Krishna the God Who Lived As Man
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Krishna The God Who Lived As Man
by Bhawana Somaaya
The river was in high tide and the footprints of the Yadavas were more or less washed away. Big waves came rushing to the shore and wiped away some more footprints.
Suddenly Rukmini discovered a familiar footprint and sat beside it. Her eyes brimmed over with tears. These were the footprints her hair locks drooped over when she knelt at her Lord's feet every morning. These were the footprints she worshipped with chandan. The footprints of her Lord of Sri Krishna They were deeply immersed in the sand. The impression engraved in the sand was filled with water.
Rukmini's streaming tears were making an offering in the water-filled footprints.
Daruk arrived and stood beside her.
He looked startled. He could not believe how the footprints filled to the brim with water could contain Rukmini's tears without spilling over. What was further surprising was that not a single tear had dropped out of the carved footprint.
It was not just Krishna even his footprints were accepting of everyone.
About the Author
Bhawana Somaaya began her career in journalism in the late 70s while studying for her BA degree in Psychology. Commencing with Free Press Journal's Cinema Journal as chief reporter, she moved to Super as a special correspondent while completing LLB at the Government Law College, Mumbai. In '81 she joined Movie as an assistant editor and was promoted in '85 as its joint editor. In '89 Chitralekha asked her to launch their first English publication and in 2000 she joined as editor Screen, a film weekly of the Indian Express group.
She is the recipient of several prestigious awards and has contributed columns to Sunday Observer, Afternoon, Janmabhoomi, Pravasi, Hindustan Times, The Hindu, The Pioneer and Newstime.
She has written seven books on the subject of show business, Amitabh Bachchan. The Legend, Salaam Bollywood, Take-25, The Story So Far, Cinema : Images and Issues, Hema Malini. The Authorised Biography and finally Fragmented Frames.
Customer Reviews
Thank You, Beautifully Inspired & Powerfully Inspiring
A special message of thanks to the Author and Translator.
Although I realise that much of this is from the Authors imagination, this book is still quite beautiful and deeply moving. It inspires a deep profound
love and devotion to him, my beloved beautiful Krishna, whose very thought seems to add sparkle and sunshine and magic to my life. After reading this I feel further captivated under Krishna's spell, more personally and magnetically drawn to him once again...
...I didn't want the book to end because I wanted to keep enjoying the bliss of being in his life, and he being in mine....
My very favourite parts of the book were those that expounded his wisdom (as given to us in the shastras and the wonderful Gita), the descriptions of his remarkable strength of mind and spirit and his conviction to always do his duty despite the difficulties and challenges of life, and of course to hear how much his friends, family and devotees loved him and were inspired by him.
I know some of this book is fiction and that's ok for me now even though I struggled with it at first. You (the author and the translator) have brought to life my beloved Madhusudhana again as a human being that I can relate to and love in my own imperfect yet yearning way. In fact it has been impossible for me to put this book down since I started it a couple of days ago, despite the challenges on my time. Who can stay away from the magnetic charisma and charm of Krishna after all?..
I come away from this book reading feeling closer to him and wanting to be in his life (and not just he in mine for more base selfish reasons). I admire the authors deep love and reverence for Krishna - I've been given a kinship to aspire to.
So my deepest gratitude for giving me Krishna and starting a renewed search to know my Govind ever deeper.
I came to this book looking for a way to know how I could become his Sakhi too (at the most challenging and frightening time of my life) and I leave this book finding myself so much happier and safer lost in the reverie and magic of his love....
You have led me to my next stop for him, the only kind of peace worth having - the Bhagavatam Purana where they say he resides in this age...
May all whose efforts brought this book to me and others know Him in his entirety.
Twadiyam Vastu Govind Tubhyamev Samarpyate