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Among the myriad divinities in India, the Goddesses claim a significant place. Rich in mythology and often paradoxical in nature the scope to study the Goddesses is immense. In Invoking Goddesses: Gender Politics in Indian Religion different Indian Goddesses are studied spanning many millennia, using detailed linguistic analysis of hymns, prayers, iconography, inscriptions, actual ritual performances and interviews of practitioners. Through its study of different ...
Birth is traditionally sharam Ki baat, a matter of shame/shyness/embarrassment, not to be spoken about openly-only among older women and those who are mothers. Contesting the simplistic colonial and development discourses interpreting sharam only as shame, this volume sharam only as shame, this volume presents varied essays exploring women's voices, agency and aesthetics in the traditional handling of childbearing. It included Ayurveda as it comprehends ...