The Pilgrimage

by Meira Chand

Published 11 April 2011

A wealthy Indian family’s journey to a mystic’s tomb reveals a tension between alms-giving and the uncomfortable reality of giving to the truly desperate and despised. Buying enlightenment is easy never easy, as this tragic tale reveals.

A wealthy Indian family’s journey to a mystic’s tomb reveals a tension between alms-giving and the uncomfortable reality of giving to the truly desperate and despised. Buying enlightenment is easy never easy, as this tragic tale reveals.