Rumi: Tales to Live By

Author :

Kamla K. Kapur

Publisher:

Jaico Publishing House

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Publisher

Jaico Publishing House

Publication Year 2017
ISBN-13

9789386348937

ISBN-10 9386348934
Binding

Paperback

Number of Pages 165 Pages
Language (English)
Dimensions (Cms) 25.4 X 20.3 X 4.7
Weight (grms) 190
Subject

Self Help Personal Development

Personal, poignant and fierce with passion for life and the sacred, Rumi: Tales to Live By will leave you with heart-wrenching gratitude for life’s trials and gifts.Approaching the final days of his life, the great Sufi mystic Rumi penned down the wisdom he had gained over the years into a spiritual masterpiece known as the Mathnawi. A rich and insightful retelling of his work, Rumi: Tales to Live By is a sweet, comforting and at times, fiery guide to nourish the spirit. Against the backdrop of modern times and issues, Rumi’s sketches of humanity show a new generation of spiritual seekers how to live through the trials and tribulations of life, illuminating even the darkest of paths with divine light.Award-winning author Kamla Kapur further enhances the read with personal experiences from her own journey, making the narrative an enchanting mix of the real and the wondrous. Touching, passionate and sparkling, her commentary on these sometime forgotten but beloved stories clears the clouds of confusion and inspires in readers the strength to follow The Way.Kamla K. Kapur is a bestselling poet, author and playwright. Kapur taught courses in play writing, poetry, creative nonfiction, fiction, mythology, Shakespeare and women’s literature at Grossmont College in California for eighteen years. She and her husband divide their year living in the Kullu Valley in the Indian Himalayas and in Southern California.

Kamla K. Kapur

Kamla K. Kapur is an award-winning India-born American author, poet, playwright, who lives in California USA, and spends six months with her husband Payson R. Stevens, in the Himalayas. She holds Masters' Degree in literature from Kent State University, Ohio,USA, and also studied creative writing from the University of Iowa, and the University of California in San Diego. Ms. Kapur was on the faculty of Grossmont College in San Diego, California for 18 years and taught creative writing courses in play writing, poetry, creative non-fiction, fiction, and courses in mythology, Shakespeare, and Women's Literature. Her short stories, poems and plays have been published in prestigious American and Indian journals, and several of her plays have been produced and staged in India and USA. Her full length plays, Hamlet's Father, Kepler Dreams, and Clytemnestra were showcased at the Marin Shakespeare Festival in San Francisco, Gas Lamp Quarter Theatre in San Diego, and Dramatic Risks Theatre Group in New York, respectively. In 1977, she won two prestigious Indian National Awards, The Sultan Padamsee Award for Playwriting in English. She was selected by the New Mexico Arts Division as the Playwright in Residence for two years. Kamla Kapur has to her credit the following books: Rumi: Tales to Live By Shared Sacred Landscapes The Singing Guru Rumi's Tales from the Silk Road Ganesha Goes to Lunch As A Fountain in a Garden Radha Sings
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