Kabir was a 15th/16th century devotional poet and social critic from northern India. The songs of Kabir are known and passionately performed far and wide in India today. Beloved for his rough rhetoric ...

His wisdom! Kabir says the most profound things but in a simple manner. He reminds us that the wisdom is within all of us because we come from the same source. The whole point of life is to reconnect ...

Kabira khada bazaar mein, maange sabki khair. Na kahu se dosti na kahu se bair (In the marketplace, Kabir is neither friend nor foe but wishes everyone well).” Like all of Kabir’s poetry, simple lines ...

Journalist-turned-author and publisher Anand wants to ‘meet’ Kabir. His latest book, The Notbook of Kabir: Thinner than Water, Fiercer than Fire (Penguin), though open to many interpretations ...

As a child growing up in a small town that privileged the dogmatic clasp of religion and reeti-rivaaj (customs and rituals) over curiosity, poet-saint Kabir’s couplets offered me a sigh of relief. I ...

Any Kabir translation is good news. Arvind Krishna Mehrotra (Songs of Kabir Hachette India-Black Kite Everyman Edition 2011) has been translating Kabir since the 70s, and this book is an event to ...

Who was this poet, a weaver from Kashi who lived an extraordinarily ordinary life? There is no singular answer to this. Was he Hindu or Muslim? Did he try to establish a new religion or sect? Who was ...

The Notbook of Kabir is an unusual book. It eschews producing a standardised translation of Kabir’s poetry. It does not concern itself with the textual authenticity or definitiveness of Kabir’s songs.

, who translated the poetry of 16th century saint poet Mirabai into Urdu, has now achieved another great feat. He has translated 100 hymns of saint poet Kabir into Urdu. Tired of too many ads?go ad ...