Introduction
Madhu Kishwar
Talking to God in the Mother Tongue
A.K. Ramanujan
The World of the Bhaktin in South Indian Traditions: The Body and Beyond
Uma Chakravarty
Avvaiyar, The Fearless Wanderer
S.S. Vasan”s Avvaiyar
Renuka Vishwanathan
Andal: She Who Rules
K. Meenakshi
Akka Mahadevi
Vijaya Dabbe and Robert Zydenbos
Three Women Sants of Maharashtra: Muktabai, Janabai, Bahinabai
Ruth Vanita
Traditions of Teaching: Women Sant Poets of Gujarat
Sonal Shukla
Poison to Nectar: The Life and Work of Mirabai
Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita
Mirabai in Rajasthan
Parita Mukta
Modern Versions of Mira
Madhu Kishwar and Ruth Vanita
Sahjobai of Delhi
A Second Rabia: Lal Ded of Kashmir
Acknowledgements
Letters of Manushi