What about illuminating the Soul? Do you even care to long for inner peace? In ancient days, inner peace used to be the top priority of sages, Munis, Mahatmas and Rishis along with the general public. However, with time, our priorities changed and we moved on the path of other pursuits. Recently, I came across… Continue reading
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Sri Aurobindo – the critic we should read (but we don’t)
We all know Sri Aurobindo in this or that way. Some know him as a philosopher he was. Some know him as a freedom fighter who looked beyond fighting the external oppressors. Some perceive him as a master of yoga, spirituality and seer. Many know him as a poet, a poet of fine excellence and… Continue reading
Indian English Poetry could not gather conscious! It’s true!
When we talk about the British poetry, we have a standard timeline, classification and proper division of the poets and their poetry according to thematic choices, the mood of a certain time period or by the lead that a poet who became larger than the age created. This is true to a large extent because… Continue reading
An Apology for Shakespeare by S A Joseph
Indian English Poetry has gone through several phases of evolution and also revolution – once the younger generation of poets has now almost become obsolete and their poetry is put in the forlorn box making way for the concurrent race of Indian poets writing in English who are often in dilemma whether to follow the… Continue reading
Nisha Nimantran by Harivansh Rai Bachchan
Who does not like Hindi poems? Whether it’s reading them or writing some, Hindi poems are always one step closer to our hearts than the English ones which need an extra level of processing as we have to translate them into Hindi in our minds to understand the meaning. When we talk about the Hindi… Continue reading