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Fazal Sheikh: Moksha (International Human Rights) | 
 enlarge | Creator: Fazal Sheikh
Publisher: Steidl
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 639303
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 220
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 10.6 x 8.7 x 1.5
ISBN: 3865211259
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9783865211255
ASIN: 3865211259
Publication Date: December 15, 2005
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Product Description
For 500 years the holy city of Vrindavan in northern India has been a haven for India's dispossessed widows. Cast out by their families and condemned by strict marital laws that deny them legal, economic, and, in extreme cases, even human rights, they have made their way to the city to worship at its temples and live in its ashrams, surviving on charitable handouts or begging on the streets. In Vrindavan they worship the young god Krishna, who invades their dreams, helping them to cast off memories from their past lives and prepare for new and better lives are to come. Their ultimate dream is to reach Moksha--heaven--where they will find freedom from the cycle of death and rebirth and live surrounded by their gods forever. Fazal Sheikh's photographs capture the meditative mood of the city and his portraits of the widows convey their sense of acceptance of life's nearing its end and a longing for what is to come. As in his previous books he spent time with his subjects, listening to their stories, many of which reveal the suffering caused by traditions that still govern Indian society. Through his depiction of the city and its inhabitants, Fazal Sheikh once again contributes to our knowledge and understanding of a community whose existence, to those who live outside it, remains closed.
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