Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Between the twilights

In the language of the Zenana there are two twilights, “when the Sun drops into the sea,” and “when he splashes up stars for spray,” ... the _Union_, that is, of _Earth and Sun_, _and_, again, of _Light and Darkness_.

Chapters

1. Part 1

In the language of the Zenana there are two twilights, “when the Sun drops into the sea,” and “when he splashes up stars for spray,” ... the _Union_, that is, of _Earth and Sun_...

2. Part 2

It was a parable on the power of Faith.... And truly, the Temple of Kali opens many doors to reflection. Evil, we notice, is conquered by Time in the end. Of Love, which conquer...

3. Part 3

The sequence showed her wisdom. And being a good Hindu wife means fulfilling the duty of a Life-Bringer, thinking no evil of the lord who bears to you God’s message of creation,...

4. Part 4

My wise ones tell me many stories as we sit on the roof in the hour between the Twilights. But the story of my Wisest one herself is one of my favourites. You must know that she...

5. Part 5

Caste in its origin was merely a guide to marriage, _i.e._, a man was distinguished from his fellow-men simply in order to determine into what families a woman might or might no...

6. Part 6

They sat before queer little tables; some beat out on the rich gold trinket the pattern which was to hold the colour--mixed to some secret prescription, old as the City, of prec...

7. Part 7

Let it be ceded here, however, that there is another sketch possible of that “England-returned” one. Some diversity of interests cannot be avoided; but I have known a few little...

8. Part 8

But joy was at the full when I invited them to come and see me. The hour fixed was at a distance of a week, and every day I was asked “has it come?” When it did come I was sitti...

9. Part 9

But, the chances are endless, why come so soon to the Peace-place. Let us enjoy all enjoyment, this house and that, _and that_.... Oh! the weary wander to the House of Peace. Oh...