DrBhuvaneshwari Shankar
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Latest posts by DrBhuvaneshwari ShankarI came across this beautiful ghazal Ranjish hi Sahi by Ahmad Faraz. It dwells on a popular motif in the ghazal tradition -that of unrequited love. It is endearing because the speaker is willing to accept any of his beloved's terms as long as she puts in an appearance. Interestingly, he does not seek...
Posted on 15 October 2026 | 9:55 am
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A friend shared an Instagram reel in a WhatsApp group about the impossibility of having a one word English translation of the Tamil word Ethanavathu (எத்தனாவது), and how it can only be achieved through convoluted and awkward translations such as "Which number in the sequence...?" which sparked a ver...
Posted on 22 March 2026 | 12:02 pm
Read postMyth and Modernity: Kaliya Mardhana and the Afterlife of FearModern psychology offers a useful vocabulary for what happens to us under threat: fight, flight, or freeze. These are adaptive responses, mechanisms by which the self seeks survival in the face of danger.But myth often asks a deeper questi...
Posted on 22 March 2026 | 9:45 am
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