Among nomads in India

The women sat pressed close to me sewing, blowing snot from their noses, spitting and burping. Why was I here?' Full of anticipation, Robyn Davidson sets off with the Rabari, an Indian nomadic people who call themselves the 'Guardians of the Road'. The journey turns out to be an unmitigated pleasure. Illness, mistrust and theft are the order of the day. Yet India, the land of extremes, will never leave Davidson indifferent again.