Bill Aitken, writer who adopted India as ‘father’ of hippies, dies at 90

He awoke the next morning to see the clouds pull back to reveal Nanda Devi. Mr. Aitken spent most of the 1960s working at ashrams within sight of the Himalayas. Mr. Aitken studied comparative religion at the University of Leeds and went on personal faith shopping as he worked his way toward a master’s degree. His last book, “Sri Sathya Sai Baba: A Life” (2006), is a biography of the leader of a Hindu-influenced religious movement that Mr. Aitken followed. Mr. Aitken, who had no immediate survivors, often allowed his home to become a hub of the cultural and literary community in Mussoorie.