Ganpati: A New Look, is in the genre of Revisioning Shiva, earlier published by Indian Publishers’ Distributors. It explains in depth and detail God ganpati. Using spirituality, mythology, lore, semiotics, psychology and common sense. In addition to mini stories, Pauraic and folkloric, it has eleven original stories and uses a dozen poems to enrich the interpretation Ganpati: A New Look may be viewed as an extended meditation on an Indian cultural archetype, using creativity and Jung’s Active Imagination for part creative and part hermeneutic interpretation. In so doing it opens a new angle on Indian Spirituality.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Som P. Ranchan
Som. P. Ranchan is an unusual signature in contemporary writing, a poet, literateur, myth maker/cartographer, folk lorist, therapist, critic he has books in all these categories. lately he has taken to story writing. All my boys and othr stories is the second in the genre, the first being O'er Travell'd Roads (Har-Anand). Som P. Ranchan was Professor and Head of English for a decade at H.P. University Shimla and held numerous other positions such as Dean of Social Sciences, of Arts and of Languages, etc. He has been visiting Professor too at Indian Universities and abroad. He has had many fellowships: Fulbright, Smith-mundt of Hazen Foundation, University of Wisconsin, H.P. Academy, HRD, Indian Institute of Advanced Study. Som P. Ranchan is known for his renaissance rangings.
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