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| Islands |
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Tuesday, December 23, 2014
Awakenings-2014 Chapbook -- Volume IX by the Schaumburg Scribes
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| 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?
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| Conch |
Monday, December 15, 2014
Time
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| Time |
Effervescent memories
cherished few moments
like fine wine
from bottle uncorked
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
Tuesday, December 9, 2014
Monday, December 8, 2014
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
Wednesday, December 3, 2014
Sunday, November 30, 2014
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Rusticity
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| Rusticity |
Ahh,
the geres spent in rusticity
unsullied by modernity
wilt thou kindly return to me
if I so presume to bid thee
charu
Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Friday, November 21, 2014
Thursday, November 20, 2014
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Withering Gracefully-Orchids
We enjoyed the Orchids from September through now. I suppose it is time to wither, wither gracefully. I see my mother's veins in theses petals when she was near her demise.
Here is to you, Ba!
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| Withering Gracefully-Orchid |
Friday, November 14, 2014
A Musical Talent-Rima Parekh
(unable to upload the video from youtube so I am providing the link)
Rima Parekh, daughter of Bhavna and Jatin Parekh is an up and coming musical talent of our extended family. We are very proud of her and wish her all the success in her chosen field of performing art.
In above video she is performing Sonatina Opus 36 no. 4 by M. Clementi at a Spring recital organized by Music Studio where Rima takes her Piano lessons.
The second link is a part of a semi-annual event organized by the same Music Studio. This particular session was devoted to performances by the ‘Honors' students and featured both violin and piano recitals. It was held on Sunday, Nov 2, at Santa Clara University’s Performance Hall and attended by friends and family of the performing students. In the link provided she is reciting a couple of pieces; Mozart’s Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star and Mendelssohn’s Venetian Boat Song.
She has done a wonderful job. Some of us are envious of her talent.
Congratulations to Rima Parekh!
Thursday, November 13, 2014
Monday, November 10, 2014
Three Globes
Rainbow clouds never seen by me before were captured in a photograph few months ago. With my new software I tinkered with the picture and encapsulated the clouds in the shape of a globe three times over. Wispy clouds can be seen in each of the globes.
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| Three Globes |
Saturday, November 8, 2014
Pushpa Gandhi by Beverly
Beverly Barsy, a dear friend of ours wrote a poem remembering Pushpa Gandhi, a member of our family who recently passed away. Pushpa stayed with the Barsys for couple of months when she first arrived in the USA as a student in 1965. We have been friends with the Barsys since then. I would like to share her poem with you.
Friday, November 7, 2014
Dle Yaman
With my Facebook friend's permission I am posting a link to a song from Armenia. I love it. While I do not comprehend the words; perhaps, I do not need to. The singing says it all. It is heart wrenchingly beautiful. There is a bit of intro; if you get passed that there is a treat.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Friday, September 26, 2014
Sunday, September 21, 2014
Friday, September 19, 2014
Guilty As Charged
Guilty as Charged
I am accused
Of being VERY
Smart, Stupid
Adept, Clumsy
Strong, Weak
Wise, Rash
Timid, Aggressive;
Among many more
I plead guilty,
Of any one or
Any other
At any now or
Any then
Yet, in my defense
I am
More or less,
More of less
Than
More of more
Of any charges
Levied as VERY
At anytime
-charu
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Tuesday, September 16, 2014
Change of Season
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| Winter 2013 |
I hear the nails being hammered;
the old shingles being replaced.
My neighbor is fixing his roof.
The sign winter is approaching.
Only few days
remain of summer
to winterize homes before,
first snow begins to fall,
icy winds begin to howl,
flames begin to dance.
The snow will shimmer
equally on all
great and small
for nature has no favorites.
Beauty of snowy white will replace
the beauty of verdant green.
At least, for a while
Saturday, September 13, 2014
Thursday, September 11, 2014
Emergence
I have learnt
to live with
being unborn.
I have no dob.
I have no photo
of being a child.
Thus,
I was never born.
Mine must have to be a
spontaneous emergence!
charu
Tuesday, September 9, 2014
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Saturday, September 6, 2014
Lagan Lagi Re............
I heard it and fell in love................ I know not who the singers are, but the voices are breathy and breathtaking simultaneously. The words are strung beautifully in musical notes......
Friday, September 5, 2014
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