02073nam a22002417a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005802801200007608200120019610000210020824500570022926000430028630000190032936500080034852012540035665000170161065000130162765000100164070000210165094200090167199900170168095201340169720261001140318.0261001b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9789395624732  a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd.b: B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhic: 3477d: 25/09/2026  a954 ZUB  aZubrzycki, John.  aJadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns.c/ John Zubrzycki.  a, New Delhib: Picador India c, 2018.  a508p.c: 16cm.  b489  aAn amazing, brilliant, and incredibly erudite book' Lee Siegel India’s association with magic goes back thousands of years – from the seals of Mohenjodaro that depicted sorcerers and yogis, to the jugglers, mountebanks and acrobats that dazzled audiences at the courts of Hindu maharajas and Mughal emperors. Tales were told of ropes being thrown up in the air, strong enough for a boy to climb and disappear; of fakirs being buried alive for months and brought back to life; and of sanperas charming deadly cobras with their flutes. In the early nineteenth century, touring Indian magicians mesmerized audiences abroad, prompting generations of Western illusionists to emulate their Eastern peers. Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns: A Magical History of India tells us how Indian magic descended from the domain of the gods to become part of daily ritual and popular entertainment, and its transformation from the street to the stage culminating with the rise of the great P. C. Sorcar Sr. Drawing on ancient religious texts, colonial records, newspaper reports, journals and the memoirs, diaries and testimonies of Western and Indian magicians, John Zubrzycki offers us a vibrant narrative on Indian magic from ancient times to the present day.  aJadoowallahs  aJugglers  aJinns  a John Zubrzycki.  cBOOK  c70811d70811  00102ddc4070aSNULbSNULd2026-10-01eRaghav Books Pvt. Ptd.g489.00l0o954 ZUBp31779r2026-10-01 14:03:34w2026-10-01yBOOK