Ep.02: Reading Akka MahaDevi and Fady Joudah
Jun 05, 2021•22 min•Season 1Ep. 2
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Episode description
On this episode, Madhuri opens the world of Bhakti poetry as she reads Mahadevi Akka's Vachanas and takes us to the world of eroticism practised through devotion. Rutika reads Fady Joudah's poem 'Mimesis' and a dialogue from Silvia Moreno-Garcia's novel 'Gods of Jade and Shadow' where she focuses on that which is often unsaid. What is? Tune in to find out.
You can write to Rutika on lettersthathug@gmail.com and you can write to Madhuri on adwanimadhuri@gmail.com.
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