Murphy presents her journal of a trip she and her five-year-old daughter made to southern India in 1973-74. She describes initiation in Bombay, hippies in Goa, Tibetans in Mundgod, discovering Coorg, musings in Mysore, Andanipura Farm, the Huthri Festival, a glance at Kerala: Cochin's Kathakali dance, pilgrims at Cape Comoris: family life in Tamil Nadu, on the coast of Coromandel, fever in Madurai: wildlife in Periyar, ancestor veneration in Devangeri, caste in Coorg, forest funeral, a naming ceremony and a wedding, and praying and dancing. Distributed in the US by Dufour. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)