Madhu B. Wangu is an author and the founder of Mindful Writers Groups. She has a doctorate in the phenomenology of Religion from the University of Pittsburgh and a post-doctoral Fellowship from Harvard University. For twenty years she taught Hindu and Buddhist art history at various universities.
Madhu Wangu has published four non-fiction books: Images of Indian Goddesses: Myths, Meanings and Models, (Abhinav Publications, New Delhi, 2003), A Goddess is Born, (Spark Publishers, 2002), and extensively illustrated books for young adults, Hinduism (Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1991) and Buddhism (Facts on File, Inc., New York, 1993).
Dr. Wangu’s debut collection, Chance Meetings: Stories About Cross-Cultural Karmic Collisions and Compassion was released in April 2015. Her novel, An Immigrant Wife: Her Spiritual Journey is to be released in April 2016. Currently, she is writing her second novel, The Last Suttee.
Based on decades of the practice of mindfulness meditation Dr. Wangu developed Writing Meditation Practice. In 2010 she founded the Mindful Writers Group. six years since its inception, the group has a waiting list. Due to the success of the Group, another group of the Mindful Writers started meeting in March 2016. Her CD, “Meditations for Mindful Writers” (2011) not only inspires but also improves focus, removes blocks, and increases writing flow.
