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 […]
Poets At Work
When we talk about poets we have a picture of a delicate man having long hair with a paper and pen sitting near a brook, oblivious of the humdrum of pulsating world, waiting patiently for the divine Muse to visit him. Possessing a finer sensibility, they are born not made. Socrates speaking about his impressions […]
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 […]
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