Tuesday, December 23, 2014

Awakenings-2014 Chapbook -- Volume IX by the Schaumburg Scribes



Awakenings-2014 Chapbook



'Schaumburg Scribes' is a non-profit  group of authors of which I am a member. We publish a Chapbook, short for chapter book, every year. It will contain writings of various genres from the members. 

This is my first Chapbook. I contributed a poem. 

More than that I was privileged to submit my graphic artwork which,  I named Seascape, they selected to use as the cover of the book.




Monday, December 22, 2014

Conch

They say one can hear the ocean roaring if you put your ears to a conch. Why, I can even see it roiling in its belly. Can you?


Conch

Monday, December 15, 2014

Time



Time

Effervescent memories
cherished few moments
like fine wine 
from bottle uncorked 
wafted through my mind.
I began to reason.

Time the untamed,
unlike tide at shores 
we say it flows,
where no one knows

Time the unbendable.
Dali whimsically bent
as clocks hung to dry
in a defiant N' valiant try. 

Time the indivisible,
fractioned into nano
a fictional scale 
to measure 
well, eternity 
and a day

Time the linear wanderer
leaves an awed wonderer
to question its course onward
neither upward or downward 
nor even backward
simply just forward
onto unknown whereward

To grasp time irretrievable is 
to bottle memories of space
its wedded partner.
It holds within 
the moments
that slither away
before mind formulates 
sound of a mere ‘h'
of here and now.

Time the elusive.

charu

Thursday, December 4, 2014

Manasi Oza-Raga Bhimpalasi-Solo Riyaz


This is Raga Bhimpalasi, being practiced solo by my niece, Manasi. She is extremely talented young lady. I am very proud as well as envious of her.

Actually I envy both of my nieces' musical talent. Meghana is extremely musically inclined also. But she traded musical riyaz for motherhood. At least for the time being. I am sure she will pick it up again in the future.


https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B8NXnlFNg7qMZHp4cldNUjA5Q0k/edit

Altar-Aruba




Altar-Aruba