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Fragrance of the Earth

Bahinabai Choudhary… An illiterate rural woman…
But still she had a rare gift of genius and her
inborn qualities flowed through her poetic ovis.
Translating her poems from Ahirani – a dialect
of Marathi – into standard English is realy a
herculean task. Prof. Madhuri Shanbhag deserves
sincere accolades for accomplishing it.
All the salient features of Bahinabai’s poetry –
her native wisdom, unique power of observation and
unbelievable command over poetic expressions –
are brought out here in excellent translation
so that the fragrance of her earthly poetry
may spread to wider audience.

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