Written by Tanushree Ghosh |Updated: September 24, 2019 7:55:54 am
‘Indian magic history hasn’t been fully explored’
Australian author John Zubrzycki on his book Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns, decoding Indian magic and why times are depressing for magicians
Fascination with India and exoticisation went hand-in-hand in the early 19th-20th century,” says 61-year-old Australian author John Zubrzycki, who was so besotted by the country that he returned time and again. Last year Zubrzycki wrote his third book, The Empire of Enchantment, a solid compendium of Indian magic history, published in India as Jadoowallahs, Jugglers and Jinns (Pan Macmillan). The former diplomat and journalist was in conversation at the 10th edition of the Mountains Echoes festival in Bhutan. Excerpts from an interview:
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