[tabby title="Poem"] “Shiva and Shakti,”some say,“are indistinguishable.They are one.They are the universe.Shiva isn’t masculine.Shakti isn’t feminine.At the core of their mutual penetration,the supreme consciousness opens”. Energy, ability, strength, effort, power and capability(शक्ति [śakti])and happiness, welfare, prosperity, bliss and liberation(शिव [śivá])are...

[tabby title="Poem"] Russians launch more rockets against Kiev,celebrities, a pope and other mere mortals are dropping like flies(including holiday-makers killed in a helicopter crash at Sea World),China faces a new form of COVID calamity,Twitter probed after hack involving 400 million,recession...

[tabby title="Poem"] Why the crow? It is natural. The ideal way to live one’s life –whether referred to as मार्ग (Mārga: ‘the eight-fold noble path’),道 (the Dào)or Λόγος (Logos: the ‘Word’) –crows concerning all manner of things …including the Sun,...

[tabby title="Poem"] ᛗᛖᚦ:ᚠᛟᚦᚨ:ᚻᛖᛁᛗᛋ:ᛋᛈᛖᚲᛁ:ᛟᚲ:ᛟᚱᛚᛟᚷ:Með fǿða heims speki ok ørlǫg(Regarding Creativity and Nourishment, Worldly Wisdom and Destiny) In the last days,my son spoke candidlyabout how he was dazedby the newsthe Queen had died …and I responded. Those momentsbecame times for reflection –and...

[tabby title="Poem"] Love has cost us distancetaught usdespair,and we learnedto unfurl our wings to the fullestand sail on,Love has taught us life. A life of a river,failure of a rockand waves of expectationsLove has taught us coloursFrom blood redto bruised...