The Buddha and the Musashi: Two Ways In The World

The passage that follows was written by me as an Author’s Note to the Japanese edition of Prince of Ayodhya. It’s unedited as yet, and of course, when published it will appear in Japanese, translated by the esteemable Yutaka Ohshima, who is almost single-handedly responsible for the Japanese editions of my Ramayana series. Thank you, Yutaka-san, for undertaking the labour of love, translating the Ramayana, as well as for constantly compelling me to work to a higher... Read More

M. Night Shyamalan’s “Sick” Sense and The Book That (Might Have) Inspired It: Book Review of Orson Scott Card’s Lost Boys

If M. Night Shyamalan ever makes a sequel to The Sixth Sense, he should seriously consider adapting Lost Boys. Or has he already? The very fact that Lost Boys was first published way back in 1992, years before Shyamalan made his dazzling debut that shot to the top of the biggest all-time grossers in Hollywood history, makes me wonder for a moment. Could it be that apna talented young Manoj-bhadralok actually read Lost Boys in its first publication? Because, if he didn’t,... Read More