William Dalrymple
Dalrymple, Brown continue to dominate bestseller charts
Submitted by Supreet Sharma on Thu, 11/19/2009 - 12:10.
New Delhi, Nov 19 - "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" by William Dalrymple continued to retain the number one position in the non-fiction section of the bestseller list for the fourth consecutive week while Dan Brown's "The Lost Symbol" topped the fiction category.
The top 10 in each section are:
Non-Fiction
1. "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India"
Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Price: Rs. 499.00
Journey to country’s devout, Nine Lives
Submitted by Jatin Malhotra on Fri, 11/06/2009 - 16:30.
For his new book, Nine Lives – In Search of the Sacred in Modern India, author William Dalrymple left the archives in Delhi, Rangoon and Lahore, his address of 10 years and took to the dusty, meandering roads that would lead him to India’s devout.
“It was like coming up for air. I felt free from the gruelling research for my previous monstrous tomes. It was fun being back on the road, smoking chillums with the Bauls till 3 am,” said Dalrymple, who has authored travel books such as City of Djinns, In Xanadu and From the Holy Mountain.
Mainstream Hinduism wiping out local faiths: William Dalrymple
Submitted by Supreet Sharma on Thu, 10/15/2009 - 18:28.New Delhi, Oct 15 - Writer William Dalrymple says "smaller and indigenous religions in villages across India are dwindling because of the spread of an urban and refined form of Hinduism".
"The blood sacrifices and the pagan faiths of Assam, Bengal and Kerala have been marginalised by the overwhelming 'Ram-ification' (domination by Ram) of the Hindu mainstream Vaishnavism. It has taken a toll on the 'devi' cults. The local 'devtas' are falling off the map," Dalrymple told IANS in an interview at his sprawling Mehrauli farmhouse.
His latest book "Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India" was released in the capital Wednesday.
ISI’s obsession with bleeding India coming back to haunt Pak: Dalrymple
Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Wed, 03/04/2009 - 16:16.
London, Mar 4: The world shouldn’t be surprised by the terrorist attack on Sri Lankan cricketers in Lahore, according to internationally acclaimed writer and historian William Dalrymple, who feels that among a host of factors that are hurtling Pakistan towards disaster, is the ISI’s obsession with bleeding India through its Islamist strategic doctrine.
Benazir was a victim of her own legacy, says William Dalrymple
Submitted by Sahil Nagpal on Fri, 01/04/2008 - 22:43.Washington, Jan 3 : Assassinated ex-premier of Pakistan Benazir Bhutto was a victim of her own legacy, according to noted author William Dalrymple.
During Benazir’s regime, the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan had installed the Taliban in Afghanistan and a large number of young Islamic militants were recruited to carry out ISI’s "dirty work in Kashmir", Dalrymple writes in the New York Times.
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