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Chasing the Monsoon: a Modern Pilgrimage Through India CHASING THE MONSOON: A MODERN PILGRIMAGE THROUGH INDIA Author: Alexander Frater Number of Pages: 273 pages Published Date: 06 May 2005 Publisher: Pan MacMillan Publication Country: London, United Kingdom Language: English ISBN: 9780330433136 DOWNLOAD: CHASING THE MONSOON: A MODERN PILGRIMAGE THROUGH INDIA Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India PDF Book In fact, a large portion of the book is taken up by Kerala, justified because of its importance in the scheme of things in this context. The binding of my original copy is broken, with the pages - stained with sweat, tanning oil, seawater, sand and muck - secured between the covers by means of a large rubber band. Almost there! All in all, a highly recommended book. The book is full of chance happenings, and meetings with people who are affable and whimsical at the same time, acting out in a typical way which has come to be characterized by the melange of cultures that India is. Forgot your password? Publication date. Great read. Throughout most of India, the onset of the monsoon rains, the "burst," was eagerly anticipated, the arrival of life- giving rains and cooler weather celebrated for centuries in art, poetry, and song. Though much of the book is littered with climactic Greek and latin phrases about cumulonimbus, wind shear, etc , one does not really need to understand the minutiae to enjoy the book. Henshaw anymore. Keep me logged in. Naipaul's ear for dialog and eye for telling little details, without the cynicism and bitterness. Anderen bekeken ook. I'm cold!! Chasing the Monsoon May 6, , Picador. It focuses on the pioneers of aviation-based at The Balloon Factory in Farnborough. But Frater puts everything in perspective, showing how in the millenniums, Indian culture has welcomed the monsoon through its arts, poetry, music and dance. Everyone shrieked and grabbed at each other Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. Before making his living through writing Frater had romanticised about joining the Colonial Service , but the process of decolonization , culminating in the end of the Colonial Office altogether, ended this notion. Uitgever: Pan Macmillan. The Aussie wanted to talk about affairs of state, about the Gandhi dynasty and the future of the Congress Party, but he couldn't get a word in edgeways because the Indians were arguing about mangoes. Also, throughout the book, time and again as Mr. Email required Address never made public. Not only writing about his travel in India, travelling with the monsoon, starting in Kerala, moving north and ending Cherrapunji Meghalaya the author also writes a lot about his early life in Vanuatu the New Hebrides, as it was called at the time , with his father and grandfather, who were prominent figures there. The "monsoon cure," which could be anything from specific diets to being massaged in special oils to meditation with the onset of the rains, was big business, particularly in western India. He made it to this city when it was facing the bitter side of Monsoon, the drowned city. But I would also like to say that Indian monsoons encompass so much more, like the changing food that comes with monsoon, or the pure raw beaches in their wildest form during monsoons, or the rattling and scary thunderstorms that come with the first showers. Places India , South Asia. Overige kenmerken Gewicht g Verpakking breedte mm Verpakking hoogte 18 mm Verpakking lengte mm. Frater quotes, reads about, and visits with figures from that vanished world far more than a boomer or millenial traveler likely would. Leave a Reply Cancel reply Enter your comment here Account Options Anmelden. Or does the entangled Indian bureaucracy let him reach his destination? He had grown up on a South Pacific island with his missionary parents where heavy rain and hurricanes were common. Read it a long time ago but remember it well and benefit from it when I visit India. This is also a journey deep into Frater's childhood - going to Cherrapunji was an unrealized dream of Frater's missionary doctor father - and, in a larger sense, into the fading imprint of British colonial rule around the world. London: Pan Macmillan. Page Count: Publisher: Clarkson Potter. Readers also enjoyed. This book talks about the happiness that comes with the monsoon and so is the miseries. Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India Writer Wheat Grass A Healthy Tonic. All in all, a highly recommended book. Uitgever: Pan Macmillan. Chasing the monsoon: a modern pilgrimage through India , Holt. It's confidential. Estimated between Wed. Chasing the Monsoon May 6, , Picador. Dec 20, Mithun rated it really liked it Shelves: travel , travelogue. View 1 comment. The author really excelled in capturing the mood of the places he visited. The part about Kolkata also makes for an interesting read, and so does the last section - Shillong it had an airport then, albeit a barely functioning one and further on Cherrapunjee. His sudden references to his childhood in the Pacific Islands, although interesting, seemed somewhat irrelevant. Great read. Alexander Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. But this minor focus feels in keeping with Frater's own life story. Apr 25, Hana rated it really liked it Shelves: reads , far-away-places , travel , india-subcontinent , https-www-goodreads-com-review-li , oddball-non-fiction. Payment details. Obviously, I have never really experienced weather like a Monsoon, or anything similar to the heat and droughts of India. Chasing The Monsoon is the third travelog-type book I've read for the HBC India Challenge, all based on trips made during the late An affectionate romp through India as refreshing as a monsoon burst after the heat of summer. Bekijk de hele lijst. Pageant Of India 0. Oct 23, Girl from Mumbai rated it really liked it. The monsoons were geographically once just deemed seasonally reversing winds that caused rainfall, but are now seen as part of a much larger system. Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India Reviews Item Information Condition:. The James Beard Award—nominated Tosi spares no detail, providing origin stories for her popular cookies, pies and ice-cream flavors. Frater aims to follow the monsoon, staying sometimes behind it, sometimes in front of it, and everywhere watching the impact of this extraordinary phenomenon. Frater also presents the way in which both old and new practices are used to insure a beneficial monsoon. Frater's journey takes him to Bangkok and the cowboy town on the Thai-Malaysian border to Rangoon and Akyab in Burma where the front funnels up between the mountains and the sea. Usually dispatched in 6 to 10 days. See all free Kindle reading apps. Contact us: or email customercare kirkus. Visit store. He had looked into the monsoon and the beach rain parties of Goa. More by Beverly Cleary. Banaras City of Light. Learn More - opens in a new window or tab International shipping and import charges paid to Pitney Bowes Inc. During the anxious period of waiting, the weather forecaster is king, consulted by pie-crested cockatoos, and a joyful period ensues: there is a period of promiscuity, and scandals proliferate. Like most good travel books, it has a premise that makes sense following the monsoon across India without being silly. Quoting some local official, regarding the nature of Monsoon he states,. I have learned to say what I think on a piece of paper. A most fascinating read on the monsoon of india splly western side. Learn More - opens in a new window or tab. ThriftBooks Store thrift. Rishad Saam Mehta. The telling of the tale rolls out like a cloud, travelling fast without ever seeming to. The island features both a volcano and a deep, dark, tropical forest, both of which caused Frater to question his trip on occasion, but the resulting book combines adventure travelogue with memoir, as it leads to reminiscences of Frater's own tropical roots. In Beyond the Blue Horizon: On the Track of Imperial Airways, Frater records his attempt to retrace the traditional route that the upper-class passengers of Imperial Airways followed on the voyage from London to Brisbane, Australia, in the s. December 10, This title is due for release on August 1, Sign in. He notes the passion with which people await and receive the rains; in Cochin, he watched a group of business people run out of their offices and dance in the first downpour of the season. Sooner he shifts to the national capital, to get clearance to visit Cherrapunji, as a major objective. He had written a number of fictional tales about the island during the s, publishing them in the New Yorker, and so it had been rather a surprise to learn that the island actually existed, though ultimately it bore little or no resemblance to the fantasies borne of his imagination. It also gives a note to deforestation and climate change, as it says,. In , shortly after his mother had died and he himself had contracted a numbing nervous disorder, he got the idea to travel to India and experience the legendary summer monsoon, in the vague hope that its reputed rejuvenating powers would lift his own spirits as well. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Monisha Rajesh. Check the item description for details. Created by WorkBot. Chasing the Monsoon: A Modern Pilgrimage Through India Read Online Definitely inspired me to travel in his footsteps, maybe one place at a time, someday.
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