Description: "This collection of poems is dedicated to the Yoginis the author has met in course of her research and travel. A pronounced sense of sacredness and spirituality characterizes these women of the mystic Yogini cult which venerates the all powerful Divine female figure, the "Yogini". The enigma of these tantric goddesses intrigued the author.These poems are a tribute to the forgotten Yoginis and are an attempt to write about the silence, light and space in the life and love meanderings of the Yogini"--
Brief description: Adyasha Das is the Amazon India bestselling author of the Chausathi Yoginisof Hirapur: From Tantra to Tourism. She is one of the contemporary Odia writers known for her insightful and colourful portrayals of life. Suffused with sensitivity, she uses words and imagery with an uninhibited freedom, modulated with quality. Her stories have a rare psychological insight and at the same time, reflective, sensuous and elegant in their observations. She is the author of the short story collection Bhitaraku Rasta, poetry collections Anuchharita (Odia), Nemesis and Brass Flowers (English) apart from academic and non-fiction books.