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Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India by Sarah Pinto

Daughters of Parvati: Women and Madness in Contemporary India

Sarah Pinto

283 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

challenging emotional reflective medium-paced
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In her role as devoted wife, the Hindu goddess Parvati is the divine embodiment of viraha, the agony of separation from one's beloved, a form of love that is also intense suffering. These contradictory emotions reflect the overlapping dissolutions...

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