Machhiwara : Meditations of Guru Gobind Singh/Danielle Gill and Harjeet Singh Gill. New Delhi, Harman, 2004, vii, 253 p., ISBN 81-86622-66-7.

    Contents: 1. Machhiwara/Harjeet Singh Gill. 2. Jaap Sahib-interpreted in English/Harjeet Singh Gill. 3. Jaap Sahib--interpreted in French/Danielle Gill. 4. Jaap Sahib-original text.

    "Machhiwara includes the meditations of Guru Gobind Singh on the epistemological conceptualisations of Harimandir, Adi Granth, Akal Takhat and the Baptism of the sword in the ongoing historical progression. There are reflections on the dialectics of cosmology and anthropology due to the Baptism of the sword that heralded a new era in the body-politic of Bharat. There is also a commentary and a critique of the mythology and history of ancient India, of the rise and fall of civilisations and cultures, of religions and races. . .

    Finally, there are interpretations of Jaap Sahib in English and in French." (jacket)

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