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- ↑ Interview 23, Maggi Lidchi in: Malcolm Tillis: New Lives: 50 Westerners Search for Themselves in Sacred India. Indica Books (2004). ISBN 81-8656-949-9
- ↑ Review of The Great Golden Sacrifice by Chitra Raman, Published in The Book Review, Vasant Enclave, New Delhi, Volume XXI Number 3, March 1997
