02118nam a22002297a 4500 20241105151421.0 241105b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9789354474217 : International Book Distrubutors : Flat No. 17, Prakash Apartment, 4405/2,5, Ansari Road, Daryaganj, New Delhi. : 120876 : 22/10/2024 823.305 SUB Subramaniam, Arundhathi. Women Who Wear Only Themselves : Conversations With Four Travellers on Sacred Journeys. / Arundhathi Subramaniam. , New Delhi : Speaking Tiger 176p. : 22cm. 245 Sri Annapurani Amma left the safety of home and family to follow the summons of a long-dead saint. Like Akka Mahadevi and Lal Ded before her, she chooses to live naked, and sometimes delivers prophecies, but what shines through is her humour and crazily one-pointed devotion to her path. Soon after her tenth birthday, Balarishi Vishwashirasini was predicting futures—in no time she was transformed into a guru. Now in her thirties, this gifted teacher of nada yoga admits to sometimes feeling she’s missed out on a real childhood. Lata Mani, a respected academician in the US, was plunged into the path of tantra after a major accident left her with a brain injury. Today, she talks of how the spiritual life is deeply anchored in the wisdom of the body—not unlike the soaring yet rooted redwood trees of her adopted home. Maa Karpoori, a feisty young woman, found her calling when she joined a local yoga class. Through a rollercoaster ride that catapulted her from marriage to monkhood, she retains her fierce independence and contagious joy of living. In this extraordinary book, poet and seeker Arundhathi Subramaniam gives us a glimpse into the lives of four self-contained, unapologetic female spiritual travellers. Sensitive, insightful and spare, Women Who Wear Only Themselves is a revelation and a celebration. Indian Women Women History Novel Arundhathi Subramaniam BOOK 62548 62548 0 0 ddc 0 0 SNUL SNUL 2024-11-05 International Book Distributors 245.00 0 823.305 SUB 30455 2024-11-05 00:00:00 2024-11-05 BOOK