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Savithri Rajeevan’s Krishna, translated by Udaya Kumar, is a reflective, ironic and philosophically questioning poem that examines the many possible ways in which Krishna has been imagined, loved and approached within Indian cultural and devotional traditions. The poem is structured around a recurring question: “how should I love him?” This question initially appears to be devotional, as though the speaker is searching for the most appropriate form in which to love Krishna. Yet as the poem devel...