Title: Imagine this life
Product review: Scholarly, shy Leopold Fisher is drafted into the Army of the Third Reich. Because of his Sanskrit studies, he's attached to a regiment of Indian soldiers-followers of Chandra Bose. He's captured by the allies when his regiment surrenders and is almost repatriated with the Indians. Instead, he waits in a POW camp and makes his own way to India in 1946.He adopts the path of a sannyasid and tries to 'become' Hindu. The process doesn't discourage his enthusiasm, but causes him to hold it at a certain emotional arm's length.His account of his time in India is not particularly romantic and is in fact a bit wry. It has angered some devout Hindus who accuse him of airing dirty laundry, but it is also highly respected by others who appreciate what Fisher-now Agehananda Bharati-had to offer their tradition.Bharati ended his days as a professor of anthropology at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
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