The English of Savitri
“I have tried to explain the meaning
of some words and phrases and images that might be difficult to understand … to
assist those who aspire to take some first steps towards experiencing the
inexhaustible magic and richness and power of Sri Aurobindo’s incomparable poetry”,
writes Shraddhavan in The English of Savitri. I would say that she has
succeeded remarkably well in this difficult endeavour.
The contents of The English of
Savitri are based on the transcripts of classes given by Shraddhavan, a native
English speaker, from August 2009 to October 2010 at Savitri Bhavan in
Auroville. She had first started teaching English through readings of Savitri
in 1980, and resumed this in 1998 in the thatched hut which was the first
construction on the Savitri Bhavan site. The classes were completed more than
10 years later in May 2009, when the group reached the end of the poem. After a
few months a new start was made, this time recorded. Edited transcri...
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