity of Indian history; title: Gandhi : center and extreme; title: Nationalism, secularism, democracy; title: Pt. 4. The full and the empty. The Apsara and the Yakshi; title: Chastity and longevity; title: The critique of liberation; title: The contraptions of time.