About the Book: Lal Ded: I a pot desire home
The pot and the potter are one, said Kashmiri author, translator and scholar
Arvind Gigoo to his son Siddhartha in the course of his work on the poetry of
Lal Ded. He also added, after this work was over, 'Lad Deds philosophy is
eternal. It can take a lifetime, and more, to understand it. My translation will
always remain unfinished.....
In these words lie the greatness, the mystique and the simplicity of the poetry
of Lal Ded, brought to life in this evocative 'interpretation (as Arvind Gigoo
prefers calling it instead of a 'translation) of 161 vaakhs