[DOWNLOAD] "Tibetan Foothold" by Dervla Murphy # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
eBook details
- Title: Tibetan Foothold
- Author : Dervla Murphy
- Release Date : January 18, 2011
- Genre: Essays & Memoirs,Books,Travel & Adventure,History,Asia,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 1252 KB
Description
After her epic journey from Ireland to India by bicycle in 1963, Dervla Murphy immersed herself in the life of the sub-continent, working for six months in an orphanage for Tibetan children in Northern India. She fell in love with the 'Tiblets' - the cheerful, uncomplaining, independent and affectionate children of the new Tibet-in-exile - but she also managed to explore India's Tibetan frontier, leaving the reader panting in her wake. Alongside her enchantment, Dervla became a perceptive witness to the realities of aid work: the corruption, smug piety and power struggles of the bureaucrats, and the dangerous, long-term side effects on the recipients - cultural enfeeblement and dependency. Tibetan Foothold not only confirmed Dervla's status as a traveller, but also revealed her to be a truly independent voice and an acute observer of politics and society.