Som Ranchan is a well known Indian English poet-a poet of many voices. One of his voices excelled in capturing personalities secular and spiritual such as those of Ramkrishna, Mother Sharda, Christ,... More > Vivekananda etcetera. This poem Dalai Lama: A Talkathon Scroll is in the same vein.
Poetry apart Som Ranchan has authored critical books in various fields: spirituality, therapy, psychology, myth, folklore, literature, literary criticism, political theory etcetera. Nearly sixty titles of his works are being carried by Amazon and other web sites.
Dalai Lama: A Talkathon Scroll, carved in ninety two short continuous poems, captures the personality, mission and mystique of His Holiness, using history, psychology, Buddhism, and the present socio-cultural global scenario using his life narrative in terms of depth psychology of Joseph Campbell and Yung and other referentially concepts of mana including the hole spectrum of Tibetan Buddhism from Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana.< Less
Som Ranchan is a well known Indian English poet-a poet of many voices. One of his voices excelled in capturing personalities secular and spiritual such as those of Ramkrishna, Mother Sharda, Christ,... More > Vivekananda etcetera. This poem Dalai Lama: A Talkathon Scroll is in the same vein.
Poetry apart Som Ranchan has authored critical books in various fields: spirituality, therapy, psychology, myth, folklore, literature, literary criticism, political theory etcetera. Nearly sixty titles of his works are being carried by Amazon and other web sites.
Dalai Lama: A Talkathon Scroll, carved in ninety two short continuous poems, captures the personality, mission and mystique of His Holiness, using history, psychology, Buddhism, and the present socio-cultural global scenario using his life narrative in terms of depth psychology of Joseph Campbell and Yung and other referentially concepts of mana including the hole spectrum of Tibetan Buddhism from Hinayana, Mahayana and Vajrayana.< Less
Shirdi Sai, a mini epic in verse offers my engagement with Sai. It is an attempt to inwardise him. He is seen in the Phakar Fakir tradition, the oldest tradition of mysticism still vibrant in... More > India. In the Fakir tradition spirituality transcends institutions, religions, and cults, though a cult in course of time crystallizes around a fakir. Shirdi cult now is not just Pan-India but has appeared in foreign shores. The cult is sustained in Shirdi’s case by the devotion of millions and their experiences of his help and intervention in their lives for material weal and spiritual transformation.
In many places in the waxing poem comparisons have crept in with Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Buddha, Krishnamurti, Kabir. The comparisons are contextual and show how being a Fakir he is different. Comparative nuance should not read judgmentally. The poem is a response of a poet, a maverick testimony.< Less
For saving them from the onslaught of the demons and their uproot by them the lords worshiped the goddess Gurga. The invocations are treated in the context of the three principle theories... More > pertaining to goddess Durga. The symbolism of the lords and the stories and the dynamic of their relationship is explicated in depth and detail. Finally, it is argued that the stories and the lords enable the practice to establish a relationship with the eternal feminine.< Less
For saving them from the onslaught of the demons and their uproot by them the lords worshiped the goddess Gurga. The invocations are treated in the context of the three principle theories... More > pertaining to goddess Durga. The symbolism of the lords and the stories and the dynamic of their relationship is explicated in depth and detail. Finally, it is argued that the stories and the lords enable the practice to establish a relationship with the eternal feminine.< Less
Shirdi Sai, a mini epic in verse offers my engagement with Sai. It is an attempt to inwardise him. He is seen in the Phakar Fakir tradition, the oldest tradition of mysticism still vibrant in... More > India. In the Fakir tradition spirituality transcends institutions, religions, and cults, though a cult in course of time crystallizes around a fakir. Shirdi cult now is not just Pan-India but has appeared in foreign shores. The cult is sustained in Shirdi’s case by the devotion of millions and their experiences of his help and intervention in their lives for material weal and spiritual transformation.
In many places in the waxing poem comparisons have crept in with Ramakrishna, Vivekananda, Buddha, Krishnamurti, Kabir. The comparisons are contextual and show how being a Fakir he is different. Comparative nuance should not read judgmentally. The poem is a response of a poet, a maverick testimony.< Less
There are many types of stories in this world, such as fiction, non-fiction, adults’, teen ages’, young adults’ and children’s. The most popular stories could be stated as... More > children’s stories. These could be fiction, or non-fiction. The very early childhood stories are full of pictures. Mothers, fathers or any adult sibling read-out the stories for the children who cannot read books. So there are readers of all ages reading children’s books.< Less
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Amar er født til huset Kaysit. De kaller det slangens hus. Bare en mann står i veien for arven hans. Hundari, den verste slåsskjempen som noensinne har vandret ned... More > fra fjellene. I forsøket på å overvinne sin læremester, og slik
bli erklært som voksen, må Amar ha hjelp. Fra sin venn Nanniya, som har sin egen politiske agenda. Fra Mahdi, en gammel mann som liker unge gutter litt for godt. Fra sin lillebror Shulgi,
som er lojal fremfor alle. Og fra sin mor, som elsker ham så mye at hun vil sluke ham. Det sies at verden står stille når slangen slår til.< Less
