Fregnance of the Earth | फ्रेग्रांन्स ऑफ दि अर्थ Bahinabai Choudhary... An illiterate rural woman...

But still she had a rare gift of genius and her inborn qualities flowed through her poetic ovis. Translating her poems from Ahirani – a dialect of Marathi – into standard English is realy a herculean task. Prof.

Madhuri Shanbhag deserves sincere accolades for accomplishing it. All the salient features of Bahinabais poetry - her native wisdom, unique power of observation and unbelievable command over poetic expressions - are brought out here in excellent translation so that the fragrance of her earthly poetry may spread to wider audience. हे मराठी पुस्तक वाचकांसाठी अत्यंत उपयुक्त आहे.