In this episode Prathik and Revanth discuss forms of protest against caste and patriarchy in the writings of the Lingayat saints including Akka Mahadevi and Basavanna, and the Marathi works on Lord Vitthala, especially Eknath and Chokhamela. The discussion is based on two chapters from a book edited by Vijaya Ramaswamy titled Devotion and Dissent in Indian History (https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/devotion-and-dissent-in-indian-history/7FE36F12876ADB2EACB24DE33B48413F#:~:text=In%20contrast%20to%20sectarian%20movements,love%20which%20cut%20across%20communal%2C).
[This episode is excerpted from a video discussion for the Sahagamana Channel hence certain anomalies may be ignored.]
Further reading:
Poetry of the Vachanakaras: A.K. Ramanujan's Speaking of Siva (https://www.rarebooksocietyofindia.org/book_archive/196174216674_10157052984731675.pdf)
H.S. Shivaprakash's I keep vigil of Rudra (https://www.researchgate.net/publication/260103187_I_Keep_Vigil_of_Rudra_The_Vachanas)
All Vachanas in Kannada can be found at: https://vachana.sanchaya.net/
On Andal: Andal - The Autobiography of a Goddess (https://glli-us.org/2020/12/30/south-asian-literature-in-translation-andal-the-autobiography-of-a-goddess/)
Andal's Garden (https://www.amazon.in/Andals-Garden-Ornament-Devotion-Srivilliputtur/dp/9383243104?language=en_IN)
Varkari Literatute: Rise of a Folk God: Vitthal of Pandharpur (https://oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199777594.001.0001/acprof-9780199777594)
From Tukaram: http://tukaram.com/english/anthology.htm
Says Tuka: (https://www.amazon.in/Says-Tuka-Poetrywala-Classic-Tukaram/dp/9382749101)
