Cultural collapse: Delhi 1857
“This whole city has become a desert.” Ghalib 1861 William Dalrymple’s The Last Mughal: the Fall…
“This whole city has become a desert.” Ghalib 1861 William Dalrymple’s The Last Mughal: the Fall…
Today, a poem composed on the day of my daughter’s departure to study in Europe for…
Since I am on holidays from work, and not consumed with duties and obligations, I have…
A short post. The miracle of literature: how words crafted for another voice, at another time,…
Persistence Twelve months ago I was approaching Christmas and the end of a liberating period of…
The year is drawing to a close, and while it is yet weeks from New Year,…
“The storm of progress now threatens to burn the remaining archives of human memory. In an…
I have over the last year or so frequently relaxed in a meditative trance while listening…
The next in my series of Dr Cogito poems, composed fresh this morning. Dr Cogito…
Here is another in my series of Dr Cogito poems Dr Cogito brings his mind to…