Holy Cow!

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“IndiaislikeWonderland.Inthisotheruniverseeveryoneseemsmadandeverythingisupsidedown,backtofrontandinfuriatinglybizarre...”InhertwentiesSarahMacdonaldbackpackedaroundIndiaandcameawaywithalastingimpressionofheat,pollution,andpoverty.SowhenanairportbeggarreadherpalmandtoldhershewouldreturntoIndia--andforlove--shescreamed,“Never!”andgavethecountry,andhim,thefinger.

Butelevenyearslater,theprophecycomestrue.WhentheloveofMacdonald’slifeispostedtoIndia,shequitsherdreamjobtomovetothemostpollutedcityonearth,NewDelhi.ForMacdonaldthisseemsliketheultimatesacrificeforlove,anditalmostkillsher,literally.Justsettled,shefallsdangerouslyillwithdoublepneumonia,anexperiencethatcompelshertofacesomeseriousquestionsaboutherownfragilemortalityandinnerspiritualvoid.“ImustfindpeaceintheonlyplacepossibleinIndia,”sheconcludes.“Within.”ThusbeginsherjourneyofdiscoverythroughIndiainsearchofthemeaningoflifeanddeath.HolyCowisSarahMacdonald’softenhilariouschronicleofheradventuresinalandofchaosandcontradiction,ofencounterswithHinduism,IslamandJainism,Sufis,Sikhs,Parsis,andChristians,andakaleidoscopeofyogis,swamis,andBollywoodstars.FromspiritualretreatsandcrumblingnirvanastowarzonesandNewDelhinightclubs,itisajourneythatonlyawomanonamissiontosavehersoul,herlovelife--andhersanity--cansurvive.