Raj Arumugam

• Aug-2016
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Lin Tang, a scholar, anonymous and destitute in medieval China...Ashok Cushman dying (or already dead) in the mountains in a contemporary but an imagined Australia...and Vyas, a sanyasin in medieval India on a journey millions of wanderers have taken...

• Nov-2010
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"Voices from the Pit" (1995) is a story of a world of madness and violence set in an imaginary past - but perhaps all too real. "A year later," says Raj Arumugam, "I recognized this world when I first saw illustrations of Goya's Black Paintings." The...

• Oct-2010
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These tales flow from the deepest recesses of the mind; stories of the psyche...dark, radiant, sad, funny - but each story insightful of the human condition... Each tale glows with symbolism and levels of meaning and speaks directly to the reader's i...

• Jun-2010
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"Stories from our world" by Raj Arumugam offers stories that come from the world that is ours...a world that cuts across time to ancient origins and that cuts across distance and across various cultures and countries. The stories also cut across vari...

• May-2010
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Dass is a poor young man. He depends on work that he may or may not get in the local marketplace. He has no one but his grandmother and their life is a struggle to meet their daily needs. Then when he is 18, a stranger turns up. Dass's father had bee...

• May-2010
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"THE CHRIST I KNOW (an adoration)" is a reading meditation. It is a personal reading and meditation into the meaning of the teachings of Christ and invites the reader into a meditation on pure love, profound calm, intuitive wisdom and personal freedo...

• May-2010
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JESUS SMILES (a meditation) invites the reader into a reading meditation on pure love, profound calm, intuitive wisdom and personal freedom. This work complements the book THE CHRIST I KNOW (an adoration), also by Raj Arumugam....

• May-2010
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It is the time of the Warring States, an imaginary period in Chinese history....On a business visit to Xian, Elder Master Yuan is imprisoned by the greedy governor of Xian. The governor demands ransom money from Lady Yuan. In the hope of securing her...

• May-2010
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'Lotus in Hand: an introduction to Buddhism' is the result of Raj Arumugam's relationship with Buddhism and independent inquiry into the Buddha's teachings over four decades. 'Lotus in Hand' is written mostly in verse and includes the following secti...

• May-2010
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Ancient India. It is the time of profound inquiry into the nature of existence and truth which culminates in the great works known as the Upanishads. And yet there is a great deal of focus on text, on formulas, on beliefs and externals. Naciketa is a...

• May-2010
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Muiro Michiki sketches and paints...but he is just like any other painter...and then he stuns the City with his mural of the waves that seem to rise up to wash the colors of Heaven...he is now called the Wave Master...years later he is called by the ...

• Apr-2010
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• Mar-2010
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Lao Tzu, the founder of Daoism, is suddenly discovered wandering in the deserts. And the Leaders of Thoughts and Religions decide to meet him. They will meet him and come back and tell their followers what to think about Lao Tzu....

• Mar-2010
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1815-1821....Napoleon is in exile in St Helena island. Laure, a humble woman and mother writes to Napoleon for advice on aspirations and success that she can pass on to her children...Napoleon receives the mail and touched by her love for her family ...

• Feb-2010
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Prompted by a meeting with Diogenes, Alexander inquires into the nature of self. When does Alexander become Alexander? That question takes Alexander into a complete re-thinking about life, self and identity. This is a work of fiction though taking th...

• Feb-2010
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This is a sequel to the Raj Arumugam's 'The bird in the bamboo grove'. The bird does not sing; indeed it's no longer in the grove - it has been abducted to Grim Land. Ha Ha Boy and girl Child go in search of the bird. They want to bring the bird back...

• Feb-2010
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There is a garden and deep within is a bamboo grove. There is a bird in this grove, a bird that sings and all manner of people and creatures come to hear it sing and to be healed... Then, after the time of the Great Darkness, the bird does not sing; ...

• Feb-2010
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• Feb-2010
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Just over two thousand years ago, in the times of Roman dominance, lived a slave in Capua. His name was Spartacus, originally from Thrace. We remember his name today because in his time he did the unthinkable: Spartacus fought against the Roman legio...

• Jan-2010
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Nasrudin is the world's best-loved fool. The wise fool. Stories about Nasrudin have been told and re-told - and new ones invented - since the Middle Ages. Most of the stories of Nasrudin appear as jokes - but each story invites deep thought. Each sto...

• Dec-2009
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