Empire of the Soul

Paul William Roberts's journeys through India span 20 years, and in this volume he creates a mosaic, by turns tragic and comic, of the subcontinent and its people. From the crumbling palaces of maharajas to the slums of Calcutta he seeks to capture the lure of this enigmatic land.

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Paul William Roberts's journeys through India span 20 years, and in this volume he creates a mosaic, by turns tragic and comic, of the subcontinent and its people. From 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 seeks to capture the lure of this enigmatic land - this empire of the soul.