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 […]
Truth, Shiva And Beauty
The Speaking Tree Times of India, New Delhi March 28th 2011 In Hindu thought artha, dharma, kama and moksha are considered the four goals of life. These concepts are the undercurrents of the stream of all life and are not contradictory. Artha and kama as the urges of human instinct represent the […]
Varanasi’s dirt is India’s dirt
Guest Column Hindustan Times, Lucknow, Friday, March 27, 2009 page 3 Prof Alka Nigam Department of English, BHU There was this slogan sometime ago IGNITE THE CHANGE given for the people of Mumbai and Delhi just after one of those bomb blasts in Delhi. Mumbai, being a metro city, can afford to […]
Glamorization of Religion
India had always been associated in the imagination of outside world as pre-eminently a land of religion. Religion is the cornerstone of Indian psyche. Festivity is an integral part of religion and brings with it colour and variety. This adds charm to India’s mysterious magic. Lately it is seen that people have become too religious. […]
Ignite the Change
Sometime ago there was a slogan IGNITE THE CHANGE given from the Times of India for the people of Mumbai and Delhi immediately after the bomb blasts in Delhi. And Mumbai being a metropolitan is entitled to throw tantrums like a spoilt child– “Mumbai is tired, impatient and very angry” because of the pot holes […]
