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The fourth uk edition of the jaipur literature festival, taking place in the pink city every january and started by writers namita gokhale and william dalrymple in 2008, was held for the first time at the british library, from 2021 may 2017. The book of shadows by namita gokhale overdrive rakuten. Editors namita gokhale and malashri lal have explored various mediums to explore the myth of sita. Namita gokhale has 30 books on goodreads with 2717 ratings.
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Namita gokhale is a well renowned writer of indian literature. Namita gokhale on her association with jaipur and the literature festival the pink city is steeped in tradition and wears its legacy proudly. Dreams of passion, the book of shiva, in search of sita revisiting mythology, gods graves and grandmother and mountain echoes. Dreams of passion celebrated its thirtieth anniversary edition in 2014. She is the founder and codirector of the jaipur literature festival and the bhutan literary festival, mountain echoes. Fire on the mountain lifestyle news,the indian express. Gokhales writing skillfully brings all these aspects together into a coherent whole without cheapening shiva, hinduism, or hindu culture in general, like too many other books on the subject do.