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The Hindu Temple of Greater Chicago (HTGC) is a temple complex in Lemont, Illinois. A famous “Vivekananda Hill” beholds a 10-foot bronze statue of Swami Vivekananda, on the temple campus. The model represents Sri Vivekananda Ji’s photograph in Chicago after his appearance at the World ‘s Parliament of Religions in 1893.
- 10915 Lemont Road, 60439, IL
- (630) 972-0300
Mirror of the Darkest Night is almost an aberration in Mahasweta Devi’s oeuvre. Known for her activism and hard-hitting indictment of social inequalities, she pays close attention to detail in this sparkling novel.
A celebrated writer and tireless activist, Devi has, for the last two decades, battled on the behalf of the De-notified tribes of India--indigenous groups who were branded "natural criminals" by the British Colonial State and who face discrimination to this day, despite being "de-notified."
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The ‘feather’ stands for memories of childhood. Memories don’t wait.”. In Our Sanitikentan, the late Mahasweta Devi, one of India’s most celebrated writers, vividly narrates her days as a schoolgirl in the 1930s.
The Shivalya of Downtown Chicago (SDC) is the Hindu temple and cultural center in heart of downtown Chicago, Illinois. Found and supported by humble devotees, SDC serves as a prayer and meditation center, for downtown Chicago dwellers.
Aug 8, 2016 · When Mahasweta died, on July 28—Devi is an honorific—she left behind no small collection herself: she had written more than a hundred books, including fiction and nonfiction about India’s tribal communities, Maoist insurgents, and women.
Mahasweta Devi is one of India’s foremost literary figures, a prolific and best-selling author in Bengali of short fiction and novels, and a deeply political social activist who has been working in marginalized communities for decades.
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