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Monday, August 26, 2019

The Greeks were True Artists of Tragedy

According to Aristotle, Tragedy is composed of (a) Plot, Character and Thought, which concern the object represented, (b) Diction and Melody, which concern the means of representation, and (c) Spectacle, which is related to the manner of representation. To him, Plot is of supreme importance, more... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, August 19, 2019

Swinburne’s Hymn in Honour of Death

In Greek mythology Prosperine is the daughter of Ceres and the wife of Pluto. She is thus the goddess of Hades (that is, the kingdom of the dead), and her Garden lies on the border of Hades. Swinburne uses the myth to express a mood. In The Garden of Proserpine the Garden becomes a symbol of death... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, August 7, 2019

Transcending the Clevage of War and Stolid Stupidity

(A shattering weekend beginning with a massacre at the Walmart superstore in Texas on Saturday, followed by another just 13 hours later in Ohio, leaving so many dead made me go back to Wilfred Owen’s poem and his prophetic statement). Wilfred Owen’s Strange Meeting is a protest, not simply against... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, August 4, 2019

Oh No, Not So Soon...

But Oh No, not so soon, not so soon dear! I ain‘t one to close The doors of my luscious senses; they’re my repose, Harbinger of delights, winds of desires, that take flights. Taste, touch, smell, hearing, and my sights Playfully virginal, sinful, errant, but still beautiful Gaiety, indulgence,... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, August 2, 2019

The Magnetic Universal Appeal of Shakespeare’s Hamlet

The finest appeal of Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, lies in its universality; the magnetic power with which the playwright succeeds in gravitating the audience to relate and identify themselves at once with the realities -- both serious and humorous -- of life in general. And this genius of his is in... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 27, 2019

One of John Donne’s Strange Holy Sonnets

Batter my heart, three-person'd God; for you As yet but knock; breathe, shine, and seek to mend; That I may rise, and stand, o'erthrow me, and bend Your force, to break, blow, burn, and make me new. I, like an usurp'd town, to another due, Labour to admit you, but O, to no end. Reason, your viceroy... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 14, 2019

Curse Protects Chastity in this Mythological Story (an older version )

Just as a solitary blemish ruins the brightest garment, so can one slip in character not be compensated by whatever remains of it. Here is a story from the Hindu mythology, Ramayana which proves the point beautifully. There is more to Ravana, the demon king than his role as Rama’s (the reincarnation... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 9, 2019

The Harmony of Scientific Religion

The latest scientific findings corroborate that the perception of our existence in the universe is only a case of our bewildered consciousness. We are unable to grasp the reality of our existence beyond one life only.‘NO’, they say: there is a vast world beyond, even after we die. The beyond is an... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, June 30, 2019

Intelligent will

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Friday, June 28, 2019

Arjuna listens fascinated the Soul's Essential Nature

Lord Krishna expounds the essential nature of the Soul in the third chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita, in its as-it-isness to His protegee, His human instrument and protagonist, Arjuna. The Soul is never-born, never-dead – eternal, inexhaustible, omnipotent, omniscient, omnipresent et cetera. The death... Sign in to see full entry.

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About this Blog

Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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