Pearls of Wisdom: Truth, Fiction and the Social Media Delusion

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—"Is it truth or fiction?” I asked. “What difference does it make?” he replied. “Sometimes, in fact, most of the time, truth...

Pearls of Wisdom: How to Attain Freedom and Why?

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—If we compress the essence of life in one word, it probably comes down to: Freedom. Freedom to do things we want...

Pearls of Wisdom: See Yourself and Things as They Are

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—When Pandavas are banished to forests for 13 years in the grand Hindu epic Mahabharata, many rishis and sages come and pay...

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-6: Love is Complicated, Mexico Chalo

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—As my trip to Mexico was nearing fruition towards the end of 1983 in JNU, my love and romance had literally gone...

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-5: The Ground Zero of Love, Envy, and a...

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—During my latest trip to India, I had planned to visit the Ground Zero where I saw her for the first time....

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-4: When Romance Leads to a Mini Poetic Stardom

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—Moving from a small town to Allahabad was a huge deal for me. First, I was going to live on my own...

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-3: Trysts on the Stairs, the Irony of Destiny,...

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—I had moved to a new town with my uncle and aunt. I was about 16 and had enrolled in the local...

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-2: Stitching Together Scattered Pieces of Love

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—We all have grown with fairy tale stories of romance, love and happily thereafter. I am sure it is true for some,...

Pearls of Wisdom: Pilgrimage to India-Part-1: Lauta do Bachchpan ka Saawan

By Upendra Mishra NEW DELHI—My recent trip to India was inspired by Jagjit Singh’s ghazal: Ye daulat bhi le lo, Ye shohrat bhi le lo,...

Pearls of Wisdom: The Courage to Be Disliked and Four Other Books

By Upendra Mishra BOSTON—As late springs and early summers in New England force us to take our living and readings outdoors, the long winter nights...

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