Blog by Alka Nigam at SpeakingTree.in https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/are-we-still-in-kaliyuga-680464 IN SEARCH OF THE CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION scholars acknowledge the impressive accomplishments of ancient civilizations of Anatolia, Egypt, Meso- America, Tibet and Central Asia but consider the Indus valley civilization to be the oldest continuous and living tradition. A section of the oldest Vedic literature written by an […]
F T Prince’s: The Wind In The Tree: An Analysis
Published in CRITICISM AND RESEARCH Dept. of English Vol 6 1983-84 The Wind in the Tree is a one-image poem of four lines, with the rhyming scheme of a quatrain, abba. The theme of the poem is frustration in love. The narrator is presented as confronting the situation with a spirit which may be described […]
A Drop Reveals the Ocean
Published in The Speaking Tree, page 4 (print edition), dated Nov 18, 2018 https://www.speakingtree.in/article/a-drop-reveals-the-ocean ALKA NIGAM writes of an eight-year-old Adi Shankara’s six-verse poem, the Atma Shatakam that encapsulates Advaita philosophy Shankara’s short poem consisting of six melodious lyrics is a magical gem radiating with the entire divine spectrum of Advaita […]
Adhyatma: A Way to Self Realization
Speaking Tree, Times of India: July 1, 2018 https://www.speakingtree.in/article/precious-teachings SHRIMADBHAGWAT GITA, a unique dialogue between God Shri Krishna and His disciple Arjuna, contains the quintessence of Hindu thought. Arjuna is the eternal sadhak in us, ignorant about his raison dˆetre. In the battle of life, he asks the creator of the universe seated in […]
What Is In a Name?
“What is in a name?” said Shakespeare, “That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” The famous bard could not be wrong. Call Laxmi Niwas* Mittal by any other name and he would be as rich. But it is amazing that the connotation and denotation of his name merge […]
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