Dearest Dina,

 Loving  and respectful pranams.

 I have been unable to put the book down.

Last night I read many chapters of part 1  Early this morning I was compelled to start part 2.

 The reading has been awash with tears. Great  sobs of appreciation and wonder at what a life of dedication, guru – bhakti-we witnessed, but  for the most past , as is the lot  of  beings like her, never quite appreciated enough, whilst she was in our midst. You did of course and you were her support.

What a friendship!

Truly  unalloyed is the most fitting title.

 I will write more once I finish the book, but again I did want to offer you my gratitude.

Your heartfelt words ring true – and you have conveyed the singular faith- both of yours- in coping with so much. Not just coping, thriving . That is remarkable.

William Blake said “there is no progression without contraries. ” As there was no dearth of that it is obvious that the other part of the trusim stands- the progress was/is monumental.

 As Yamuna has fulfilled herself in her life of devotion, you,who  practically helped her move onwards from a situation of crisis ( those chapters of her life  affirm the oxymoron – bitter sweet; of course sweet after much tribulation and in time)  have conveyed her deep , continuous and constant faith, despite heartbreaking odds, most brilliantly. The book is an edifice to that.

“Constancy yields the gift of rapture”.

Somehow, her resolute faith conveyed in your  beautiful narrative has stirred some in my own crisis filled mind and heart.

 The design is just super, the  shastric/ paramapric quotes most intuitively selected and the method with which you have laid out the story, interspersed with views of other devotees brings in so many perspectives in this appreciation of the jewel that is Yamuna Devi,

 So grateful to you.

 with much love