• Mani Rao’s Bhagavad Gita: A Translation of the Poem

    Mani Rao‘s Bhagavad Gita: A Translation of the Poem will be out on 12th December, 2010. You can purchase a copy here and read an excerpt here. More information about the book:http://www.autumnhillbooks.org/bhagavad_gita.html  – – Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha. ––

  • Why is it better to write biographers sooner rather than later?

    –Samuel Johnson in The Rambler (1750) answers: If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of…

  • Fifteen minutes ago, the sun was hurting my eyes

    Thursday 9 December, 2010. 10:30am.

  • Hong Kong in the morning

    This is a photograph taken by my friend yesterday morning at around half past seven. The illusion of calm before the city entirely awoke: ––

  • Quiet

    –My friend took this picture. Be quiet — music is banned. Kowloon Tong, 9:10am At this point, the receptionist is late for work already.––

  • Why is Greek tragedy not concerned with evil men?

    –A.D. Nuttall in Overheard by God: Fiction and Prayer in Herbert, Milton, Dante and St John (1980) answers: Greek tragedy owes its special force to the stratified coexistence of two ethical worlds. The older stratum is one in which men…

  • Moving

    Yesterday, my friend sent me this picture, taken from a moving bus. – –

  • Nicholas Y.B. Wong joins THIS – a literary webzine

    – Nicholas Y.B. Wong has joined the editorial team of this – a literary webzine in the role of Poetry Editor. Visit the publication here. Ten poems by Nicholas (“The God Box”, “Kiss a Door“, “Skydive“, “What Would You Do…

  • Which is more preferable: Innocence or Experience?

    ––In a discussion of William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and Experience, Harold Bloom (2004) answers: Since Innocence and Experience are states of the soul through which we pass, neither is a finality, both are necessary, and neither is wholly preferable…

  • On this cold day, shake my hand?

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