These are unpublished diaries of a German devotee of Sri Ma Anandamayi who stayed in her proximity from 1963 for almost 20 years.
Melita Maschmann (1918-2010) had already been an established journalist and writer of several books in German, which gave her the gift of keen observation and reflection.
Her intimate and forthright accounts from 1966-1982 reveal both the challenges of living in an Indian ashram environment, her touching impressions and perspectives of Sri Ma's lila, and her love for the Divine Mother that she had found in Her.