In the beginning is desire : tracing Kali's footprints in Indian literature
On the representation and portrayal of Kālī, Hindu deity as motif in various Indic literary works
Criticism, interpretation, etc
x, 324, [1] pages ; 23 cm
9788187981619, 818798161X
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Introduction : a gynocentric perspective
Desire as Kali's footprints : towards an understanding of a Tantric Deity
"Desire in the beginning" : the Rig Veda 10:129
Desire and asceticism : Rabindranath Tagore's Chandalika
Desiring dualities : Girish Karnad's Hayavadana
Desire to be : Ismat Chugtai's The Crooked Line
Desire betrayed : Maitreyi Devi's It Does Not Die and Mircea Eliade's Bengal Nights
Desire and identity : Rabindranath Tagore's Gora
Untouchability of being : Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things
A concluding moment : In the Beginning IS Desire