On the Grand Trunk Road: A Journey into South Asia

It took a while, for me to finish this book. Partly because Xmas gifts fluttered down and demanded immediate reading and precedence, partly because it is a 'tough' and demanding read. I kept thinking that there might be a test at the end. But, conversely, I could not put it aside and enjoyed the investment in my reading of this author, the bureau chief for the Washington Post.

I doubt if there is another 'Westerner" that can so clearly - and entertainingly - write and educate us about the tortuous, writhing, violent and murderous evolving of South Asian politics and religious intercines.

Nor one with more direct and valid, deep, experience.

Worthy of reading, and of investing the time to understand a little of its significant message for show more all of us in the cultures of the West. Certainly recommended and valued. show less