Holy Cow: An Indian Adventure
But eleven years later, the prophecy comes true. When the love of Sarah’s life is posted to India, she quits her dream job to move to the most polluted city on earth, New Delhi. For Sarah this seems like the ultimate sacrifice for love, and it almost kills her, literally. Just settled, she falls dangerously ill with double pneumonia, an experience that compels her to face some serious questions about her own fragile mortality and inner spiritual void. “I must find peace in the only place possible in India,” she concludes. “Within.” Thus begins her journey of discovery through India in search of the meaning of life and death.
Holy Cow is Macdonald’s often hilarious chronicle of her adventures in a land of chaos and contradiction, of encounters with Hinduism, Islam and Jainism, Sufis, Sikhs, Parsis and Christians and a kaleidoscope of yogis, swamis and Bollywood stars. From spiritual retreats and crumbling nirvanas to war zones and New Delhi nightclubs, it is a journey that only a woman on a mission to save her soul, her love life—and her sanity—can survive.
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96 Reviews
| From: Amazon Posted: Aug 11, 2008 Type: User Review |
An Inside Look
I've made many trips to India. In that context, I quickly came to see that most books on India tend to be superficial: see this, see that, perhaps some history. In general there is little depth, and if anything spiritual is involved, little...
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 5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jul 15, 2008 Type: User Review |
Honest & Hilarious!
In the beginning of the book, I was shocked at the harsh words that the author used to talk about India. In fact, I couldn't believe that one of my Indian friends, who is from Punjab (wait until you read how she feels about them) actually made it...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 26, 2008 Type: User Review |
Whining, Whining, Whining
I'm a prolific reader and there are only a handful of books I've started and not bothered to finish. "Holy Cow" is one of them.
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 1.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Jun 05, 2008 Type: User Review |
Hands on unvarnished insight
I was looking for a lived-there book and this one is it! Fun, serious, always insightful observations shared by the author--who does not take herself seriously.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: May 13, 2008 Type: User Review |
An engaging look at India!
I've re-read this book about 5 or 6 times and each time found something different to enjoy. Ms. MacDonald is an engaging writer and her journey of understanding India (and Indians) will keep you reading until the last pages.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
Thoroughly Enjoyable
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Sarah has a quirky sense of humor that explores India in all its contrasts and contradictions. Like Sarah, I also have a background in psychology and I appreciated her interest in trying to understand why people...
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Apr 01, 2008 Type: User Review |
Well written trash
What else would you come to expect from a hippie who views India as a cesspool of drugs and other ways to get high?
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 2.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 29, 2008 Type: User Review |
Hilarious
Great book gives insight to the lifestyle and philosophies within the Indian culture. The book is about one woman's experience living in India. Well written, an easy page turner.
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5.00/5 |
| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 28, 2008 Type: User Review |
An enjoyable memoir of living in India and falling in love with the country.
I, like the author, have been seduced by India.
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| From: Amazon Posted: Mar 25, 2008 Type: User Review |
A foreigner gives insightful review of true INDIA
Just like the author S.McDonald, who gradually falls in love with India, this book initially made me feel very offended to read how she describes India but gradually I overcame those feelings and started enjoying the book. Once I went past first...
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