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Showing posts with label little hearticles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label little hearticles. Show all posts

Saturday 23 September 2017

Review of an Ekphrastic beauty - Savour Art and Poetry meet


We all knew he illustrations of R K Laxman and their importance to R K Narayan and his stories. Always writing and images go in hand. Writer writes his imaginations which is used by painter to give it a virtual life. This is very common but creating a literary piece by taking inspiration from images is  difficult and this art is known as Ekphrastic art.

In India literary world it’s rare and such ekphrastic poems came from pen of Vijaya Gowrisankar.
 “Savour” is  Ekphrastic collection of poems. This collection consists of The book contains 58 paintings from 19 artists, including 5 Mouth and Foot Painting artists (artists who paint with their mouth and foot, due to some disability). 73 poems in 20 poetic forms have been written against 58 paintings.

Daigram 1-Shade of camels in light

Collection start with description of shades of sun in the desert describing beauty of nature and life.

Diagram -2- Mumbai Skyline
Suddenly the hue of beauty turn to civilization and describes beauty in civilized city. Description of envisions linked to nature is exclusive as the poetess call it a taste of success.

3) Flying bird
Poetess describes the bird at the top of the world with big dreams of great heights. The description of way a bird learns to fly and it’s comparison to make and break is exclusive.

4)Fearless
Description of a brave and blessed girl who compares herself to free bird is a literary beauty.

5)Camping site
When life seems distress poets searches for a calm place and it’s description is where image meets words.

6) Kathakali
Poem beautifully exaggerates the beauty of facial makeup and head dress of kathakali dancer and describes the wonder facial expressions.

7)Lavender fields
Poem describes the beauty of lavender field and it’s fragrance. This gives you a golden touch of nature’s essence.

8) Lakeside Acrylic painting
Description of lakeside view‘s healing power is depicted in poem.

9)Shaded of horse
Poetess compares it with the journey towards the the goal.

10) Krishna
Nothing to comment, it’s just fabulous to read description of little Krishna.

11) Big hand
Poem describes door of opportunities and misses.

12) Saxophone
Chords of saxophone will chord your inner behavior just like the lines in the poem does.

13)Heart connection
This poem describes how heart connections gives happiness in our life.

13) Drift
This poem describe how change in thought and feelings causes a drift between the two.
Below are the headings I have given to the remaining paintings.

14) I seek answers
15) Beautiful Blue Mountain
16) Cute Girl
17) Beautiful artist
18) Cuteness overloaded
19) Snow at its flow
20) Traditional dance
21) Beauty of Shadow
22) Flock of Monks
23) City’s flying babies
24)`Ardhanarishwara
25) Festival
26) Patrol
27) Kali parade
28) Lighting
29) Beauty hidden
30) Light in the darkness
31) Forest girl
32) Jump high
33) Fallen
34) Lake view
35) Cycle in the shade
36) Gathering
37) flower merchant
38) Sea Shore
39) Loving animals
40) Shut your mouth
50) Forest lane
51) Darkness below moon
52) Shade of green on tar
53) Who is masking whom?
54) Reality or camouflage
55) Draupadi saree
56) Utsav
57) Dance
58) Bhakti movement
59)one over the other
60) Statue in the lake
61) Waterfalls
62) Dream city
63) Ice Candy

Like this every paintings are mesmerizing, the poems showcases a new world. I feel this is one beautiful collection every book lovers will feel happy to buy.



Note: Headings are my my perceptions of the images.





Sunday 17 September 2017

Yes, We Changed Smart


In 10 years
Yes, We Changed Smart
Way back in 2008, I use to crank a joke on my friend who was having a touch screen mobile, and use it to find the routes while we go out during those golden years of graduation. We use to tease him as Ekalavya for using his thumb, the most to slither on his phone. 
It’s been 9 years and the time has reversed. We were the one who teased him during those years, and now we are so addicted to smart phones.
 We use GPS ; even to find the way the bus goes if we travel. We use Information Technology to check where we are in our journey. We check everything in mobile, Location and mobile are inseparable to us. 
For  few of my friends who are in Sales work, no need to mention. They may lose their jobs without location finder because without GEO locating their visits, they probably cannot work. More precisely they will lose their appraisal, because without GPS they can reach hardly few sites they are allotted to visit.
Yes, it’s mobile Application era, we can skip our breakfast to reach in time, but we cannot go to office if we forget to take our Smartphones.
They are not just assets for us; but, a part and partial of our life; say, a Second wife if you are married and Girlfriend if you are a bachelor. It has even gone to further where a firm can be opened just by keeping a App, travel agencies are sprouting like a green algae on a swamp. Everybody  use this mobility and the world is absolutely mobile (Locomotive).

Tuesday 31 December 2013

New Year Desires





May the happiness clatter
May the Filth and grief slaughter 
wishing everyone a happy new year 

Every mother’s oculars
Fill with tears
of gaiety and happiness

Every child fly in jollity 
decreased futility 
and increased fraternity

Father hung in satisfaction
Reach his desire of intention 
Hug his dreams resurrection

Every youth fly up the skies   
Achieve their, own milestones 
His notion attains, consciousness arouses

Elders attain deliverance 
and attain a breathing space
into the world where they attain peace

Wish of freedom from suffer and illness
Acquire auspicious renaissance
and wishing the world a peace .

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 

Saturday 21 December 2013

Story of Brave lady who made my day



Story of Brave lady who made my day




I was at my first Indiblogger meet -Milaap Bangalore IndiBlogger Meet” which took place at “Microsoft Research India Labs Pvt. Ltd” near Bangalore club. 

I was obviously happy in meeting fellow bloggers who have been writing for years, with a hope of happiness in this kind of social meets, expecting a lot of fun, I was at #HopeProjectAs expected event started well with beautiful girlAditi” initiated the event that could challenge the scribblers like me, it was to describe the meaning of hope in one word. 

Each of us in the meet wrote our great thinking in a word which showed the zeal of the event. “Education” “Unity” “Congnizance” “Truth” “smile” “ Health” “ Security” “Renaissance” etc. These were the word of hope that came out on paper and photographs.



 The word of  Hope

Never says Nope


The event went even further when each of the bloggers introduced themselves and their blogs. Each of them Explained the word “ Hope” for them. When my turn came I was nervousand I stuttered to utter words, heartbeat increased, fear in mind increased my body temperature, sweat flow all through my body, Hush! I finished my introduction.

After this,the real event initiated, the event for which we were all at Microsoft Research Labs. Milaap  #HopeProject .


The Hope Project is a campaign that aims to inspire urban masses towards, empowering rural women entrepreneurs through small contributions. What makes this project special is that the women in this case are ex-Devadasis and the possibility of self-reliance is a ray of fierce hope for them. Within the Devadasi system, young girls are “married” to the temple goddess. This merciless practice, though illegal, still exists in small towns of India.


The event was to raise funds for the welfare of the women who came out of “Devadasi” system; and, this is where I got my chance to talk, the stories they put on slides impressed me, after which when I got up to talk, the fear in me disappeared and I boldly put up my points to reach the root of cause to eradicate the evil. After all this there was one more event of puzzle and high tea.

Once the tea session was over “Milaap” team member introduced “Sitavva’ a lady who braved the society to come out of Devadasi system. Being a former devadasi, she fought really hard and jumbled hundreds of other Devadasis, rescued them from the black system and formed a union called as “MASS”. With the help of “Ministry of women and Child welfare”  they reached the root of the cause and the weed was in threat,  they legally took the issue and penalized the culprits who force the girls into the system despite of ban, and result was the eradication of Devadasi system in the entire Belgaum district of Karnataka. Sitavva says this proudly and her desire are still high, to rescue the women in the entire state and country. She emerged a leader, a brave musketeer who penalized the evils in the society.

In her speech she also told some of the lesson known behind the system. She told only  the girls of lower cast are made “Devadasi’s”. “Poverty”, “Lack of Rain”, “Lonebaby girl for the parents” “Girl born after many boy babies” and so many of them are the resons behind the evil. It was un-fortunate to know the silly reasons, which were the seeds of poison  and which has grown as a tree of the evil system in the society.

After her speech I went to “Sitavva” and had a little conversation with her in north Karnatakan dialect, where she expressed some more strange things. She told "Government stopped helping them, corruption filled in the women and child welfare department, neither ministers nor official’s respond to their requests, society see them lower despite of coming into the main stream of life, their children won’t get good jobs, their daughters won’t get boys to marry". Talking to me her eyes grown wet, and I was stunned silent. The black is not only the system, but the society itself; which still sees these brave ladies as culprits. The problem is in politics and corruption, the challenge is to eradicate the superstition in the people that is inherited in our blood.
Whatever; the work of Sitavva and the work Milaap  and everyone has to say “Hats off” to their effort. And everyone should give the help in all means for the cause they are working for and here is the no of Sitavva-94489952899.  

Don't forget to check website of MILAAP Organisation.
or 
Call Sitavva-94489952899 and be a part of tangible change.












Saturday 13 April 2013

Do The Feelings Fade?



Do The Feelings Fade?


Do the feelings fade?
Whether it roams around a Universe called mind?

 Climbing the mountain of annoyance
Kissing Breeze of glee
Before sword of death snap And
Rupturing our chest.

Mind, love, friendship, Hatred,
Disguising belief of rise And decayed
Language of Land, forest, Water, insects,
Before throning Fierceness, courage, gallantry

Do the feelings fade?
Whether it roams around a universe called Mind?

Luster of laughter
Irony of wonder
Enduring grief of fatigue And fast
Fondness, beauties light
 Before diffusing

 Thunder of Emotions
Drawing subtle strikes
Before burning a blaze
Do the feelings fade?
 Whether it roams around a universe called Mind?





Sunday 31 March 2013

HOLI WE MISSED WHOLLY


HOLI WE MISSED YOU WHOLLY




Born and brought up in a tiny artistic town called as Ilkal which is famous for its six yards of saris. Perfect drape for the evening, the elegance untouched, Sarees which make Indian women look more beautiful and die for saris.

The Town is also famous for red colored polished Granite's which makes the floors of temples, bungalows, offices, laboratories  look glistened like flattened and polished  mountain.

Apart from these, there are lots of colors to watch out in the town. When it comes to Holi it will be even more color-full than the rest of the world, since the town is not far from Bagalkot.

Holi has been celebrated with lot of Liveliness and eagerness. Quality of elevation of mind and exaltation of character conducted by the people of Bagalkot and  all the places nearer to Bagalkot including our town. Along with briskness and grandeur, Holi also symbolizes religious unity and harmony; where, people of all sects come together to celebrate it.

During  Holi it's not just Bagalkot or nearby places; but the whole of the north Karnataka people goes live wire.

Holi is a symbolic festival of burning "Kama" which literally means being lustful, in broader sense festival represent's burning of evil thoughts.

In most of the part of the country the Holi may be celebrated for one to five days, but in our town it starts with the end of "Mahashivaratri", 15 days before the "Holi Hunnime" the full moon cycle. The festival has a lot to watch, other than just colors. 

The Bagalkot district has its own way of celebrating Holi which arouses the artists by a percussion instrument made of skin of Buffalo's and cow's tied to huge bangles made of iron,  we call it "Halige".  The orchestra of this instrument blended with some Desi drums, huge anklets, its called as "Haligemela".

I think 90% of the male population take part in the festival this geographical area, and they all seeming to be experts in beating the instrument. Haligemela runs for 18 days from Shivratri to end of RangapanchamiHaligemela starts in the evening in every street and the tuning will be of a unique folk style which is a delight to hear. There are hardly few people in my town who doesn't take part in Haligemela.

Just before two days to full moon day; there commences a special fancy dress being organized from the traditional old street people. The fancy disguised Blokes dressed themselves like women, film actors, actresses, political leaders, gods, mythological hero's, etc. They show off themselves while standing in a tractor of their street and this tradition called as "Sogu" which literally means "Disguise".This not just describes the fun but also teaches social lessons to the viewers.

On full moon day each streets compatriots make a group  and set up idols of Rati and Kama the Hindu God of love and desires. They worship them for the whole day and pay offerings, orchestra , dance will be although the day until the next morning around 3 am, at which the Kamadahan the burning of Kama being performed. Youth dance in joy at the site of the blaze and there are also rituals to bake sweet potatoes in the blaze of Kama and distribute as Prasad( deity's blessings).

After littering KamaHoli  continues with pomp with beginning of color playing . Each street ties a colored pot and break it to fill the color to the ground,  this officially begins Holi, everyone throws colors on each other; while the whole of the town unites as a symbol of unity, peace and harmony which will be the real treat to eyes.

From the full moon day the colorful Holi is celebrated for 1-5 days in different towns of the district. Where ever your eyes go, there will be color, sadly people won't even leave their pet animals. I took part in Holi in my town until my age reached 18. Face, head, and every part of the body full of colors,  even our parents feel difficult to recognize us.







Then  I shifted to Hospet-the Vijaynagara glory to study B.Sc. At Hospet there was no "Haligemela" Or "Sogu" and Burning of "Kama". But the joy of Holi was there as usual. We were grownups and started playing Holiat hostel with friends, throwing eggs and tomatoes.


After doing all the senses and non-senses with boys who refuse to play Holi at boys hostel, we used to move to girls hostel and apply colors to friends and classmates outside their hostel premise, dance with them and enjoy every moment of the day.  After color celebration it was still more joy when we move to canals for swim in the name of the bath.





Then I moved to Gulburga university campus, though the city will not be busy playing Holi, but the university will be.  The Boys tear each other's shirts and then play more with water than colors, for this there was a reason too; probably, the temperature which will never be less than  40 at the time of Holi.

After all this boy's roam all through the university, half-naked . They move towards girls hostel  which will be tightly locked than any day in the year. Crazy guys scream the girls' names with whom they want to play Holi, or  to whom they want to propose or the girl whom they feel pretty enough to have a crush. They kick the huge entry gate in frustration, kick the boards beside the hostel and move back to their place like a fox scolding grape as sour for not getting them. After this we too moved to our respective hostels; where, our group members do mass bath or community bath at cloth washing areas.

Despite of slight differences,, it will not be much different in all parts of North Karnataka; in-fact throughout India.

We enjoyed our childhood, gone past the college days. We are now under stalemate of struggle at corporate; where, the Holi day  not being declared holiday., it does not seem like a holy-day. Even if, it is holiday accidentally, no environment or mood to play Holi at metropolitans.

At last left is song "jaane kaha gaye wo din"

And a feel "Holi we missed you Wholly".

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