Third Annual Event 2004

According to The Rig-Veda, the oldest poetic thoughts in the history of the subcontinent, the root of all divine creative activity is the spark of desire that expands the universe from a primordial unity into flowering multiplicity. Dr. Neela Bhattacharya Saxena explores this theme and the place of the great Goddess Kali in the spiritual and cultural heritage of India in her book titled: In the Beginning IS Desire: Tracing Kali’s Footprints in Indian Literature.