SAGAR 2:1

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SAGAR: South Asia Graduate Research Journal Volume 2, Number 1 will be 
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RECASTING KARBALA IN THE GENRE OF URDU <MARSIYA>
	Syed Akbar Hyder, Harvard University

GENDER IDEOLOGIES AND PRACTICES AMONG SOUTH INDIAN IMMIGRANTS IN PITTSBURGH
	Aparna Rayaprol, University of Hyderabad

THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE INDIAN STATE IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF POSTWAR 
SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
	Joel R. Campbell, St. Edward's University/Austin Community College

SOUTH ASIAN AMERICAN STUDIES: A WORKING BIBLIOGRAPHY, 1975-1994
	Rosane Rocher, The University of Pennsylvania

BOOK REVIEW
	WIVES AND OTHERS By Manik Bandyopadhyay/Tr. Kalpana Bardhan
			Sagaree Sengupta, University of Texas at Austin

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Date: Mon, 8 May 1995 22:11:26 -0500
From: edeltraud harzer clear <eclear at bronze.ucs.indiana.edu>
To: indology at liverpool.ac.uk
Subject: Re:  Help Find Puranas in Translation
Message-ID: <"mailhub.live:270990:950509031132"@liverpool.ac.uk>

Hello Professor Beach, I wondered whether you would consider
showing a video to your students.  I am experimenting with
the idea of showing Peter Brook's The Mahabharata in my
summer course on Hinduism (apart from a number of other
videos).  Since even Brook's Mahabharata is very long,
I will break it up into several segments.  It is modern,
upbeat and perhaps quite attractive (but then it may too
stylized for your students).

As for the recommendation of Dimmit's and van Buitenen's
Purana Reader, I am enjoying it with my students.

I also find the translation of the Ramayana by Laksmi Lal
very legible. The book is available from South Asia Books
in Missouri. Very inexpensive paperback.

In the past I engaged professional storytellers, who 
either specialize in Indian materials or have one or
two stories or episodes well mastered to perform.

What translation of the Bhagavadgita were you using?
I personally prefer the one by the late Barbara Stoler
Miller.

I thought I would like to share a few ideas with you since
we are neighbors, I am at Indiana University in Bloomington.
Best of luck. Edeltraud Harzer Clear.