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In her mid-twenties, Madhu Tandan and her husband, Rajeev, left Delhi to \nlive in a remote ashram amidst the Himalayas. Under the tutelage of the \ncharismatic and mysterious Ashishda, the former English aircraft engineer \nturned Vaishnav guru, they lived a simple life with a ‘soil to soul’ philosophy, \nwhere every experience was viewed as an opportunity to grow. \nLiving as a community in the Ashram came with its own challenges. Other \nthan being physically taxing, there were days when life was too perplexing, \nand when personal dilemmas would leave them questioning the journey. The \ncouple strove through this with resilience, struggling to transcend suffering and \ndiscover what lay beyond it. Believing in simple practices such as growing one’s \nown food and meditation, and relying on the powerful role that dreams play in \none’s life, Madhu and Rajeev navigated their seven years of Ashram life with the \nconviction that there are no dead ends in life. \nFirst published in 1997, A Way Within—extensively revised and expanded for \nthis edition—is a candid and illuminating account of the inward journey; a \nquest that is challenging and rewarding in equal measure
Madhu Tandan left Delhi in her mid-twenties with her husband to settle in a remote Himalayan ashram. Her life there, threaded by her dreams, inspired her first book, Faith & Fire: A Way Within (1997). She has since written three more, Dreams & Beyond: Finding Your Way in the Dark (2009), Hemis: A Novel (2018) and The Logic of Dreams (2022) to wide acclaim. Madhu has contributed short stories and essays to anthologies, presented papers on religious dreaming at several international conferences, including the Nouvelle Sorbonne in Paris, and Wasan Island in Canada. She was awarded a writing fellowship at Hawthornden Castle, Edinburgh. She and her husband have made the hills of Sattal their home
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