This ambitious work addresses most brilliantly the sea-change that is being visited upon Vrindavan, both as a place and as a religious idea. … Krishna's Playground will be required reading for anyone interested in religious history, in Bhakti, and in development writ large.
-Rupert Snell, Professor Emeritus, Department of Asian Studies, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
John Stratton Hawley is Claire Tow Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University, US.