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028			_a: Zafaa Books & Distributors _b: 313/103A, H. No.-15, Tulsi Nagar, Inderlok, Delhi. _c: ZBD0456 _d: 27/01/2025
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100			_aSubramaniam, Arundhathi.
245			_aEating God _b: A Book of Bhakti Poetry. _c/ Arundhathi Subramaniam.
260			_aGurgaon _b: Penguin Random House, _c, 2014.
300			_axxxv, 287 pages _c: 24cm.
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520			_aThe seeker's impassioned yearning for the Divine, unmediated here and now is the essence of bhakti. As old as time, its spirit suffused the outpourings of mystic poets across India from the eighth century onward. Their compositions passionate, sensuous, intimate, often articulated in regional languages and dialects spoke to cobbler and priest alike and have embedded themselves in our collective unconscious. The two-hundred-odd poems in this volume remind us of this rich palette of human longing from the trenchant irony of Kabir and audacious sensuality of Annamayya and Chandidas to the earthy mysticism of Tukaram and fierce lyricism of Mira and Akka Mahadevi. We travel the emotional arc of bhakti, from wild longing to liberation, through these utterances and many more. Featuring classic translations by A.K. Ramanujan and Dilip Chitre, among others, as well as new and unpublished ones by acclaimed poets, Eating God is a fabulous treat for seekers and poetry lovers alike.
650			_aDevotional poetry
650			_a Poetry
650			_aBhakti
700			_aArundhathi Subramaniam
942			_cBOOK
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