Publications
CDs
Meditation for Mindful Writers, October 2011.
This CD contains four meditations for writers: Body, Heart, Mind and the Complete Practice. These meditations make writers mindful of their writing and daily living. Its regular practice stimulates thoughts, feelings and insights that enhance the process of writing and self-knowing.
The Mindful Writers, those who have followed this discipline, affirm that its daily practice enhances creativity, improves productivity, gets rid of writer’s block and improves the quality of the day.
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Books
Kamal Ascending: A Novel, Frog Books, Mumbai, 2008.
Kamal Ascending is the story of a Kashmiri girl who wants to become a meaningful painter. After graduation and an acclaimed art show, she marries Satyavan and has two children. To fulfill his ambition, Satyavan decides to immigrate to America. Coming to a foreign land and taking care of her family, Kamal loses touch with her artistic self. She must discover her way back to artistic and spiritual awareness or she will fade into nothingess.
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A Goddess Is Born: The Emergence of Khir Bhavani in Kashmir, Spark Publishers, 2002.
“This book on Khir Bhavani is indeed interesting and long over due. The great goddess has not received due attention outside of the Kashmir valley and the book will certainly help to overcome the lacuna.” – Dr. Karan Singh, Member Indian Rajya Sabha
“Madhu B. Wangu’s account of the emergence of new Goddesses, particularly Khir Bhavani in Kashmir, is fascinating, engaging and significant.” – Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
“Written by educator and South Asia Religion expert Madhu Bazaz Wangu, A Goddess is Born: The Emergence of Khir Bhavani in Kashmir is a meticulous and scholarly interpretation of an ancient Kashmiri scripture with its historic context, including visual representations and the Tulmul temple itself in order to reveal the inception of the Kashmiri Goddess Khir Bhavani. An extensively detailed, thoughtful and deftly researched account, A Goddess is Born is highly recommended for Asian Religious Studies reference library collections and reading lists.” – Midwest Book Review, Oregon, WI, USA
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Images of Indian Goddesses: Myths, Meanings and Models, Abhinav Publications, 2003.
“In her book, Images of Indian Goddesses: Myths, Meanings and Models, Madhu B. Wangu unfolds the grand narrative of the Goddess and juxtaposes it with the social position of Indian women. She addresses the knotty problem of the exalted and empowered Goddess, and the dominated and subjugated women. The author even offers a solution, that the mythical imagery of the Goddess can again empower the women through a process of internalization.” – Dr. Kapila Vatsyayan, Director, Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts & Member Indian Rajya Sabha.
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Buddhism, Facts on File, New York, 1993.
“(P)rovides a detailed and quite comprehensive discussion of the religion and its influence on culture and history.” The book Buddhism was selected as one of the 1994 books for young adults by the New York Public Library.
Hinduism, Facts on File, New York, 1991.
“Well written analysis…. (A) good choice for advanced students seeking an in-depth approach.’
Published Essays
“Fragile Bodies; Alert Minds: Aging Women in Mary Freeman’s Fiction” in Still Crazy Literary Magazine, January 2011, Volume IV, Issue 1.
“Maji Khir Bhavani: The Kashmiri Kuladevi” in The Valley of Kashmir: The making and Unmaking of a composite Culture? Ed. Aparna Rao. Foreword T.N. Madan, Manohar, 2008.
“From Curiosity to Devotion: Many Meanings of Kali” Manushi, Delhi, #134, 2003.
“Hermeneutics of a Kashmiri Mahatmya Text in Context” in Texts in Context: Traditional Hermeneutics in South Asia. Ed. Jeffrey Timm, State University of New York Press, 1992.
“Mantra, Japa, and a Kashmiri Goddess”. NAOS. Department of Hispanic Languages and Literature, University of Pittsburgh, Vol.4, Nos.2-3, 1989.
Selected Unpublished Essays
“Buddha’s Meditation Images: Compassion in Stone,” and “The Temple: Microcosm of Hindu Self-Understanding.” Papers read at a seminar on Arts and Religious Orientations in India. Pitt Informal Program, University of Pittsburgh, October 1994.
“Sri Sri Maharajni Pradhurabhava — A Late Nineteenth Century Kashmiri Mahatmya.” Paper read at the South Asian Seminar, Harvard University, March 1991.
“Tulmul Naga — A Tantric Symbol.” Paper read at the American Oriental Society Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, March 1990.
“The Sacred Word Rama and the Goddess Khir Bhavani.” Paper read at the American Academy of Religions Conference, Chicago, November 1988.