Actually, "pundit" is an English word acquired as a loanword from Hindi; I believe the preferred transliteration is now "pandit." But it's pronounced much the same, and a 19th century British civil servant would probably have used the English spelling.
How much Kipling have you read? His Strickland stories are particularly good for hints of magic and mythology; his novel Kim equally so, if you have time for a novel. The spiritual side is portrayed with amazing sympathy in "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat."
I understand the advanced prep impulse; I haven't been able to hold any of the presessions for the July campaigns yet, but I'm starting to think about what to put on the 2014 prospectus. I'm starting to think that maybe I want to undertake two longer-term campaigns, lasting maybe four or five years, with intense worldbuilding and character life history aspects; I haven't done anything like that in decades.
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Date: 2012-02-12 01:16 am (UTC)How much Kipling have you read? His Strickland stories are particularly good for hints of magic and mythology; his novel Kim equally so, if you have time for a novel. The spiritual side is portrayed with amazing sympathy in "The Miracle of Purun Bhagat."
I understand the advanced prep impulse; I haven't been able to hold any of the presessions for the July campaigns yet, but I'm starting to think about what to put on the 2014 prospectus. I'm starting to think that maybe I want to undertake two longer-term campaigns, lasting maybe four or five years, with intense worldbuilding and character life history aspects; I haven't done anything like that in decades.