Books written by Namita Gokhale
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Book of Shiva
What was the tandava? What is the story behind the worship of the linga and what vision of the world does it signify? Namita Gokhale examines these questions and many others that lie within the myriad of stories about Shiva.
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Himalaya: A Literary Homage to Adventure, Meditation, and Life on the Roof of the World
It is richer in flora and fauna than any other in the Himalayas, and beyond this beautiful valley the hills extend in an unbroken line up to the Ganges, the waters of which you can see glinting in the sun over a hundred miles away.
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The Himalayan Arc: Journeys East of South-east
Namita Gokhale. The Himalayan Arc Journeys East of South-east Edited by Namita Gokhale CONTENTS Introduction Namita Gokhale A Himalayan Citizen Sujeev Shakya The.
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Things to Leave Behind
For, these are the days of Upper Mall Road (for Europeans and their horses) and Lower Mall Road (‘for dogs, servants and other Indians’).
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In Search Of Sita: Revisiting Mythology
However she is remembered, revered or written about, Sita continues to exert a powerful influence on the collective Indian psyche. In Search of Sita presents essays, conversations and commentaries that explore different aspects of her life.
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Mountain Echoes: Reminiscences of Kumaoni Women
... my brother was born. As I close my eyes I can remember that it was 4 o'clock in the evening, and my cousin was sent to inform our grand aunt of his birth. My cousin Ghanti was much older than me, and I just tagged along with her. I ...
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Shakuntala
In the life she recalls, she was Shakuntala - spirited, imaginative & adventurous, but destined, like her legendary namesake, to suffer 'the samskaras of abandonment'.
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Lost in Time: Ghatotkacha and the Game of Illusions
And in his enlightening company, Chintamani finds himself in the thick of the events of the most enduring Indian epic. An intense yet tender look at a rare friendship as well as the abiding puzzles of the past, this is a fascinating read.