{"product_id":"i-saw-myself-hardcover","title":"I Saw Myself - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eShabnam Virmani\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eI saw myself\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI was the Beloved\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI made the world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eI myself seek it\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTravelling into the stark deserts of Kutch, \u003ci\u003eI Saw Myself\u003c\/i\u003e explores the contemporary presence of epic love legends of the region, such as Sohini-Mehar and Sasui-Punhu, brought to throbbing verse by the powerful eighteenth-century Sufi poet Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai. As the authors travel to villages to meet folk singers and lovers of Latif's poetry, immersing in sessions that stretch into the night, they unearth a unique, thriving love-soaked ethos in which the call to oneness rings out like a defiant manifesto for our divisive times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRetelling epics along with other tales and historical events that created the field of experience from which Shah Latif's poems sprang, \u003ci\u003eI Saw Myself\u003c\/i\u003e brings into English a selection of his finest poems. A spell is cast, of story and song, of metaphor and meaning. The insights that emerge are subtle, even startling, radical at times, solace-giving at others, but always deeply meaningful.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShabnam Virmani initiated the Kabir Project journeys in 2002 and has since been exploring the philosophy of Kabir and other mystics through a deep engagement with their oral folk traditions. Her inspiration and joy in this poetry and its wisdom has taken the shape of documentary films and a digital archive, songs and performances, translations and curations, urban festivals and rural yatras and more recently, infecting students with the challenge and wonder of mystic poetry. All this as part of her work at the Kabir Project in Srishti, Bangalore. Earlier she has worked on gender issues through journalism, video and radio work in the community.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVipul Rikhi is a poet, translator and singer, immersed in the oral traditions of Kabir and other Bhakti and Sufi poets for years. He is the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003e2012 Nights\u003c\/i\u003e, and a collection of poems, \u003ci\u003eBleed\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a literature fellow at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Germany in 2010-11. In the course of the magical journeys with the Kabir Project, he developed a deep love for singing mystic poetry in the folk music traditions and now performs widely. He is currently based in Goa.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 440\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.65 x 8.58 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 22, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768414863648,"sku":"9780670091669","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e2354d82780f6e201ba9f14fa376b27e.webp?v=1780329091","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/i-saw-myself-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}