Based on the author's recent travel experiences in some small towns in India.

Butter chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in small town India

Travel

Mishra, Pankaj

Asia

Penguin Books Australia

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

History

Farrar. Straus & Giroux

Allen Lane.

An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World

An End to Suffering tells of Pankaj Mishra's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in today's world, where religious violence, poverty and terrorism prevail. As he travels among Islamists and the emerging Hindu Muslim class in India, Pakistan, and Afghanistan, Mishra explores the myths and places of the Buddha's life, the West's "discovery" of Buddhism, and the impact of Buddhist ideas on such modern politicians as Gandhi and Nelson Mandela. Mishra ultimately reaches an enlightenment of his own by discovering the living meaning of the Buddha's teaching, in this "unusually discerning, beautifully written, and deeply affecting reflection on Buddhism" (Booklist).

Biographies & Memoirs

Leaders & Notable People

Picador

Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond

A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice
In Temptations of the West, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on journeys through South Asia, and considers the pressures of Western-style modernity and prosperity on the region. Beginning in India, his examination takes him from the realities of Bollywood stardom, to the history of Jawaharlal Nehru's post-independence politics. In Kashmir, he reports on the brutal massacre of thirty-five Sikhs, and its intriguing local aftermath. And in Tibet, he exquisitely parses the situation whereby the atheist Chinese government has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can be "packaged and sold to tourists." Temptations of the West is essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region of the world.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

The Romantics

Spanning centuries, covering the globe, and encompassing politics, philosophy and religion, The End of Suffering is both unprecedented in its scope and immaculate in its execution. An accomplished and impressive history of the Buddha, it separates the man and his beliefs from the many myths and ideologies that have since become synonymous with his name. On a more personal level, Mishra describes his travels in search of the Buddha and, in doing so, offers glimpses into his own quest for enlightenment, from childhood to September 11, from family background to friends met and made, from lessons learned to achievements as a writer. The End of Suffering also provides an account of India's post-colonial past -- and hope for its future. A moving and occasionally horrifying description of a country in chaos, the India that emerges in Mishra's writing is one struggling to forge an independent identity for itself amid talk of revolution, amid the legacy of imperialism, the violence and brutality of an oppressive caste system, and the continued influence of the West. In so combining stories of the Buddha, India and Mishra himself, the latter reveals the parallels between their respective jou

An End to Suffering : The Buddha in the World

Religion & Spirituality

A vivid, often surprising account of South Asia today by the author of An End to Suffering In his new book, Pankaj Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal. Traveling in the changing cultures of South Asia, Mishra sees the pressures—the temptations—of Western-style modernity and prosperity, and teases out the paradoxes of globalization. Avisit to Allahabad, birthplace of Jawaharlal Nehru, occasions a brief history of the tumultuous post-independence politics Nehru set in motion. In Kashmir, just after the brutal killing of thirtyfive Sikhs, Mishra sees Muslim guerrillas playing with Sikh village children while the media ponder a (largely irrelevant) visit by President Clinton. And in Tibet Mishra exquisitely parses the situation whereby the Chinese government—officially atheist and strongly opposed to a free Tibet—has discovered that Tibetan Buddhism can “be packaged and sold to tourists.”Temptations of the West is a book concerned with history still in the making—essential reading about a conflicted and rapidly changing region.

TEMPTATIONS OF THE WEST. How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond.

Literature & Fiction

Essays & Correspondence

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Romance

The story of Pankaj Mishra's search for meaning, for truth and peace in the modern world and, specifically, in post-colonial, independent India. As he describes his travels to unearth the origins of Buddha, Mishra offers glimpses into his own quest for enlightenment.

Buddha in the World

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Butter chicken in Ludhiana: Travels in small town India

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

Age of Anger: A History of the Present

An End to Suffering: The Buddha in the World

Temptations of the West: How to Be Modern in India, Pakistan, Tibet, and Beyond

The Romantics

An End to Suffering : The Buddha in the World

TEMPTATIONS OF THE WEST. How to be Modern in India, Pakistan and Beyond.

The Romantics

Buddha in the World