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In this 21 min interview Professor Ali Asani discusses the development of the ginans, Ismaili devotional tradition in South Asia, within the larger literary and religious traditions of the Subcontinent. He also examines the聽Khojki聽script in which many of the ginans, once committed to writing, were transcribed.

In this interview, Professor Ali Asani addresses聽the聽following questions:

1. What are the听驳颈苍补苍蝉? 00:38 – 01:53

2. Why the title ‘Ecstasy and enlightenment’ for the book? 01:54 – 04:26

3. What do you mean when you say that the聽ginans belong to larger indo-Muslim folk traditions? 04:28 – 06:06

4. Can the聽ginans be categorised as聽Islamic听辞谤听Hindu? Are these categories justified in the context of the聽ginans? 06:07 – 08:44

5. What are the challenges of studying the聽ginans in manuscripts? 08:45 – 11:23

6. In what way聽is the community’s engagment with the聽ginans changing? 11:26聽 – 14:47

7. How does your book contribute to the scholarship聽on the聽ginans? 14:48 – 16:15

8. What is the scope of further academic research on the聽ginans? 16:16 – 19:29

9. Being old texts, are the聽ginans relevant to us today?聽19:30 – 21:39

罢丑别听ginans are a large corpus of hymns and poems composed in a variety of Indic languages and attributed to a series of preacher鈥搒aints who propagated Ismaili Islam in the subcontinent over several centuries. In the book聽Ecstasy and Enlightenment, Professor聽Asani聽provides聽an overview as well as a discussion on聽specific aspects of the聽ginans聽such as their聽history;聽themes, forms, prosody and melodies; their devotional character and role in Ismaili religious life; the symbolism of divine love and spiritual marriage; and addresses some of the questions pertaining to the issue of their authorship.