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The Nirvana Express by Mick Brown entertainment magnificent defiance' Alan Johnson'Bracing andThe captivating story of the West's love affair with Indian spirituality from the orientalism of the British Empire to modern counterculture. In 1897, an Indian yogi exhibited himself at London's Westminster Aquarium, demonstrating yoga positions to a bemused audience. Four years earlier, Hindu philosopher Swami Vivekananda spoke at the first World Parliament of Religions in Chicago, where Annie Besant extolled the 'exquisite beauty' of his spiritual