Blog by Alka Nigam at Speaking Tree.in https://www.speakingtree.in/blog/environment-680465 Om Dyauh Shaantir Antarikssam Shaantih Prithivi Shantir Aapah Shantir –Ossadhayah Shantih Vanaspatyah Shantir- -Vishve-Devaah Shaantir – Brahma Shaantih Sarvam Shaantih ……… This shloka from Veda encompasses the ancient wisdom of our saints which recognizes and salutes the vast unlimited powers of Nature. It apotheosizes the powers of […]
Are We Still in Kaliyuga?
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 […]
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 […]
The New Women Poets
http://www.differenttruths.com/gender/the-new-women-poets/ I don’t mind dying Ritually, since I always rise again But I should have liked a little more blood To show they are taking me seriously (U.A. Fanthrope) Not very long ago expressing his opinion about Charlotte’s literary activities, Robert Southey – ten years before the publication of Jane Eyre – had […]
Four Mahavakayas, Essence of the Upanishads
Alka Nigam Dec 3, 2016: The Times of India (Ahemdabad) http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31805&articlexml=the-speaking-tree-Four-Mahavakyas-Essence-Of-The-03122016014045 Upanishads are concerned with knowledge about self and its relation with the Supreme. This is said to be the ‘secret knowledge ‘ that the acharyas have given to their disciples when they are ready to absorb it. Rishis opened up the knots of the complex […]