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WHEN THE ROBE BECOMES A WEAPON, WHO CAN STOP THE VIOLENCE?

We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace - rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon, as radical monks and nationalist movements unleash hatred and war.

In The Robe and the Sword, acclaimed journalist Sonia Faleiro travels from Sri Lanka's riot-scarred towns to the homes of refugees along the Myanmar border to Thailand's fortified temples, uncovering how militant monks have transformed a tradition of nonviolence into a tool of terror. Through vivid portraits of zealots, survivors and dissident monks fighting to reclaim their faith, Faleiro delivers an unflinching investigation into the colonial trauma, economic grievances and political forces fuelling a dangerous new extremism.

The Robe and the Sword is a searing and indispensable work of narrative nonfiction, urgently needed to understand how sacred traditions are being weaponized - and what is at stake for the future of our interconnected world.

 

 

Review

'A must-read from one of our best journalists and thinkers.'
-V.V. GANESHANANTHAN

'Sonia Faleiro is a master of narrative reportage, illuminating every topic she touches. Pay heed: [The Robe and the Sword] is the story of our broken world.'
-FATIMA BHUTTO

'With sharp insight and deep humanity, Sonia Faleiro traces the long and uneasy bond between Buddhism and political power.'
-THANT MYINT-U

'With intellectual resourcefulness and rigour, Sonia Faleiro describes one of nationalism's most insidious and least-noticed mutations.'
-PANKAJ MISHRA

About the Author

Sonia Faleiro is the author of The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing—a New York Times Editor's Choice and finalist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize—and Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars—a finalist for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage. Her reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, Harper's, Granta and The Times Literary Supplement. She lives in London, where she is the founder of South Asia Speaks, a literary mentorship programme for emerging writers.
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  • ISBN: 9789373072951
  • Author: Sonia Faleiro
  • Publisher: Fourth Estate
  • Pages: 160
  • Format: Hardback
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WHEN THE ROBE BECOMES A WEAPON, WHO CAN STOP THE VIOLENCE?

We think of Buddhism as a faith of peace - rooted in compassion, patience, and nonviolence. But across South and Southeast Asia today, the robe is being turned into a weapon, as radical monks and nationalist movements unleash hatred and war.

In The Robe and the Sword, acclaimed journalist Sonia Faleiro travels from Sri Lanka's riot-scarred towns to the homes of refugees along the Myanmar border to Thailand's fortified temples, uncovering how militant monks have transformed a tradition of nonviolence into a tool of terror. Through vivid portraits of zealots, survivors and dissident monks fighting to reclaim their faith, Faleiro delivers an unflinching investigation into the colonial trauma, economic grievances and political forces fuelling a dangerous new extremism.

The Robe and the Sword is a searing and indispensable work of narrative nonfiction, urgently needed to understand how sacred traditions are being weaponized - and what is at stake for the future of our interconnected world.

 

 

Review

'A must-read from one of our best journalists and thinkers.'
-V.V. GANESHANANTHAN

'Sonia Faleiro is a master of narrative reportage, illuminating every topic she touches. Pay heed: [The Robe and the Sword] is the story of our broken world.'
-FATIMA BHUTTO

'With sharp insight and deep humanity, Sonia Faleiro traces the long and uneasy bond between Buddhism and political power.'
-THANT MYINT-U

'With intellectual resourcefulness and rigour, Sonia Faleiro describes one of nationalism's most insidious and least-noticed mutations.'
-PANKAJ MISHRA

About the Author

Sonia Faleiro is the author of The Good Girls: An Ordinary Killing—a New York Times Editor's Choice and finalist for the Royal Society of Literature Ondaatje Prize—and Beautiful Thing: Inside the Secret World of Bombay's Dance Bars—a finalist for the Lettre Ulysses Award for the Art of Reportage. Her reporting and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Financial Times, Harper's, Granta and The Times Literary Supplement. She lives in London, where she is the founder of South Asia Speaks, a literary mentorship programme for emerging writers.

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