Srinagar, Jan. 5 -- 'Raghavan Srinivasan in Rebellion in Verse: Resistance and Devotion in the Tamil Bhakti Movement' provides an expansive and nuanced description of one of the most dramatic cultural events in South Asia. The book, published by Penguin Random House India, situates the Tamil Bhakti movement in the context not only of a devotional efflorescence but also of a social and political revolution.Srinivasan has produced a work that is historical and interpretive, a blend of the lives of saints, the socio-economic status of medieval Tamilakam, and the legacy of Bhakti in the subcontinent. Bhakti as Rebellion The book preface provides us with the flavour of the book, indicating that Bhakti is a rebellion, hymn-wrapped. It is vital ...