The Nightingale and the Rose by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's 'The Nightingale and the Rose' — a complete and unreceived sacrifice. The full story, with ecological commentary on giving without con…
Category: Arts – Music
Chandas — Basics of Veda Svaras and Vedic Recital
An 18-page introduction to Vedic chandas (metrical feet) and svara (pitch-accent system) — one of the six Vedāṅgas. Covers the major meters (gāy…
The Devoted Friend by Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde's dark fairy tale about one-sided friendship — and what it reveals about the extraction that calls itself devotion. Full text, with ecol…
One Charge She Would Not Deny: The Daughter of Fire Speaks
For five thousand years the heroes discussed her. Sutapa Bhattacharya's poem finally lets Draupadī speak. The truest Draupadī we have met.
"a heav…
Mystics of the Mystics — Tamil Siddhar Poetry
Selected verses from the Tamil Siddhar tradition — fierce, blunt, pointing past conventional religion toward the bare fact of consciousness. Pattina…