Akbar ने संत दादू-दयाल से 40 दिन क्या बातचीत की थी. Dadu Dayal ने Akbar से मिलने से क्यों मना किया?
An insightful discussion with Purushottam Agrawal on his recent book (So Says Jan Gopal), the Bhakti Movement, Akbar, history, and modern-day politics. Aditya Sangwan in conversation with Professor Purushottam Agrawal
An excerpt from So Says Jan Gopal: The Life and Work of A Bhakti Poet of Early Modern India
The echo of Dadu Dayal’s own compositions, the Dadu vani, in his conversation with Akbar, can be heard loud and clear. Many verses in Jan Gopal’s text are found verbatim in the Dadu vani. But this is not the case with words spoken by Dadu to Man Singh. Here the characteristic softness of Dadu’s speech is replaced by sharp candor. This intriguing difference makes this episode a momentous one in the Dadu Janma Lila.
The year of Dadu’s meeting with Man Singh is not indicated, but can be easily inferred from his response when Man Singh asks about how long Dadu has been staying in Amer? Dadu replies: “For fourteen years.” Dadu had come to Amer in 1576, which means the meeting took place in about 1590. This would be soon after Man Singh took charge of Amer and had received complaints about Dadu’s heretical ideas and practices….
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Book review: Kabir and the Question of Modernity
Andha Yug (Dharamvir Bharati, 1953) / धर्मवीर भारती लिखित नाटक ‘अन्धा युग’
Andha Yug by Dharamvir Bharati (1953): Theatre of Roots
Shabad Shaala in Delhi : An Initiative by the Kabir Project
Javed Akhtar recites Waqt, his poem on Time
After the truth-shower 