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Behind the Sky (Fifty Poems of Kabir)-Translated by
Sunil Uniyal. $10. Released on 26th Feb-2012.Publisher: Low
Price Publications, A-6, Second Floor, Nimri Commercial Centre,
Ashok Vihar Phase-4, Delhi-110052 (India).
www.Lppindia.com
Email- info@lppindia.com
About
Sunil Uniyal (1953 - ) is based in New Delhi and works for
Government of India. His haiku and poems first appeared in
the early eighties in the Mirror Magazine of Mumbai.
He is also engaged in the translation of the poems of Hindi
and Urdu poets like Kabir, Sur, Mir and Ghalib. Some of
these translations have found space in literary e- journals
in India and abroad like Muse India, Poetry-Chaikhana,
Poetica Magazine and Sketchbook.
Commentary
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Behind the Sky offers the reader a slim but
representative selection of Kabir’s poetry in English
translation. Among the Bhakti poets of medieval India, Kabir
occupies a unique position as he was the first to forcefully
speak against idolatry and the tyranny of caste system. In
an age of conflict, he strove hard for Hindu-Muslim unity.
His dohas and padas clearly reveal the influence that the
Upanishadic and Sufi thought had on his mind.
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