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OF DASTARDS & A MIRACLE
The evil that men perpetrate
Diabolical deeds, disturbing drama
The disrobing of Draupadi
Defaced by Dushasana’s dirty hands
The miracle of the Lord Continue reading →

Nataraja
Dance

Offering
A small basket of woven leaves
With flowers, incense and camphor
Frail and delicate, set afloat
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SIP BY SIP, REALIZATION DAWNS
The man scoffed derisively.

Coffee & a Conversation
So I met a bunch of fellas over an imaginary cuppa in a cool cafe called Gaia’s, with soft, puffy, white clouds around us.
There was a slim guy with longish hair & a crown of thorns; another with blue skin wearing a peacock feather in his hair; one with dreadlocks, tiger skin & a crescent moon; a bearded & ochre-turbaned man; another bearded fellow in pure white vestments; one with long earlobes, a beatific expression, wearing a robe & carrying his hair in a top bun; a grandfatherly old chap with a flowing white beard & a staff and another whose face was cloaked so I couldn’t see it. They looked vastly different from each other, but all had a similar, strange glow around their heads.
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Tears of Homecoming

SALUTATIONS TO SHIVA
Chanting for those inclined to listen, by American kirtan singers Krishna Das & Jai Uttal; it’s “aum namah shivaya” and “boom shankar” in equal parts. Continue reading →

THE PARIAH PREACHER
Praising the Lord.
Proclaiming peace.
Proffering hope.
Promoting brotherhood.
Pledging heaven to all. Continue reading →

THE HEATHEN, THE INFIDEL & THE IRONY
Both reject, both disbelieve, both repudiate
Exhort, incite, instigate, intimidate
Challenge, provoke, propagandize
Mock, joust, maim, kill, eulogize
Irresistible force, immoveable object
Seismic shocks, cataclysmic change
The world tremulates