Finding Radha
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Malashri Lal for the use of her translation of the verse from Bihari, beginning ‘Hungry for Krishna’s love, she hides his flute.’
Mandakranta Bose for the use of the section ‘Sita and Radha: From Human to Divine’, originally published in Women in the Hindu Tradition: Rules, Roles and Exceptions, Routledge, 2010.
Manoa journal and Andrew Schelling for the use of the poem ‘And What of Those Arbors’, originally published in Bright as the Autumn Moon: Fifty Poems from Sanskrit.
Motilal Banarsidass for the use of the two poems ‘Signs of Youth’ and ‘First Joy’, from Love Songs of Vidyapati, translated by Deben Bhattacharya and edited by W.G. Archer.
Pavan K. Varma for the use of an extract from the chapter ‘Lover’, originally published in Krishna: The Playful Divine, Viking, Penguin Books India, 1993.
Priya Sarukkai Chabria for one song, ‘The Sacred Songs of the Lady’, originally in Andal: The Autobiography of a Goddess, published by Zubaan.
Pushpa Bharati for permission to translate two poems ‘Under the Mango Tree’ and ‘Words: Meaningless’, originally in Kanupriya by Dharamvir Bharati.
Rajendra Patel and Pradip Khandwalla for the use of the poem ‘Artless Milkmaid’, originally published in Beyond the Beaten Track: Offbeat Poems from Gujarat.
Ramakanta Rath for the use of extracts from ‘Sri Radha’, translated by the author from the original Sri Radha.
Sabita Sarma for permitting the reprint of a translation by Gayatri Bhattacharya of Indira Goswami’s novel Nilakantha Braja—in English, The Blue-necked God, Chapter 2, published by Zubaan, 2014.
Shrivatsa Goswami and the Graduate Theological Union, University of California, Berkeley, for the use of a selection from the essay ‘Radha: The Play and Perfection of Rasa’, originally published in The Divine Consort: Radha and the Goddesses of India, eds. John Stratton Hawley and D.M. Wulff, 1982.
Shubha Vilas Das for contributing a text by Rupa Goswami, used in ISKCON: ‘Pleased with any person . . . Shri Radha’s personal associates.’
Vikas Bamba for the use of a translation of a poem by Chandidas, ‘O Love, what more shall I, shall Radha speak’, from the website titled Collected Works of Sri Aurobindo (http://www.collectedworksofsriaurobindo.com).
While every effort has been made to trace copyright holders and obtain permission, this has not been possible in all cases; any omissions brought to our attention will be remedied in future editions.
Acknowledgements
WE ARE GRATEFUL to the scholars and writers who generously shared their thoughts, published as well as unpublished, and contributed their unique perspectives to this anthology. We thank the copyright holders for their permissions from the diverse sources, which are listed separately. We thank our friends Alok Bhalla and Alka Tyagi, who suggested and helped us track rare sources. We acknowledge and appreciate the inspired and meticulous assistance from Anisha Lalvani and are grateful for the professional expertise of Dr Sufian Ahmad, librarian, Sahitya Akademi, and Debasmita Dutta for her research. Deep gratitude to Manasi Subramaniam for her acute eye in shaping the emerging manuscript, Rachita Raj for her patient editing and Gunjan Ahlawat for bringing the book to life. Thank you again, friends and family, for cheerfully supporting our passion—and sometimes madness—in our quest for Radha.
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