Ritual, Performance, and Transmission: The Gaddi Shepherds of Himachal Himalayas
Mahesh Sharma
Nawala, a sacrificial ritual offering made to Shiva, is central to the identity of the Gaddis, nomadic mountain shepherds of…
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Cordelia’s Salt: Interspatial Reading of Indic Filial-Love Stories
Leela Prasad
Prasad re-tools Hannah Arendt’s concept of “interspace,” the world that emerges from the simultaneous recognition of the distinctiveness of subjects,…
The Social Life of Transcriptions: Interactions around Women’s Songs in Kangra
Kirin Narayan
Moving oral traditions into the domain of the printed word involves a first step of transcription. Narayan argues for the…
Waiting for Moonrise: Fasting, Storytelling, and Marriage in Provincial Rajasthan
Ann Grodzins Gold
Two popular Hindu women’s rituals in Rajasthan, North India, involve fasting until visible moonrise: Bari Tij (“Grand Third”) and Karva…
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Kabīr: Oral to Manuscript Transitions
Peter Friedlander
Kabīr (ca. 1400-50) is one of the most famous poet saints of Northern India. Circulating in Indian oral traditions for…
