Articles by Karuwaki
An Incomplete Field Guide to the Bengali Gentleman: The Bhadralok in His Native Habitat!
(With Footnotes, Digressions, and Appropriate Melancholy) The Bhadralok (homo bengalicus respectable) is a creature of remarkable consistency. Across one hundred and fifty years of seismic historica…
Savitri: The Epic That Wrote Its Author!
(On Sri Aurobindo’s Supreme Work — Its Brilliance, Its Power, and Why It Matters) A couple of years ago, I found myself in Auroville -- that strange, luminous township in Tamil Nadu th…
The Essence of Savitri!
Sri Aurobindo's epic poem Savitri is considered one of the longest epic poems in the English language, consisting of nearly 24,000 lines, making Savitri an incarnation of Divine Grace who battles Dea…
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(A Satire on How Odisha's Most Sacred Fast Got a Brand Deal)Disclaimer: WITH MALICE TOWARDS NONE! 6:00 AM (by gone era): Grandmother woke before dawn. No alarm needed — the gods themselves sti…
The Eternal Mother!
When a hymn of forgiveness becomes the deepest tribute to motherhood. — — — ✦ — — — Across cultures and centuries, one truth remains unbroken: the mother forgive…
Pochise Boisakh!
On May 7th 1861, or Pochishe Boisakh of the Bengali year 1268, Rabindranth Tagore was born in Jorsanko, Calcutta. Rabindranath Tagore wrote the national anthems for two countries: India: Jana Gana M…