Authorz: RAJ NANDY

DEDICATED TO ALL LOVERS OF POETRY AND RHYME! Dear readers , today I present you stanzas 2 & 5 as an extract from -“The Garden…

CATCHING THE ZEPHYR ! A sudden gust of wind on a hot summer’s day , Got my hair flying , as it blew my way…

THE ORACLE OF DELPHI : PART LEGEND PART HISTORY! LOCATION Nestled on the south western spur of the fissured hillside of Mount Parnassus, Overlooking the…

TELLING STORIES ! Please don’t tell me stories with kings , queens and knights in it , And of fairies dancing in the silvery hours…

AFRICA Africa, that ‘Dark Continent’ of ancient days, The very womb of creation; That pre-historic cradle of all mankind! Where the first humans learned to…

A TRIBUTE TO SIDNEY BECHET ( 1897 – 1959 ) A clarinetist and a composer , who was the first , To introduce a thin…

BULL FIGHTING! (I) The Minoan Civilization of ancient Greece, Was well centered in the island of Crete; And around 1600 BC it had peaked! Seeing…

THE INCA MAIL RUNNERS! (COURIER SERVICE) The Inca Empire during their hey-days, * Controlled a large Empire of an elongated shape! On the western coast…

WHEN I THINK OF YOU MY LOVE ! When I think of you my love , I lose count of the passing hours, Which my…

INTERPRETING A KOAN- I Two Zen monks look up high, and sees the flags fluttering, Against the backdropp of the azure blue sky! The wind…

MY TRIBUTE TO JAZZ MUSIC I can feel its rhythm and beat, And also its pulsating pain, Its music flows freely, – Through my arteries…

THE CHURCH AND THE GRAVEYARD The Graveyard stood behind the Church, Perhaps they are mysteriously compatible! Through the front door of the Church you enter,…

THE STORY OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE : PART – I (667BC – 1453AD) ORIGIN OF BYZANTIUM The story Byzantium has its origins steeped in both legend…

THE STORY OF BYZANTINE EMPIRE : PART-II (330 AD – 1453) THE TERM ‘BYZANTINE’: The settlers of Byzantium though referred to as ‘Byzantions’, Were unaware…

THE ‘GOLDEN HORN’ OF ISTANBUL It is an inlet arm from the Bosphoros Strait, Which stretches inwards towards the west; And curves up like a…

MY PASSION FOR TIME ! All my life I had taken it for granted , I could waste it , or use it , as…

VISIONS OF THE VAST BLUE EMPYREAN BY RAJ NANDY ” The heavens declare the glory of the Lord , The sky proclaim His divine handiwork…

“When spring-time flushes the desert grass, Our caravan wind through the Khyber Pass. Lean are the camels but fat the frails, Lighter the purses but…

JOHN THE BAPTIST Out of the wilderness there came a man, With staring eyes and unkempt hair ; A leather belt around his waist ,…

THE BELLY DANCER The sparkling dazzle of those chandeliers , – Transformed the night into an endless day ! And underneath its ignited glow ,…