This book presents the life stories and poems of six well-known saint-poets of North India--Ravidas, Kabir, Nanak, Surdas, Mirabai, and Tulsidas--who have contributed more to the religious vocabulary of Hinduism in North India today than any voices before or since. In worship, in education, even in politics, modern Hinduism sings their tune. For half a millennium, these saints' poems have circulated from the banks of the Yamuna to the rice fields of Bihar and ...
Religious Rebels in the Punjab: The Social Vision of Untouchables
