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028			_a: Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd. _b: B-2/25, 1st Floor, Arun house, Ansari Road, Darya ganj, New Delhi _c: 3477 _d: 25/09/2026
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100			_aZubrzycki, John.
245			_aJadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns. _c/ John Zubrzycki.
260			_a, New Delhi _b: Picador India _c, 2018.
300			_a508p. _c: 16cm.
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520			_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.
650			_aJadoowallahs
650			_aJugglers
650			_aJinns
700			_a John Zubrzycki.
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