“pankaj mishra”

Samar, the young narrator of The Romantics, arrives at a boarding house in the holy city of Benares, an ancient city trying to cope with modern India. There he hopes to lose himself in books and solitude but, far from offering him an undistracted existence, the city forces all his silent desires in... More

The Buddha, his life and legacy -- refracted through one man's search for identity and one nation's experience of independence An accomplished history of the Buddha, An End to Suffering is also a deeply personal story -- the story of Pankaj Mishra's search for meaning, for truth and peace in the mod... More

A little over a decade ago, Pankaj Mishra travelled through the small towns of India and found they had shed their sleepy, half-apologetic air; brash and ostentatious, kitschy and clamorous, here was an India in transition. A convent-educated young woman from Jhansi aspiring to be a beauty queen; a ... More

After more than fifty years of modernisation, India is far from being made over in the image of a western country... It often poses hard challenges. The reactions it evokes are complex, ranging from awe and wonder to repulsion and rejections. India in Mind is a stunning collection of the diverse an... More

This narrative of self-discovery follows the author's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in today's world where religious violence, poverty, and terrorism prevail."An End to Suffering" tells of Pankaj Mishra's search to understand the Buddha's relevance in today's world, where religious vio... More

In his new book, Mishra brings literary authority and political insight to bear on travels that are at once epic and personal as he sees the pressures of Western-style modernity, prosperity, and globalization on a rapidly changing region.A "New York Times Book Review" Editors' Choice In "Temptations... More

Ever since Herodotus reported that it was home to gold-digging ants, travelers have been intrigued by India in all its beguiling complexity. This superb anthology gives us some of the best fiction, nonfiction, and poetry that has been written about the world's second most populous nation over the pa... More

Filled with lyrical, exotic prose and nostalgia for Rudyard Kipling's native India, "Kim" is widely acknowledged as the author's greatest novel and a key element in his winning the 1907 Nobel Prize in Literature. It is the tale of an orphaned sahib and the burdensome fate that awaits him when he is ... More

Full of startling insights and wit, and a host of entertaining characters, this is an unusual travel book about Indian small towns that have been transformed by the aggressive ambition and self-confidence of their inhabitants. Travelling from Mandi in Himachal Pradesh to Kottayam in Kerala, Mishra d... More