tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post8752325550329699603..comments2024-03-19T09:03:49.770+05:30Comments on Shobhaa De: Just a litle...Shobhaa Dehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05610708004901279105noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-54822055293409883932009-07-02T20:40:38.322+05:302009-07-02T20:40:38.322+05:30what are your views on sec. 377. i want you to wri...what are your views on sec. 377. i want you to write about the wives of gays. did you ever think about them? what about human rights of those women whom a lot of gay men married either mindlessly or under pessure. what about their financial security, sexual desires, etc. so many of them are harassed by their gay husbands in this deeply patriarchal indian society. many dont even think that they are doing anything wrong to their wives, leave alone the health ridks that they impose. they lead a dual life, what about their wives? i appeal to the gay organisations to come forward and help such families reslove theie issues with the same sensitivity that they have craved for .<br />you can contact me at friend indeed2009@hotmail.comDr Monahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07295534288367109276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-3928219018776481482009-07-02T00:45:25.143+05:302009-07-02T00:45:25.143+05:30vane! who, me?
a man once spat in the ocean and s...vane! who, me?<br /><br />a man once spat in the ocean and spent the rest of his life measuring the consequent rise in the water level.<br />harcharan bains<br />http://sunnymindcaves.blogspot.comharcharan bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004823777396062116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-1654960628018669292009-07-01T22:03:10.442+05:302009-07-01T22:03:10.442+05:30Death is piteously powerless against moments alrea...Death is piteously powerless against moments already lived. <br /><br />TO MY FIRST FOLLOWER <br /><br />death is only a reminder of how full of life each moment is. there are the uncertainties of life, yes. but there is also the greater certainty of immortality of every moment we live, every breath we take, every beat that resonates in our heart. death is really so piteously helpless and weak against life for it cannot take away from us even a single moment we have already lived and it can not come a minute before life decides to leave. where life is, death is not. and life keeps throwing such abundant unexpected happiness at our feet at every turn we take as we hardly know what to do with or where to keep. the immeasurable and beautifully unexpected happiness that your words fill my day with, for instance. like saying, "koi sitaare luta raha tha, kissi ne daman bichha diya." never close your heart to the sky and keep your lap always open and waiting and the universe will never tire of pouring forth its soulful beauty to fill that lap. and what gratitude will ever equal the sheer undeserved and unexpected sunshine that your words fill the mind-caves here with. and how to repay the joy that equals the delight children have when they dance naked in the rain in village streets, madly pursuing the maiden rainbow at the end. how would you feel if i tell you that you are the first one to visit me here, and your words are the virgin dew that sparkles on the page. i started the blog only last night. we are never ready for the immortal wealth that universe always insists on our accepting. in the face of such pulsating moments, even the eternal darkness of death begins to melt. be happy always. death is only a reminder of how full of life each moment is. <br />Posted by harcharan bains http://sunnymindcaves.blogspot.com<br /> <br />Labels: keep your lap always open for universe never tires of filling it.harcharan bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004823777396062116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-69920376046386419992009-07-01T21:52:21.573+05:302009-07-01T21:52:21.573+05:30more than the celebrated autors own words its thos...more than the celebrated autors own words its those two poems! but give it to shobhaa for being the platform rather than the performer. also read tagore below:<br /><br />Take Tagore Simply !<br /> <br />Take Truth Simply ///// <br /><br />Rabindra Nath Tagore///<br /><br />Whatever may come, my dear, take truth simply. //<br />Though there can be some who can love you, there will be //<br />Others who never can, and if you must know the cause, //<br />It is as much in you as in them, and in all things around. //<br />Some doors are closed against your knocks, while //<br />Your doors are not open always and to all comers. //<br />Such has been and for evermore shall be, and yet //<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />There is no need to be abusive, if your boat flounders by the shore //<br />Though it sailed through the storm. //<br />Keep yourself afloat by all means; but if it impossible to do so, //<br />Then be good enough to sink without a noise. / /<br />Things may or may not fit you – it is common; //<br />And events may happen without asking for your leave, //<br />Yet if you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />You press and are pressed hard in the crowd, //<br />But space there is enough and to spare for all in this world, //<br />When you have counted your losses to your last farthing,//<br />Your sky still remains as blue and clear as ever. / /<br />You find, when suddenly tested, that to live is sweeter than to die, //<br />You may miss this or that and that and the other, but / /<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. // <br /><br />Posted by harcharan bains at 7:53 AM <br />Labels: Though your outstretched hands may receive nothing but rejection/ Don't let your heart offer anything but acceptance and gratitude. keep your lap always open and begging because the universe never tires of filling it. And that because universe loves nothing more than giving - ask a mother with her child clinging to her dry bosom. Harcharan Bains blog add:http://sunnymindcaves.blogspot.comharcharan bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004823777396062116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-37520162203414058622009-07-01T21:50:23.396+05:302009-07-01T21:50:23.396+05:30more than the celebrated autors own words its thos...more than the celebrated autors own words its those two poems! but give it to shobhaa for being the platform rather than the performer. also read tagore below:<br /><br />Take Tagore Simply !<br /> <br />Take Truth Simply ///// <br /><br />Rabindra Nath Tagore///<br /><br />Whatever may come, my dear, take truth simply. //<br />Though there can be some who can love you, there will be //<br />Others who never can, and if you must know the cause, //<br />It is as much in you as in them, and in all things around. //<br />Some doors are closed against your knocks, while //<br />Your doors are not open always and to all comers. //<br />Such has been and for evermore shall be, and yet //<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />There is no need to be abusive, if your boat flounders by the shore //<br />Though it sailed through the storm. //<br />Keep yourself afloat by all means; but if it impossible to do so, //<br />Then be good enough to sink without a noise. / /<br />Things may or may not fit you – it is common; //<br />And events may happen without asking for your leave, //<br />Yet if you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />You press and are pressed hard in the crowd, //<br />But space there is enough and to spare for all in this world, //<br />When you have counted your losses to your last farthing,//<br />Your sky still remains as blue and clear as ever. / /<br />You find, when suddenly tested, that to live is sweeter than to die, //<br />You may miss this or that and that and the other, but / /<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. // <br /><br />Posted by harcharan bains at 7:53 AM <br />Labels: Though your outstretched hands may receive nothing but rejection/ Don't let your heart offer anything but acceptance and gratitude. keep your lap always open and begging because the universe never tires of filling it. And that because universe loves nothing more than giving - ask a mother with her child clinging to her dry bosom. Harcharan Bains blog add:http://sunnymindcaves.blogspot.comharcharan bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004823777396062116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-7218883006060545822009-07-01T21:46:50.961+05:302009-07-01T21:46:50.961+05:30more than the celebrated autors own words its thos...more than the celebrated autors own words its those two poems! but give it to shobhaa for being the platform rather than the performer. also read tagore below:<br /><br />Take Tagore Simply !<br /> <br />Take Truth Simply ///// <br /><br />Rabindra Nath Tagore///<br /><br />Whatever may come, my dear, take truth simply. //<br />Though there can be some who can love you, there will be //<br />Others who never can, and if you must know the cause, //<br />It is as much in you as in them, and in all things around. //<br />Some doors are closed against your knocks, while //<br />Your doors are not open always and to all comers. //<br />Such has been and for evermore shall be, and yet //<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />There is no need to be abusive, if your boat flounders by the shore //<br />Though it sailed through the storm. //<br />Keep yourself afloat by all means; but if it impossible to do so, //<br />Then be good enough to sink without a noise. / /<br />Things may or may not fit you – it is common; //<br />And events may happen without asking for your leave, //<br />Yet if you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. //<br />You press and are pressed hard in the crowd, //<br />But space there is enough and to spare for all in this world, //<br />When you have counted your losses to your last farthing,//<br />Your sky still remains as blue and clear as ever. / /<br />You find, when suddenly tested, that to live is sweeter than to die, //<br />You may miss this or that and that and the other, but / /<br />If you must have peace, my heart, take truth simply. // <br /><br />Posted by harcharan bains at 7:53 AM <br />Labels: Though your outstretched hands may receive nothing but rejection/ Don't let your heart offer anything but acceptance and gratitude. keep your lap always open and begging because the universe never of filling it. And that because universe loves nothing more than giving - ask a mother with her child clinging to her dry bosom. Harcharan Bainsharcharan bainshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01004823777396062116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-90375300593879966112009-06-20T21:56:46.100+05:302009-06-20T21:56:46.100+05:30The poem is evocative and there could be no doubt ...The poem is evocative and there could be no doubt about it. More remarkabale is the gesture of an established hand in writing so generously recognises the work of others who are not so renowned.<br /><br />Thanks Sobhaji.<br /><br />NandaThe Unadornedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18010721483561440174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-24446776180112403392009-06-20T15:02:40.335+05:302009-06-20T15:02:40.335+05:30hai i have read ur publishind in dc hyderabad
abo...hai i have read ur publishind in dc hyderabad <br />about mutaliq ,pink chaddi<br />and today about shiny ahuja its very good .....rahilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16599944815309166051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-42305158482631059102009-06-10T02:01:04.660+05:302009-06-10T02:01:04.660+05:30Beautiful!!!Beautiful!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-594778996479766632009-06-09T20:48:02.450+05:302009-06-09T20:48:02.450+05:30Hello Ma'am...
Your Blog is really nice. And i...Hello Ma'am...<br />Your Blog is really nice. And it has helped me a lot in improving my english vocabulary...<br /><br />Now I've started to sit with a dairy with me whenever I'm reading your blog....And jot down all the words that are new for me...<br />Then search for there meanings on online dictionaries...<br /><br />Ma'am i didnt find the post after Punyache Pandu Hawaldar in which you were going to tell the good news :)<br /><br />Please carry on the good work <br /><br />Rishikesh D.RISHIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09489094034302471854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-79747051058973685982009-06-09T13:54:33.714+05:302009-06-09T13:54:33.714+05:30Let a little remain
From everything
When everythin...Let a little remain<br />From everything<br />When everything is lost… <br /> READ SOMETHING VERY POSITIVE AFTER A LONG WHILE...THANX 4 SHARING THIS ...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-37943813162430695812009-06-09T13:49:52.023+05:302009-06-09T13:49:52.023+05:30Dear Ms Shobhaa De,
Ref : Your article in the Ind...Dear Ms Shobhaa De,<br /><br />Ref : Your article in the Indian Express dated 6th June<br /><br /> The article condemns Indian students for their irritable behaviour<br />or misbehaviour rather than sympathizing with them. How is this<br />different from the indifference of the Indian Consul General? Some<br />unruly Indian students here and there do not represent the ninety<br />thousand Indian students who are giving Australia Rs 20,000 crores<br />annually. Luke-warm Central Government and too gentle Home Minister<br />are ineffective. Why don’t the Indian students tag their bags and<br />return to India to educate the other Australia seekers. Even if 5% of<br />those of our students can do this, it can send a message to the<br />Australians as well as to the Indian youth. Australian Cricketers are<br />not known for excellent behaviour. By refusing them into India, you<br />will not loose either money or sport at least for a year as a protest.<br /><br /> For complementing the Chinese, this may not be a proper occasion.<br /><br /> Please make a call to this effect.<br /><br /> Thanking you,<br /><br />Yours truly,<br />Dr Sivananda Murty<br />‘Anandavan’<br />Bheemunipatnam,<br />Andhra Pradesh<br />(531 163)<br />Dt 7 June 2009<br />ksivanandamurty@gmail.comKandukuri Sivananda Murtyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455348300113014904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-77984276065565531402009-06-09T11:48:44.861+05:302009-06-09T11:48:44.861+05:30nice pome :)nice pome :)athihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10894748673333657169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-65017413988889044632009-06-09T03:58:15.352+05:302009-06-09T03:58:15.352+05:30Hey Ho! I`m back again :) Just returned back from ...Hey Ho! I`m back again :) Just returned back from a trip back home to Kolkata. Just wanted to mention that after an eternity, I read through 'Speedpost' yet again. Felt the need to connect to a parent. My Dad passed away last month. Your book did wonders to help me heal. Shall email you at length.Piper ..https://www.blogger.com/profile/02315500028808314079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-67535989656455182452009-06-08T23:00:50.998+05:302009-06-08T23:00:50.998+05:30this is a beautiful poem and as a Bengali I comple...this is a beautiful poem and as a Bengali I completely identify with the sense of nostalgia and the romance of unforgotten memories captured so subtly in these words although i must add, it does not take a Bengali to appreciate good poetry. my heartiest congratulations to mr. jayabrata chatterjee for his creation and thank you so much for sharing it with your readers. hope you are having a great trip.COMPOS MENTIShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11983450400751013495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-20110779722716090952009-06-08T21:49:16.923+05:302009-06-08T21:49:16.923+05:30Looks like we have no option and continue to analy...Looks like we have no option and continue to analyze the poem till De returns...<br /><br />Classical definition of poem:<br /><br />"a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines"<br /><br />or<br /><br />"a literary piece written in verse; a piece of writing in the tradition of poetry, an instance of poetry; a piece of poetic writing, that is with an intensity or depth of expression or inspiration greater than is usual in prose"<br /><br />BUT.. today we have, Haiku (Old Japanese -Hokku) etc.,<br /><br />"an epigrammatic Japanese verse form of three short lines"<br /><br />Without flowing wine<br />How to enjoy lovely<br />Cherry blossoms?<br />- Anonymous<br /><br />I read once in London - Subway Train:<br /><br />You Remember Me Only<br />When I Die in WAR but Not<br />When I Live in PEACE !!!<br /><br />...<br />Please continue this discussion...!!!Raefahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772197479286210340noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-72764503096287883702009-06-08T15:46:32.745+05:302009-06-08T15:46:32.745+05:30Poem unfolds a past and makes u look back...A good...Poem unfolds a past and makes u look back...A good work indeed .Surely written by a sensitive person.<br /><br />Also,I didn't catch up what u wrote about Kareena Kapoor but it seems Tripura is one of Kareena Assistant because I also had a good laugh reading kareena being happy because saifu ecstatic by her new vital stats..<br />u r a gutsi women and i truly adore you for it..<br /><br />Keep writing and have a blast in singapore.:)anamikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14216661235464503965noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-18284492959093243592009-06-08T15:15:28.932+05:302009-06-08T15:15:28.932+05:30You should not call it a “POEM” better off calling...You should not call it a “POEM” better off calling it a “LESSON” or “PEDAGOGY”…..<br />It teaches you to be calm and satisfied !!!<br />When things do not shape up accordingly !!!!<br />When life does not care about your plans !!!<br />When life sucks you !!!<br />When people around you try to take kill last breath of your !!!<br />The best lines which I appreciate a lot is <br />“As I dig deeper…<br />Yesterday’s smell<br />Heaven and Hell!”<br /><br />Good LESSON not poem !!!!<br />Thanks !!!Sushanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463220828431143178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-22044481854803761522009-06-08T09:21:14.627+05:302009-06-08T09:21:14.627+05:30madam
u have posted beautiful poem in your blog. p...madam<br />u have posted beautiful poem in your blog. pl.write your blog regularly like Amitabh Bachan as your fans wait for that eagerly. i like your articles v.much. <br />g.b.pathakUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17702074810777102877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-39355276328957153202009-06-08T06:58:51.911+05:302009-06-08T06:58:51.911+05:30Mrs de,
I am writing in to you for the first time...Mrs de,<br /><br />I am writing in to you for the first time because i am highly disappointed in you. i have been a great admirer of yours for years now for your unabashed writing. but in today's bombay times your article ' What a bummer!' is so very disappointing. how could you make such a mistake of misreading and misinterpreting kareena's interview. personally i am no fan of kareena but i was shocked to read your article today. because in that interview of hers there was no actual quote from kareena saying ' saif's esctatic that my butt is back' . her butt reference is her own. i think when a person's vital statistics is being discussed so widely for such a long time he/she has the right to say ' thank god! imy butt is back' and a girl who's been open abt her love life has the right to say ' my boyfriend is happy that i no longer look like a hanger' . kareena's quotes were quite clear. she has only said that saif is happy that she has put on some weight and no longer looks like a hanger. he didn't take saif's name and her butt in the same breath. If that journolist made a mistake ( intentionally) by that misleading headline you made a bigger mistake by isrepresenting kareena's innocent comments.<br /><br />and I, as a reader request a correction from you in your next article.<br />sorry madam! i am no longer a fan of yours because even you indulge in yellow journalism.<br /><br />PS. that comparison with aishwarya rai is so uncalled for. atleast kareena is honest and not a hypocrite like your so called ' the ideal bahu, wife and child' that india has ever seen.Tripura Korliparahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11356479810902601378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-77087933400068091842009-06-07T15:10:41.111+05:302009-06-07T15:10:41.111+05:30Hey guys I am back from the US. and so glad to be ...Hey guys I am back from the US. and so glad to be @Shobhaa's. <br />I am poetry challenged..!!<br />But who says you can't appreciate poetry even though you can't write one yourself...? Don't we all aprreciate and enjoy music though we may not be composers, singers or music directors.<br />This is indeed a soft & touching poem. Very emotional & vociferous in thought. Cheers to it's writer, and thanks to shobhaa for sharing. <br /><br />Come tuesday, so i can read some sizzling posts !introspectionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10820207734329529880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-1608066292344114302009-06-07T11:56:02.694+05:302009-06-07T11:56:02.694+05:30I read your post on Melbourne mournings in Asian A...I read your post on Melbourne mournings in Asian Age which was very good. People at your level can make a lot of difference if you take up common causes which affects us all. Now you may think twice before sending Arundhati to Melbourne University. The hostility seems to be never ending as daily reports are pouring in from OZ island. We can file a case in the International Court at Hague Headquarters and move a motion against Australia in UN. We can make a hard hitting documentary and send it to all international film festivals. Racism did not die with Hitler. It is thriving in Melbourne which will please the soul of HItler.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01689987224896883318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-35055782671767619182009-06-07T09:20:49.035+05:302009-06-07T09:20:49.035+05:30Thank you Shoba.
I am smelling the perfume it gene...Thank you Shoba.<br />I am smelling the perfume it generated within me.<br />S. Krishnamoorthyவழிப்போக்கன்https://www.blogger.com/profile/13692162311146007399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-89570430022777428722009-06-06T22:06:15.663+05:302009-06-06T22:06:15.663+05:30Wow!The poem is indeed beautiful and touching. Tha...Wow!The poem is indeed beautiful and touching. Thanks for posting it. And Bon Voyage :) Have fun!Farishtahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15613476778411266663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3452007250221117551.post-54934438582519223792009-06-06T05:25:24.762+05:302009-06-06T05:25:24.762+05:30I guess every one concentrates in certain aspect o...I guess every one concentrates in certain aspect of a poem... like message or rhyme ... great Tagore's poem: <br /><br />Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high<br />Where knowledge is free<br />....<br />Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.<br /><br />"Let a little remain From everything When everything is lost" did add the dimension of a prayer too !!!Raefahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772197479286210340noreply@blogger.com