Moksha

Fazal Sheikh
9783865211255 / 3865211259       
Moksha

Moksha

Fazal Sheikh
9783865211255 / 3865211259       
Publisher Steidl 2005
Edition Hardcover , 280 pages
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For 500 years the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India has been a haven for India’s dispossessed widows. Cast out by their families and condemned by strict marital laws that deny them legal, economic, and, in extreme cases, even human rights, they have made their way to the city to worship at its temples and live in its ashrams, surviving on charitable handouts or begging on the streets. In Vrindavan they worship the young god Krishna, who invades their dreams, helping them to cast off memories from their past lives and prepare for new and better lives are to come. Their ultimate dream is to reach Moksha–heaven–where they will find freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth and live surrounded by their gods forever. Fazal Sheikh’s photographs capture the meditative mood of the city and his portraits of the widows convey their sense of acceptance of life’s nearing its end and a longing for what is to come. As in his previous books, he spent time with his subjects, listening to their stories, many of which reveal the suffering caused by traditions that still govern Indian society. Through his depiction of the city and its inhabitants, Fazal Sheikh once again contributes to our knowledge and understanding of a community whose existence, to those who live outside it, remains closed.

Specifications

Book title Moksha
Photographer Fazal Sheikh
ISBN 10 3865211259        / 3-86521-125-9       
ISBN 13 9783865211255 / 978-3-86521-125-5
Publisher Steidl
Publish date Dec 2005
Publish year 2005
Book format Hardcover
Book format details clothbound
Language Hindi
Pages 280 pages
Dimensions 22,5 x 27 cm / 10.5 x 13 inches

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