Raj was an enigmatic personality. At the surface quiet and shy but internally seething with aggressiveness and ambitiousness. His brain seemed to work faster than a jet engine. But perhaps…
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Poetry is the super-distillation of human experience made to discover and create beauty in life. It is also the expressway to truth. It is the most human and…
The domains of human body and mind are quasi-independent and interdependent. When a baby is born he is mostly body. His universe consists mostly of physical experiences. But as…
Dedicated to Urmila Dhar Zutshi a spark of life, a charge of conviction Like some supreme deity time presides Over human life in special ways, Giving it form and…
When the soul of the city aches With its dead-weight of commerce, And its mortar and bricks stare at you – You think of an ocean. Juniper Beach is…
Winter careened in definitely and defiantly, As fall’s brownish mosaic wilted without a wail, Carnations and chrysanthemums swayed in silent prayer, While lilies and holly berries stood the ground in…
As some Kashmiri Pandits (KPs) are reeling from the recent withdrawal of the Modi government’s project of creating three composite cities in Kashmir to rehabilitate them, they are worried what…
A novel is a slice of life past unfolding as a vivid dream. In Madhu Wangu’s novel Immigrant Wife: Her Spiritual Journey the past unfolding is that of Shanti…