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Kalo Meyer Payer Tolay: A Song of Nazrul Islam

Posted by on Mar 15, 2019 | 7 comments

Kazi Nazrul Islam (24 May 1899 – 29 August 1976), explored various creative and social territories throughout his prolific life. During his youth he achieved fame simultaneously both for his political...

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Is my Mother Shyama Black? A Song of Kamalakanta

Posted by on Mar 9, 2019 | 8 comments

Since I am finally taking my Bangla language studies seriously and collecting Shyama Sangeet (Kali Ma devotional lyrics), I thought I should be a good bhakta......

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Patterns in Comparative Religion by Mircea Eliade

Posted by on Jan 27, 2018 | 0 comments

It’s no exaggeration to say that Patterns in Comparative Religion is not only one of the most delightfully brilliant books that I have read in a long time, but an excellent introduction to the thought of one of the great...

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How I Lost My Mind and Became a Crazy Kali Bhakta: A Theophany by William Clark

Posted by on Dec 11, 2016 | 9 comments

The word darshan is a Sanskrit term that means “seeing,” and specifically refers to perception of the divine. In Hinduism, darshan is a broad concept which manifests in a variety of ways. Among other things......

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Drinking from the Fountain of Desire: A Darshan of Ma Kamakhya

Posted by on Oct 17, 2013 | 12 comments

  Thursday October 17th, 2013     After observing the massive crowds this temple can attract, I decided to do the heroic thing and pull an all-nighter, figuring that an early arrival would insure a quick darshan (Sanskrit word, literally...

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It’s Just Begun

Posted by on Jul 27, 2013 | 2 comments

    July 27th, 2013:     It’s been seventeen days since I arrived at my new hometown of Santiniketan, West Bengal. For the most part, it has largely been a perilous ordeal, and if it weren’t for the fact...

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