Bol Bam: Approaches to Shiva
Spirituality
A book that undertakes a ‘yatra’ to many Shiva shrines around the country, in the company of all manner of pilgrims.
Overview
Life in the present challenges belief in many ways. If I continue to believe in a God, what is it that I believe in? What solace do the poor and marginalized find in God, and does it empower them to address injustice and inequality? What is the nature of Shiva worship, among all the gods of the Hindu pantheon, and how did it unfold, in my life as a believer? This book is as much an examination of my own faith, as it is of what I have observed of the faith of thousands whom I encountered, from Kedarnath to Thiruvannamalai, Varanasi to Somnath and many other places in India.
