A Research Blog from the 2022 Recipient of the Rising Star Award Nitya Pawar (Ashoka University, India) My research focuses on a medieval Marathi saint-poet Janabai (1258-1350 CE) through her poetry and reception. Janabai is one of the Marathi saint-poets who was active in the 13th – 14th century. Outside of Maharashtra, she has little to no presence despite her teacher/master, Saint Namdev (1270-1350 CE), having a huge pan-Indian public. Even in the context of Maharashtra, her story is primarily tied with that of Namdev, except in the grind-mill or stone-mill songs which are folksongs sung by primarily rural women of Maharashtra as they work on the grind-mill or perform…
