Today, my student Karan Palsania took part in the Ph.D viva and got his Ph.D. Congratultion Karan for being my 17th student to get his/her Ph.D. Due to the lockdown our University had decided that it is not going to wait till the opening and those students whose reports have come in, can face the interview and get their degrees.This was facilitated by my University when it accepted the reports in the form of a soft copy. I marvelled at the technology but was also a bundle of nerves last night, prior to the interview and could not sllep. I was having nighmares that the current has gone out, the internet has failed at the last moment, my lap top crashed and I could not complete the process. However, by God's grace, every thing went on very smoorhy. There were five scholars sitting in different parts of India and yet we could conduct the interview.I am very happy to share that Karan has carried forward my work on women Bhaktas. When I wrote by book in 2010, I was hoping some student join and does work on a particular region and bring out the local sources. Karan carried his work in Rajasthan and Gujarat and has looked at a large number of writings in the regional language. Today after the interview, i also got another good news and the Cambridge scholar publishing has sent me the soft copy of my manuscript on women Bhaktas which it wants to being out in a paper back edition and it is hoping to release it the moment the lockdown is over. A wonderful day and thanks Karan for doing well and once again a big congratulation Dr. Karan Palsania.
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