Merry Christmas!

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उदासी

मुस्कुराहट  से कहाँ  छुपती है  आँखों की उदासी

आँसुओं के समुन्दर आस्तीनों से नहीं पुंछा करते।

ज़िंदगी

जड़ें रह गयीं प्यासी, मिट्टी तक ना पहुँची

हाँ आई तो थी बारिश बस पत्ते भिगो गयी.

तूफ़ानों में गुज़री  यूँ तो  सारी ज़िंदगी

मौत मेरी मगर  दम घुटने से हो गयी.

बड़ा ही रूखा  और बेरंग है  ये फ़लसफ़ा

इससे तो शायरी तल्ख़ और बदरंग भली थी।

जला किया ताउम्र  जंगल की  बानगी

बाद मरने के ना इक चिंगारी नसीब थी।

Translation:

Life

Did not reach the soil      leaving my roots thirsty

yes,  it rained once,  but barely sprayed the foliage.

My whole life though was tempests and hurricanes

but it ended due to smothering and want of some air.

This obscure philosophy  (life)  is      quite tedious  and  stark

poetry (imagination) even bitter and pale was throbbing at least.

My soul kept burning   throughout   like a fire in forest

yet the body was deprived of a mere flicker* when dead.

(*last rites)

Across

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Ochre

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Bonhomie

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Patterns innumerable

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Crescentin'

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Summer

The Photo

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This photo has won First Prize in Delhi University Photography Competition

...and the photographer                                                                                                                   

Aditi Amit is an avid photographer, a writer, nature lover, environment/ women's causes/ child education activist.           She is studying literature and psychology at Lady Shri Ram College, New Delhi, India. 

                                                                                                               

Cloud 9 is mine

...and yours too! No?

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Down there

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Skywatch: Fluffy

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Infinite

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You will understand why the two pillars in the foreground are asymmetrical if you look at the shadows carefully. 

Skywatch: Peeping

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Zen

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'Z' is for Zen

Yachts

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'Y' is for Yacht

Xmas

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'X' is for Xmas

JUNE

The jaundiced embryo of the moon

aborts into an ugly yolk

and drips drops whole night.

The cloud eyed fish

slither in sweltering slime of their sweat

and plonk into seething singe.

The ancient frayed brown jasmine

faints into faltering fissures

of dreamless dry eyes.

The gloomy grey glow-worms

wriggle without wings in webs

beneath withering Peepal leaves.

They say above distant oceans faraway

life will turn into vapour

and drench us someday..!

Waves

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'W' is for Waves

Voyage

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'V' is for Voyage

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Ubiqutous

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'U' is for Umbrella

Transit

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'T' is for Transit

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Sepia

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'S' is for Sepia

Rendezvous

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'R' is for Rendezvous

Quench

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'Q' is for quench

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PS: This post is dedicated to my blogger friend Namrata who inspired me to widen my horizon:)

Thank you dear!

Passage

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'P' is for Passage

The big O

OM

OM is the Universal sound of Silence

OM is the religious symbol of Hinduism

OM is Orgasmic Meditation (which has nothing to do with meditation)

OM is also '..O My!' one exclaims on watching a scene like this

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'O' is for Out of focus:):)

Nirvana

"Take me from darkness to Light, from deceit to Truth and from decay to Enlightenment."

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'N' is for Nirvana

Monolith

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'M' is for Monolith

Levitation

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'L' is for Levitation

Kinetic

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'K' is for Kinetic

Jesus

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'J' is for Jesus

Infinity

Ignorance on one end, Divinity on the other, and everything else in between!

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"I" is for Infinity

Harmony

Earth, water, sky and light...the harmony in elements!

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"H" is for Harmony

Groundwork

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"G" is for Groundwork

Fort

Fort of Diu, India.

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Elephant

630 AD, Mahabalipuram, India.

UNESCO World Heritage Site 

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"E" is for Elephant

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Dawn

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"D" is for Dawn

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Cats: Jamini Roy Art

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More than anything else "C" is for Cat

(...and what better cats than those by Jamini Roy!)

Beach

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"B" is for Beach

Auroville

A heaven on earth

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"A" is for Auroville