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Purushottam Agrawal

This book studies the life of 16th-century poet Jan Gopal and his seminal work ‘Dadu Janma Lila’

An excerpt from ‘So Says Jan Gopal: The Life and Work of A Bhakti Poet of Early Modern India’, by Purushottam Agrawal and David N Lorenzen.

David N Lorenzen
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Purushottam Agrawal
· Oct 11, 2024 · 08:30 am
How Kabir’s search for solitude is like modern humans’ search for privacy in totalitarian times

An excerpt from ‘Kabir, Kabir: The Life and Work of the Early Modern Poet-Philosopher’, by Purushottam Agrawal.

Purushottam Agrawal
· Jun 25, 2021 · 08:30 am
‘Padmavat’ revisited: Meet Nagmati, who was forced to share her husband Ratansen with Padmavati

In Malik Muhammed Jayasi’s epic poem, Ratansen’s wife is ‘a woman who was forced to suffer for absolutely no fault of hers’.

Purushottam Agrawal
· May 30, 2018 · 08:30 am