“Vedic hymns were not composed by cowherd boys and shepherds while they were grazing their flocks of cattle, cows and sheep in the grass fields.”

“I have watched a cowherd lean on his staff, in silent waters that hide his worn feet.”

“As an adolescent Krishna was seen as a flute-playing cowherd, enticing the village girls to come and dance to the tunes.”

“Krishna raises Mount Govardhan on his little finger to save the milkmaids and cowherds from a terrible storm.”

“Born in the darkness of prison cells, rescued by the community of cowherds, Krishna's childhood is differently cast.”

“A hope that one day, the dusky, beautiful God of the cowherds and the shepherds would salvage her callously broken dreams.”