Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India BISAC-FOR035000 ★★★★★ "Loved everything about it

★★★★★ "Loved everything about it

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ISBN13: 9780312315818

Infinite Variety: A History of Desire in India BISAC-FOR035000 ★★★★★ "Loved everything about it'Elegant, lucid and funny, this book will appeal to as many readers as there are desires.' Shohini Ghosh 'The history of desire in India, ' writes Madhavi Menon in this splendid book, 'reveals not purity but impurity as a way of life. Not one answer, but many. Not a single history, but multiple tales cutting across laws and boundaries.' In Bhakti poetry, Radha and Krishna disregard marital fidelity, age, time and gender for erotic love. In Sufi