Sacred & Profane

Sacred & Profane


Field Notes: In the Halo of a Moment

April 13, 2020

"He was a time-traveler and a translator. Or more precisely, the act of translating enabled Mira ji to time-travel."


As we work to get our remote studio up and running, we're dipping into our archives to bring you some excellent short audio documentaries by students here at the University of Virginia—including this piece on the Urdu poet Mira ji, whose poetry refused to be confined by religion, gender, or time.