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pbk. In India every river is a source of myth Legends surround them lives get intertwined with their waves even as fortunes rise and fall with their ebb and flow Ganga Yamuna Sindhu Saraswati Brahmaputra Sarayu Mahanadi Krishna Kaveri Periyar name them and you encounter gods goddesses princes princesses demons and fairies whose tales they invoke Indeed the river has meaning for everyone whether our lives are directly dependent on one or notThis anthology of poems about the river from different parts of India and in its myriad languages compiled by Professor K Satchidanandan brings to life memories stories and metaphors associated with rivers through the generations Featuring the work of stalwarts such as Rabindranath Tagore Iqbal Dilip Chitre Mamang Dai J P Das Keki N Daruwalla Ashok Vajpeyi and Padma Sachdev among many others with many of the poems presented here in the original language and script apart from the translations in English this unique volume is a collector?s treasure 178 pp.…