This travel book is the story of a three-month pilgrimage through Southern India, highlighting man's spiritual struggle to rise above wretchedness. The book is an account of Geoffrey Moorhouse's time spent in ashrams, his meetings with gurus, his testimony of a miracle performed by the reincarnated Satya Sai Bab and his visits to the dwindling Jewish community in Cochin. By the author of "The Other England", "Against All Reason", "Calcutta", "The Missionaries", "The Fearful Void", "The Best-Loved Game" (1979 Cricket Society Award), "India Britannica", "Lord's", "To the Frontier" (Winner, Thomas Cook Award for Best Travel Book), "The Imperial City: The Rise and Rise of New York" and "At the St George and other Essays on Rugby League".