Harold’s Justice
World is bemoaning Harold today for his virtue, Little knowing what he wanted from life and what he got, Life is a relentless dogfight for fairness, honor, and reward, But what we get is a trickle for our pains. Tell everyone that life does not do justice, But is a heartless reckoner and broker, […]
A Tryst with Time
When in youth breath galloped, Life was a carnival of jocund moments. Ambition was the arrow we rode on, Into a sanguine nameless horizon. Success was a moody maiden, Who demurred often sillily. Then there were the absolutes of Beauty and truth to be conquered. But the world intervened, Showed who […]
Joanne You Left Us Too Soon
You were a flower who seemed to be ever in bloom, Your enigmatic smile, your quiet ways, Your consistency, your personal manner, Unmindful of the galleries, unpretentious contributions. In the garden of Cirque you were a blossoming hidden by a rock, But your aroma wafted around and enchanted those close by, In the cosmic […]
In A Woman’s Bosom
She emerged from the wavy and tranquil waters of the lake: Glistening, limpid, sanguine, It seemed that she had come for an interlude of fun, Not in any disappointment with the world, But with a vision of having fun with herself. This is an aspect of a woman: Self-involved, controlled, romantic. God created man […]
The Agony of Article 370 – The Legal Framework that Binds Jammu and Kashmir State with India by Maharaj Kaul
The notoriety of Article 370, the legal framework that connects India with Jammu and Kashmir State (J&K) as a nation, has grown to a mythic level for its political implications both among its vested players and its casual observers. This article attempts to demythologize Article 370 and bring it down to its functional basis, […]
Book Review : The Circle of Memory – An Autobiography By Dr. Subhash Kak (Rev)
How should one review this book whose author calls it an autobiography but which actually is a chronicle of his ideas on his innate spirituality seeking support of science? Spiritualists are people who believe that human mind was created by God. They see two kinds of entities in the universe: human mind and physical […]
On Human Consciousness Part 1 of 2
These days it is hard to avoid reading about human consciousness. It has become a buzz word in intellectual as well as popular discussions about human mind, life, and mankind’s future. Though consciousness has been a subject explored in distant antiquity, but it got a strong impetus after 1935 with the advent of Quantum Mechanics […]
Enigma of Kashmir Problem
English poet Edmund Spenser described tragedy as a theory killed by a fact. A theory on anything is one of the greatest works of a human mind. So, when a theory is proven wrong on account of a fact discovered in the subject being observed, it is tragedy for the mind. Kashmir Problem has […]
Summer Moods at Cirque
After a long brute winter Flowers are once again blooming at Cirque, As if there are no seasons, Summer is all Have you walked on its resurfaced roads And felt that you could go on forever? Or splashed water in the refurbished pool? You only wonder why they close it ever. Have you […]
Catharsis of an Evening
Shades of evening have descended silently, Everything is tinged with an ethereal grace, Mind touches new terrains, New meanings sprout from nowhere. Man is a ray of sun wandering aimlessly, A woman is earth’s womb, In love man gives something of himself to woman, But she absorbs him into herself. Word contains the […]