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Sur’s Ocean

Surdas-and his remarkable lyrics refashioning the widely known narrative of the Hindu deity Krish...

Memory of Love

No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang o...

Sati, the Blessing and the Curse

Several years ago in Rajasthan, an eighteen-year-old woman was burned on her husband's funeral py...

Memory of Love

No Hindu god is closer to the soul of poetry than Krishna, and in North India no poet ever sang o...

Storm of Songs

India celebrates itself as a nation of unity in diversity, but where does that sense of unity com...

Krishna, The Butter Thief

At Play with Krishna

The Life of Hinduism

The Life of Hinduism brings together a series of essays—many recognized as classics in the...

Holy Tears

Bhakti and Power

Bhakti, a term ubiquitous in the religious life of South Asia, has meanings that shift dramatical...

Krishna’s Playground

This is a book about a deeply beloved place-many call it the spiritual capital of India. Located ...

Sur’s Ocean

"e;John Stratton Hawley miraculously manages to braid the charged erotic and divine qualities...