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...
Pearls of Wisdom: Summer Books: Forget the First Impression and Think of the Last...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—As usual this summer began with blooming flowers and vegetables in The Mishra Garden and my list of books to read. The...
Pearls of Wisdom: Does Our Essence Remain the Same Throughout Our Life?
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—I have been fascinated by dialogues between King Janaka and sage Ashtavakra in Indian mythology, especially about Ashtavakra’s simple explanations of the...
Pearls of Wisdom: God is Dead, Discover Yourself and Seek Good Habits for a...
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—After the Age of Enlightenment dawned upon in Europe during the 17th and 18th centuries, German philosopher, essayist and critic Friedrich Nietzsche...
Pearls of Wisdom: Love, Pleasure, Duty and Other Lessons
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—The beauty of long winter nights in New England is that it becomes darker early and forces us to wind down our...
Pearls of Wisdom: The Meaning of Love
By Upendra Mishra
BOSTON—For someone whose life got frozen at the age 20 and who never grew out of it, despite his body growing older,...