Arrow of the Blue Skinned God By Blank Jonah

In a boundary crossing and globalizing world the personal and social positions in self and identity become increasingly dense heterogeneous and even conflicting In this handbook scholars of different disciplines nations and cultures East and West bring together their views and applications of dialogical self theory in such a way that deeper commonalities are brought to the surface As a bridging theory dialogical self theory reveals unexpected links between a broad variety of phenomena such as self and identity problems in education and psychotherapy multicultural identities child rearing practices adult development consumer behaviour the use of the internet and the value of silence Researchers and practitioners present different methods of investigation both qualitative and quantitative and also highlight applications of dialogical self theory The three thousand year old epic Ramayana chronicles Lord Rama s physical voyage from one end of the Indian subcontinent to the other and his spiritual voyage from Man to God In Arrow of the Blue Skinned God anthropologist and journalist Jonah Blank gives a new perspective to this Hindu classic retelling the ancient tale while following the course of Rama s journey through present day India and Sri Lanka Ultimately Blank s journey like that of Lord Rama evolves into a quest tounderstand the chimerical essence of India itself in all its overwhelming beauty and paradox Quite possibly the most perceptive book that I have come across on India since the British Raj ended Pranay Gupte The Washington Post What Hollywood attempted on the big screen with casts of thousands in Gandhi and A Passage to India Jonah Blank has achieved in 350 stylistically rich pages Los Angeles Times This informative and entertaining book is something to be thankful for The New York Times Book Review