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The birth of a Hummingbird

A friend forwarded this to me with a note from original sender to share it with others. Click on the link and then on to "next" page.

http://community-2.webtv.net/Velpics/HUM/

Springs and Beings

Hiking beside methought

Why no hands each Spring lends

To restore beings but does

Tender and translucent

Unsullied and succulent

Foliage anew aglow!

                                       --charu

Shanghai and Ikea

BBC Radio today reported, elderly Chinese widows and widowers are using Ikea department store to find their next mates. Openly and flirtatiously!

Swedish department store also serves as sino-match-maker!

Who would have thought!

Paper Art

Beautiful!



Excerpt and the article from New York Times

"Ming Liang Lu, 57, snips and slices intricate portraits of commuters in his own unique style. Mr. Lu practices several ancient Chinese art forms and says he hails from a noted Shanghai teaching lineage. "

http://nyti.ms/JRN3kJ

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A Quote

I am citing something I heard recently on a show full of politics, intrigues, religion, mayhem, debauchery, violence and all that is wrong with the civilization.


"Vengeance should never be seen as that; it should always be unexpected and it should rarely be public. Vengeance is patient; it can wait for lifetime if necessary and it never dies."

Hawaon pe Likh Do Hawaon ke Naam-

I only recently heard this song for the first time and instantly fell in love. Kishore's usual frivolity is beautifully reined in.   And, the words are touching.

Singer: Kishore Kumar
Music: Hemant Kumar
Film:    Do Duni Char
Lyricist: Gulzar

Hooghly and Howrah Bridge

Hooghly River



Howrah Bridge Construction 1935-1942





Howrah Bridge Construction 1935-1942



Howrah Bus Stand
(One of these Buses, #6 and #6A I used to take to my college; Shikshayatan)





Order within Disorder

Last night we were watching a Japanese movie. Bhupen made a comment regarding something that drew him to their set up. He tried to come up with a descriptive word but was not satisfied. I tried to help but was not meeting up to what he had in his mind.

I have been intrigued by Japanese people and their way of living. In Japan, land is hard to come by. Perhaps, this has helped the people of the land to acquire a deeper sense and sensibility of Space, Place and Priority (Order). They  maximalize the minimal space they have. They seem to know the place for things (and themselves) in relationship to the rest of the world. Everything seem to have a place and everything seem to be  in its place. Assigning priorities to things, people and events will help achieve this.

An orderly living, in disorderly world.......