New Books in South Asian Studies · New Books Network
Gil Ben-Herut, "Stories of Shiva's Saints: Selections from Harihara's Ragales" (Oxford UP, 2025)
·1 hr 6 min·5 clips
"Oh Lord, he forgot the rhythms and the drums. Oh Lord. He forgot Shiva and he forgot himself. He was undone."
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A focused look at how devotional poetry keeps its force in translation.
Gil Ben-Herut's appearance on Stories of Shiva's Saints keeps coming back to a practical question: what happens when Harihara's Ragales move into English? The discussion does not pretend translation can carry everything over.
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