Development of Eastern UP Pioneer Saturday: Dec 31, 1988 Uttar Pradesh has a world of its own and is the nerve centre and soul of India. Nature has lavished her with hills and fields and bestowed upon her the choicest gifts in the form of rivers—Ganga, Yamuna and Ghagra. History has left its indelible […]
Banarasi Babu
Times of India You going boat ride. OK come. No talk here. People watching. Golden temple, Kedar temple famous. Lots tourists coming. Season off now. Winter season coming. (Boatman). Varanasi ancient city, Sir. Very very old. Varuna plus Assi jointed both called Varanasi. (Guide). Bijjaness is OK in Banaras. Here your tea is coming. […]
English Poets And Advaita Vedanta
Alka Nigam July 16 2014: The Times of India (Delhi) http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31808&articlexml=THE-SPEAKING-TREE-English-Poets-And-Advaita-Vedanta-16072014020064 Literature is also philosophy. Though some critics differ, there are innumerable literary examples of visionary poets revealing primeval truths. These poetic revelations are universal spiritual truths to which no one person, age or religion can lay exclusive claim. Of a radically different milieu […]
The Ghats of Banaras
http://www.speakingtree.in/article/the-ghats-of-banaras SPEAKING TREE, Times of India, May 25th 2012 Sitting on the ghats of the ‘city of lights’ and watching the Ganga flow quiety is a serene experience, writes Alka Nigam Kashi, the ‘city of lights’ is said to be the abode of Shiva. The Ganga, on its way to Gangasagar, takes a deep curve […]
Only Deshi English please! This is BHU
Published in Hindustan Times, Varanasi Plus Edition Guest Column Dr Alka Nigam Reader, Department on English, BHU In spite of being labelled backward, traditional to the core with illiterate masses, we Banarasis’ nonetheless speak English that is hundred percent intelligible. From international standards it is as respectable as the English spoken by a German, an […]