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Autore: | Khan Zeeshan <1977-> |
Titolo: | Right to passage : travels through India, Pakistan and Iran / / Zeeshan Khan |
Pubblicazione: | Los Angeles : , : Sage : , : Yoda Press, , [2016] |
©2016 | |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (xii, 390 pages) |
Disciplina: | 954 |
Soggetto geografico: | India Description and travel |
Pakistan Description and travel | |
Iran Description and travel | |
India Social life and customs | |
Pakistan Social life and customs | |
Iran Social life and customs | |
Nota di contenuto: | Prologue -- I. Mohabharot -- Full chakra : Patna, Bodh Gaya -- East is east : Rajgir, Nalanda, back to Patna -- Golden temples, iron walls : Delhi, Amritsar, Harmandir Sahib and the Sikhs, Wagah and entering Pakistan, back to Delhi -- The shoulders of giants : Lahore, Taxila -- Crosshairs across worlds : back in Lahore, Islamabad, Peshawar, Multan, Quetta -- II. Iranzamin -- New familiar faces : Quetta Airport, Zahedan to Kerman, Rayen, Mashhad -- Nothing in my cloak but God : Neyshabur, Tus -- Rise and rise again : Yazd, Esfahan, Kashan -- A gate for all nations : Shiraz, Takht-e Jamshid -- Never too old : Ahvaz, Chogha Zanbil, Shush, Tehran, Tabriz -- About the author. |
Sommario/riassunto: | "In 2011, Zeeshan Khan decided to travel from Dhaka via India and Pakistan to Iran and on to Europe. This book traces his journey till he left the borders of Iran, a distance he completed in about 60 days. For Khan the journey was about travelling along a historical route steeped in cultures, languages, religions and races, woven together as a an indivisible whole, elements of which had gone into making him the cosmopolitan, yet rooted, South Asian individual. While India represented somewhat familiar terrain, travelling through contemporary Pakistan and Iran was a particular eye-opener for the author. Much of the current realities of the region are reflected in the book, along with Khan's own commentary about what he observed and encountered. Equally a pleasure to read for the armchair traveller or the seasoned one, the book is a stunning snapshot of life along a well-worn route known for its spiritual depth and philosophical richness"--Provided by publisher. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Right to passage |
ISBN: | 93-5150-960-5 |
93-5150-961-3 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910795323003321 |
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