Six Months In India: Yoga In Its Original Context

With humor and drama, Vik Vad's memoir, Six Months in India, is a fascinating and sublime account of his sojourn to India. Written in the first person and initially published as a series of journal entries, his lively narrative is as entertaining as it is informative and includes an intimate, engaging, and profoundly affecting introduction to the art of yoga as well as the Indian lifestyle. After his first few weeks and even later, Vad resists romanticizing his experience. If anything he gently wades through the unfamiliar tides of arranged marriages and dire poverty as though it were a necessary part of his journey. In this polluted, yet highly spiritual place, he creates no false utopias as he describes festivals, temples, ashrams, cultural directives, and the family members he becomes reacquainted with. Ultimately, his path is one that celebrates the journey of yoga itself-while not always smooth, it's well worth the trip.