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What’s Amiss? Missing the Miss
I miss her likeOne misses the sunOn a December day. I miss her likeOne misses a friendWho has emigrated. I…
Jacques Derrida On Love and Being
Derrida makes the distinction between the ‘who’ one loves – their singularity – and the ‘what’ – the specific qualities…
“Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai.” Aur Baaki Sab Mein?
I know even Ramakrishna Paramahansa said, “The heart of a devotee is God’s drawing-room.” But this is all kindergarten spirituality.…
The True Chariot According to the Ramcharitmanas
(My attention was drawn to this by Tara Mehra, father of my friend Rashmi Chatterjee) According to the Ramcharitmanas, the…
“Have you seen God?” (Or) The Disservice(?) That Ramakrishna Paramahansa Did to Swami Vivekananda
That Naredranath Dutta (later to become Swami Vivekananda) went around asking “Have you seen God?” is itself a problem, though…
Coming to Terms with Love
“To understand what is love, to understand your own inadequacies to rise up to the challenge of being able to…
Love & Truth
“Love can be one of the passports to Truth.”
Not Tested in Life
“Very early on I got fixated on the philosophy of ‘Don’t kiss and tell’, but I have not been able…
Know Thyself 