![]() ![]() wiki-commons:Special:FilePath/One_Hundred_Poems_of_Tukaram.jpg?width=300.So far this is only the second book-length translation of Tukaram's poems in English, the other being Dilip Chitre's (1991). ![]() Selection of poems is such that the book gives a comprehensive picture of the various phases of Sant Tukaram's life which can be generally divided into that of a family man, a recluse and the man of the masses. It aims at historicising Tukaram's poetry while upholding its timeless appeal.The book covers a wide range of poems depicting the spiritual as well as worldly journey of the saint-poet who is widely hailed as one of the greatest poets from India by critics like Ramchandra Ranade and Dr. ![]() ![]() The book also consists of an introduction by the translator, which explores aspects like relevance of Tukaram's poetry in twenty-first century, Tukaram's life and times, Varkari movement of which Tukaram was a part and the form of Tukaram's poems amongst other things. One Hundred Poems of Tukaram is a 2015 book consisting of selected poems of Sant Tukaram, a prominent Varkari Sant and spiritual poet of the Bhakti, translated into English by Chandrakant Kaluram Mhatre. ![]()
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