The Reluctant Family Man Shiva in Everyday Life


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He's the destroyer of evil the pervasive one in whom all things lie. He is brilliant terrifying wild and beneficent. He is both an ascetic and a householder both a yogi and a guru. He encompasses the masculine and the feminine the powerful and the graceful the Tandava and the Laasya the darkness and the light the divine and the human.What can we learn from this bundle of contradictions this dreadlocked yogi? How does he manage the devotions and duties of father husband and man of the house and the demands and supplications of a clamorous cosmos?In The Reluctant Family Man Nilima Chitgopekar uses the life and personality of Shiva-his self-awareness his marriage his balance his detachment his contentment-to derive lessons that readers can practically apply to their own lives.With chapters broken down into distinct frames of analysis she defines concepts of Shaivism and interprets their application in everyday life. About the Author Nilima Chitgopekar is an associate professor in the department of history at Jesus and Mary College Delhi University. She has authored six books and several articles and essays on Hindu gods and other related matters. She has been the recipient of prestigious fellowships from the Oxford Centre for Hindu Studies the Charles Wallace India Trust and USIS and has lectured widely in India and overseas. Chitgopekar has also worked with the BBC and been featured in their documentaries and radio programmes. More recently in her attempt to take Hindu mythology to a far larger audience she has been involved in making several online films of her lectures which have sold worldwide.
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