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The Sage and the Housewife

THE SAGE AND THE HOUSEWIFE

By

Shanta Kelker

This book on U.G.Krishnamurti brings a whiff of fresh air in an atmosphere infested withself-proclaimed godmen, gurus and pseudo-religious seekers. If you like to tread a path ofadventure risking your pet beliefs, assumed certainties and habitual hypocrisies, you will lovethis unique work by a simple and ordinary housewife. Her spontaneous encounters with theenigmatic sage are full of wit and humor. The amusing episodes transport you to newerheights of crystal clear vision of yourself. U.G.'s straightforward but ego-shattering statementsgive you no scope to duck out of real life situations leaving you to face life as it comes. Within these pages U.G.Krishnamurti emerges not as a guru or a godman dishing out homiliesand commandments but a person in flesh and blood. He is a zen master without a school andat large. But there is "something" about him which defies description. Nevertheless the readerscannot fail to notice the freshness and vitality of his words which seem to spring from a source'unknown'. However, there is no occultification or mystification surrounding U.G. Thefragrance of his simplicity and openness is spread throughout the book.At last, here is a book that is refreshing, radical, unconventional, as it clears a lot of muckspewed forth in the name of God, religion, enlightenment and related matters.

A BRIEF SKETCH ON THE AUTHOR

Shanta Kelker

was born in 1948 in Bombay. Her devout parents and her brahmanicalbackground were to a great extent responsible for her very early spiritual quest.Convent educated and a graduate in home science, she had to leave her hometown, Bombay,after her marriage and settle in Bangalore where she currently lives with her two children. Asa housewife, she spent most of her leisure in reading philosophy. It was in Bangalore that shechanced to meet many saints and philosophers. Her mind continued to be intrigued with themysteries of life till she met U.G. in the year 1980.U.G. seemed to be an answer to most of her questions, and after every visit to him, she noteddown her conversations with him in a diary. The book is a collection of some of the amusing incidents from her diary pages.

THE SAGE AND THE HOUSEWIFE

by

Shanta Kelker

SOWMYA PUBLISHERS

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