It is by sheer coincidence that a few months after I join the Royal Bank Of Scotland, I come across the seventh book written by the acclaimed Scottish travel-writer, William Dalrymple on my recent trip to Mumbai. It is titled: Nine Lives. Amazon.com has aptly summarized as follows: "Nine people, nine lives. Each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. Exquisite and mesmerizing, and told with an almost biblical simplicity, William Dalrymple's first travel book in a decade explores how traditional forms of religious life in South Asia have been transformed in the vortex of the region's rapid change.

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