amandeepm Posted June 13, 2005 Report Share Posted June 13, 2005 Readers maybe interested in the travel writer/journalist and anthropolgist JOnha Blank's classic 1990s travelogue through India "Arrow of the Blue Skinned God". I read this many many years ago at the same time as "An Indian Attachment" which is what has sparked this note. He basically follows the physical locations of the Ram in the Indian Ramayana which takes him from the South of teh country, through Ayodhya and to teh North and back again. Each chapter tackles the social anthropology of the country, caste, equality, spirituality etc. He does get to Punjab (although here I think he diverted from the original Ramayan myth) and has an entire chapter on the Sikhs and the "Punjab Problem". The chapter title is "Evil" and that is very apt given the chapter's content. Aman 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron-Singh Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 What position does he take on the "Punjab Problem"? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tSingh Posted June 14, 2005 Report Share Posted June 14, 2005 i got that from the library for 20p and have been ambling through the it. He's very young and I find his style really dull and patronising. From what I remember he meets a young brummy singh on a train who has been sent by his dad to become shaheed. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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