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A versatile and multifaceted personality, Sunil Kumar is a postgraduate from the University of Westminster, London. In creative terms his achievements span multiple fields.

His book 'Existential Angst'(Jaico,1999), an anthology of poetry is catalogued in the British Council Sussex, the US South Asian Literature List and is available on Amazon.Critics have praised it as philosophical and thought provoking. He has also authored Surreal City(2012), a work of fiction and a poignant tale spanning generations that takes readers on a journey through time and space. The noted poet Nissim Ezekiel made him a member of the P. E. N. ( India) chapter at a very young age. Contributed a short story to Indica's 'Shared Roots' Anthology based on the millenni
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India Between Memory and Myth: Resurrecting the Future of Sri Aurobindo’s Dream

By Sunil Kumar


A civilisation does not die on the battlefield; it dies when it forgets how to imagine.

India today clings to memory but loses meaning. While we frequently boast of past achievements, the vibrant essence of that worldview remains concealed beneath the veneer of borrowed phrases and contemporary worries.

As Sri Aurobindo foresaw, the burning crisis of India is not external subjugation, Read more of this blog post »
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Sankarayanam by Subramanian Chidambaran
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Christopher Hitchens by Christopher Hitchens
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“This is not to say that she lived in a permanent state of
euphoria. She was human. But whatever she did-living, loving,
leaving, creating-she did with passion and conviction: 'Lead,
follow or get out of your own way. To put it simply, shit or get
off the pot. Be productive. And if you're doing something, do it
well or don't do it at all.”
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The Practice of Immortality by Ishan Shivanand
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The Darkening Age by Catherine Nixey
“To a proto-empiricist like Galen, this was a cardinal error. Intellectual progress depended on the freedom to ask, question, doubt and above all, to experiment. In Galen’s world, only the ill-educated believed things without reason. To show something, one did not merely declare it to be so. One proved it, with demonstrations. To do otherwise was for Galen the method of an idiot. It was the method of a Christian.”
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Buddha Dharma aur Jain Dharma mein Naitikata ki Avdharnaa by Bhuvneshwar Nath Ojha
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Brilliant and detailed book. In horrid and excruciating episodes, the harrowing effects of the age of barbaric wrath is decoded and analysed.
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Crazy Wisdom of the Yogini by Daniel Odier
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“Every page turned is a new horizon discovered, where stories become bridges to worlds unknown and hearts uncharted.”
Sunil Kumar

“निःशब्दं वनम्।
अन्तः पावनं मनः।
शान्तिः सर्वदा॥

My Sanskrit haiku on silence”
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“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom, really?”
Sunil Kumar

“The road to excess leads to the palace of wisdom, really?”
Sunil Kumar

“Every page turned is a new horizon discovered, where stories become bridges to worlds unknown and hearts uncharted.”
Sunil Kumar

“Every page turned is a new horizon discovered, where stories become bridges to worlds unknown and hearts uncharted.”
Sunil Kumar

“Every page turned is a new horizon discovered, where stories become bridges to worlds unknown and hearts uncharted.”
Sunil Kumar

“निःशब्दं वनम्।
अन्तः पावनं मनः।
शान्तिः सर्वदा॥

My Sanskrit haiku on silence”
Sunil Kumar

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