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On cakes and hot cross buns
On cakes and hot cross buns
Hot cross buns! Hot cross buns! One a penny, two a penny, Hot cross buns!
Peter Sahota
Mar 29
𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻-𑀫𑀢𑀂 — 𑀴𑀢𑀬𑀁 𑀘 𑀴𑀢𑀬𑀸𑀕𑀭𑀳𑀰𑀘
𑀤𑀻𑀧𑀸𑀯𑀮𑀻-𑀫𑀢𑀂 — 𑀴𑀢𑀬𑀁 𑀘 𑀴𑀢𑀬𑀸𑀕𑀭𑀳𑀰𑀘
दीपावल्युत्सवे यत्सत्यं तदेव विजयेदिति वयं मनोभिः संकल्पामः | शास्त्रे च विश्वचरित्रे च मुख्यमस्ति । सत्यं वद धर्मं चरेति…
Peter Sahota
Nov 11, 2023
Remembrance Day Thoughts — Poetry and WW1
Remembrance Day Thoughts — Poetry and WW1
‘For the Fallen’ is one of the most well-known poems, not only of its author Laurence Binyon, but in fact of all war poetry. Often recited…
Peter Sahota
Nov 10, 2023
Sanskrit prompts for ChatGPT
Sanskrit prompts for ChatGPT
ChatGPT and other large language models (LLMs) are a major technology breakthrough, albeit some of the claims made about their capabilities…
Peter Sahota
Oct 10, 2023
Pope, poet and Opet: pathfinders three
Pope, poet and Opet: pathfinders three
Today, the title of pontiff is held by the pope, yet this title, in its Latin form, pontifex, traces back to ancient Rome, where it was…
Peter Sahota
Jul 15, 2023
The Mirror in Indian Art and Literature
The Mirror in Indian Art and Literature
I recently read a fascinating article by Christopher P Jones, ‘Decoding Reflections: The Meaning of Mirrors in Art’, where the author talks…
Peter Sahota
Apr 30, 2023
World Happiness and Indian Philosophy
World Happiness and Indian Philosophy
As the exuberant celebrations of the ‘Holi’ festival last month were dying down, a slight dampener came in the form of the release of the…
Peter Sahota
Apr 27, 2023
Poetry for the G20
Poetry for the G20
This year India holds the presidency of the G20, and is hosting high-level diplomatic and ministerial meetings which are now in full swing…
Peter Sahota
Mar 4, 2023
On doubt in science and religion
On doubt in science and religion
That doubt is of the greatest value in supporting the scientific tradition has been a fundamental principle for many of the greatest…
Peter Sahota
Feb 25, 2023
Indra driving the chariot
Indra driving the chariot
The chariot race was one of the most important competitive sports in Greece, Rome and many other ancient cultures. In the Iliad, we read a…
Peter Sahota
Feb 18, 2023
Animals and the sacred
Animals and the sacred
“Western culture has become more and more exclusively humanistic and ideas of ancient cultures, such as that of ancient Egypt that man and…
Peter Sahota
Feb 11, 2023
On poetry and the arrangement of words
On poetry and the arrangement of words
The Indian philosopher Bhaṭṭa Jayanta once speculated on the limits of expressive possibilities as follows -
Peter Sahota
Feb 4, 2023
Haruki Murakami and Buddhist philosophy
Haruki Murakami and Buddhist philosophy
Over Christmas I read ‘The Wind-up Bird Chronicle’, a novel by Haruki Murakami, in the English translation by Jay Rubin. The strange tale…
Peter Sahota
Jan 12, 2023
On the moment of insight
On the moment of insight
I was just reading about how a “grammatical problem that has defeated Sanskrit scholars since the 5th century BC has finally been solved by…
Peter Sahota
Dec 17, 2022
On poetic understanding
On poetic understanding
Eliot, Larkin and the Rig Veda
Peter Sahota
Oct 9, 2022
On monarchy in literature and life
On monarchy in literature and life
“Then twelve warriors rode around the tomb, chieftains’ sons, champions in battle, all of them distraught, chanting in dirges, mourning his…
Peter Sahota
Oct 1, 2022
Ān dæg on Eoforƿīce
Ān dæg on Eoforƿīce
On ðissum gēare ēode ic tō Eoforƿīcceastre sēo is mihtig ⁊ spēdig ceaster ⁊ ligþ on ðǣre Eoforƿīcscīre Norþþriding. ᛇ biþ trēoƿ þe is ðæs…
Peter Sahota
Sep 7, 2022
ल्येतुवा-देशात् तृणमणि-विषय एका आख्यायिका
ल्येतुवा-देशात् तृणमणि-विषय एका आख्यायिका
पूरा त्वाकाशे सूर्यौ द्वावेवास्ताम् । तदनन्तरं देवाः निश्चयमकुर्वन् — मा द्वौ सूयावाकाशेऽरराजताम् । ते देवा एकं सूर्यमाकाशादक्षिपन् । सः…
Peter Sahota
Aug 21, 2022
मिस्रदेशे मम यात्रा
मिस्रदेशे मम यात्रा
अस्मिन् वर्षे अहं मिस्रदेशं गतवान् | मिस्रदेशस्य सभ्यता, भाषा, साहित्य च खलु प्राचीनाः सन्ति | नानादेवाः मिस्रजनैरपूजयन्त, यथा…
Peter Sahota
Jul 23, 2022
Adam & Eve & the Egyptian serpent
Adam & Eve & the Egyptian serpent
Ancient Egypt had an immense influence on the world, through trade links and cultural contacts, so it should be no surprise to see ancient…
Peter Sahota
Jul 17, 2022
Family and society in the Vedic period
Family and society in the Vedic period
On the occasion of Guru Pūrṇimā, our thoughts may turn to the venerable lineages of successive teachers and students in India…
Peter Sahota
Jul 13, 2022
Þæt gefeoht ƿið Ucrægnan
Þæt gefeoht ƿið Ucrægnan
On þissum gēare com micel landhere fram Russlande on Ucrægnan ⁊ micel Russisc sciphere ðurh þǣm sƿeartan sǣ oð þone Ucrægnan riman. Þās…
Peter Sahota
May 7, 2022
Ethics in the Upanishads
Ethics in the Upanishads
Literature from across the world engages with ethical questions and moral quandaries, and plays a role in cultivating our moral…
Peter Sahota
Apr 30, 2022
On war in Ukraine and in the Mahabharata
On war in Ukraine and in the Mahabharata
In the ancient Indian epic Mahābhārata, we read about a shocking and devastating war at Kurukṣetra that seems to have many parallels with…
Peter Sahota
Apr 16, 2022
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