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Kavita Sharma
An Eminent Scholar, Dr. Kavita A. Sharma Former President of South Asian University taught at Hindu College, Delhi University for 37 years during which she was as its Principal for 10 years. She was the Director of India International Centre, New Delhi(2008-2014). She received Indo Canadian Shastri Fellowships twice (1991-92 and 2002-2003) and Fullbright Fellowship New Century Scholar (2007-2008) for research on ‘Higher Education in the 21st Century: Access and Equality. She has written several Books and Articles on Mahabharata, Diaspora and Higher Education together with actively participating in conferences nationally and internationally.
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Voices of faith : Inspirations from Kabir
Purushottam Agrawal in conversation with Kavita Sharma
" The songs of Kabira, the 15th century Indian poet, carry the legacy of the “living word"". Raised by a family of Muslim weavers, he is revered both as a Sufi mystic and a Hindu devotional saint. An outspoken critic of blind faith and ritual practices, his poems reveal an ideology of love and simplicity. The simple power of his words, spoken and often sung in the colloquial tongue, carry resonance around the world even today. In conversation with academic Kavita Sharma, scholar Purushottam Agrawal discusses the medieval mystic."