| Publisher |
Jaico Publishing House |
| Publication Year |
2015 |
| ISBN-13 |
9788184957525 |
| ISBN-10 |
8184957521 |
| Binding |
Paperback |
| Number of Pages |
240 Pages |
| Language |
(English) |
| Weight (grms) |
300 |
| Subject |
Sikhism |
The Singing Guru - From the best-selling author of Classic Tales from Mystic India comes an original novel about the life and travels of Guru Nanak — musician, enlightened thinker and one of the most beloved figures in Eastern spirituality.
This captivating depiction — part fiction, part history — weaves together facts, legends, folktales, myths and over 40 of Guru Nanak’s poems from the Sikh holy book, the Granth Sahib.
Told through the eyes of his companion Mardana, The Singing Guru chronicles the struggle to attain balance between a material and spiritual mindset, helped along the way by the companionship, wisdom and songs of Nanak. Containing a variety of tales that illustrate Mardana’s struggles with temptation, attachment, greed and pride, this book has stories for people of all backgrounds.
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
Kamla K. Kapur
Jaico Publishing House