A very nice collection of short Sanskrit poems (and a few short prose pieces) about love, longing, separation, etc. The originals are all in in the footnotes, so those who know sanskrit can comment on the translation. Translations are generally very contemporary (even cell phones make an appearance), but the originals are available if you want to see how they have captured (or failed to capture) the essence of the original. Since I do not know sanskrit, I cannot comment on that, but the collection is a lot of fun and worth a read. As india rises, so will the market for such works (which is a good thing).
Check it out.
available on Kindle.
Original in devnagri is here
Random samples:
Spurred by your review, I read the intro on Google Books preview and I wish more material about Sanskrit was this accessible. Clearly a book that took good scholarship to write, but is unaffected by the airs of scholarship. Hope this signals the general trajectory of writing on Indian history. Hope to see more such material reviewed by you.