Ganesha Goes to Lunch - Softcover

Kamla K. Kapur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 8187108789 ISBN 13: 9788187108788

Publisher: Om Publication, 2009

Synopsis

The accessible collection of ancient India's most insightful myths celebrates well-known stories and others, not readily known to Western readers. These are stories of Vishnu, Brahma, Ganesha and the other India, as well as of humans struggling with some of life's essential truths. The collection contains stories from the Mahabharata, Ramayana, Puranas and the Vedas.

About this title

About the Author:

Kamla K. Kapur is well known in her native India as a poet, author, and playwright. Her previous work includes Ganesha Goes to Lunch (2007) and Rumi’s Tales from the Silk Road (2009). Kapur has also published two books of poetry, As a Fountain in a Garden and Radha Speaks, numerous short stories, and a series of award winning plays. Kapur was on the faculty of Grossmont College in San Diego, California, for eighteen years and taught courses in play writing, poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, mythology, Shakespeare, and women’s literature. She and her husband, Payson Stevens, divide their time living in the Kullu Valley in the Indian Himalayas and in Southern California. Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh is Professor of Religious Studies at Colby College. She holds the Crawford Family endowed chair. She has published extensively in the field of Sikhism. Her views have also been aired on television and radio around the world. She serves as a trustee for the American Institute for Indian Studies, and is on the editorial board of the History of Religions.

About this edition

• Publisher: Om Publication
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 8187108789
• ISBN 13: 9788187108788
• Binding: Paperback