DEBATING DASAM GRANTH AARTT

The Dasam Granth is a 1428-page anthology of diverse compositions attributed to the tenth Guru of Sikhism Guru Gobind Singh and a topic of great controversy among Sikhs. The controversy stems from two major issues: a substantial portion of the Dasam Granth relates tales from Hindu mythology suggesting a disconnect from normative Sikh theology; and a long composition entitled <em>Charitropakhian</em> tells several hundred rather graphic stories about illicit liaisons between men and women. <em>Debating the Dasam Granth</em> is the first English language book-length critical study of this controversial Sikh text in many years.