What’s In A Name?

Thanks to the Wondering Minstrels Anthology, I came across a decidedly hilarious poem by John Updike and felt like sharing it. The man in question is M Anantanarayanan, an Indian author. Updike’s fascination for the ‘a’s and ‘n’s in Anantanarayanan’s name was his inspiration to come up with this:

I Missed His Book, But I Read [...]

Snippets from Inspiring Poetry

Profound thoughts have crossed me at different times, because of different influences. It has been a while since I have found in myself the creative zest for the persistent ideation required for poetry, followed by a concerted effort to record the essential points of these ideas into verse. Part of the reason is that with [...]

Old Short Stories

There are a few memorable quotations I’d like to throw in here in the hope that those hoping to get a nice afternoon read may find time for them.
The moment of truth in O’ Henry’s The Gift of the Magi:
White fingers and nimble tore at the string and paper. And then an ecstatic scream of [...]

Tennyson Redux

Here’s a pretty well known poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson rewritten in Sanskrit verse, thanks to Sanskrit Documents. It was such a pleasure to read through it, thanks to Sanskrit documents!
This ASAD is a small tribute to my sanskrit teacher, Shri Vasant
Nanivadekar. He resides in Bombay, and is very well versed with the sanskrit
classics as [...]

Bhartrhari on Renunciation – 2

On my second reading and upon kinder consideration of the Vairagyashatakam after the initial impressions I had of Bhartrhari’s work, I also found the following work to help me understand the background of Bhartrhari’s time more effectively. Some of the impressions and perspectives I gained this evening was by reading a few chapters of The [...]