An episode from 4/3/24: Tonight, I interview the poet, novelist, and translator, Amit Majmudar. You can find a full list of his books here, but we spend most of our time talking about his 2018 translation of the Bhagavad Gita, Godsong. Along the way, we also get his take on many of the preoccupations of this podcast: how a life devoted to creativity, religion, family, and an awareness of history and tradition can still be maintained in this strange time of ours.
His book recommendations at the end are:
- John D. Smith’s abridged translation of the Mahabharata
- S. Radhakrishnan's translation of the principal Upanishads
- The Princeton edition of the Ramayana
- Roberto Calasso’s Ardor
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