Dance of the Seasons / American Amavasya

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Nice effort. And if you are new, please dont mind #1.

Don`t mind #2, either.

V nice. No ABCD problem here.

I remember complaints about how in homes where both are celebrated, bright and happy decorations of Diwali clash with dark scary evocations for Halloween. You reconcile them v. neatly.

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Ignore comments 1,2,3 and 4.

Its a beautiful read blending American and Indian seasons/festivals.

hey sadna,
long time ... glad this worked for you.

trinity, rahul,
thanks.

roohi #7
Hi! Long time indeed, good to see you.

I have a soft corner for chayavaad :).

sadna #8
``I have a soft corner for chayavaad..``
No kidding ! The only one I liked among those was Nirala.
What other hindi poets do u like?

#9

uhoh. Not being a Hindi poetry buff, I didn`t mean chayavaad with a capital C, but a generic habit of using nature/season as a participant in/metaphor for human experience or emotion.

As in Mira Bai
``barsey boondian saawan ki
saawan ki man bhaavan ki``

Or in songs
``Phagun mahina phooli bagiya
aam jhaDey ambraai
Main khiDki sey
chup chup dekhoon
Ritu basant ki aayi``


``ghar aangan van upvan upvan
karti jyoti amrit sey sinchan``

bajpai:

welcome

....nice economy of words and movement...good blend

rgds

t

Rahul/Sadhna,

I like the chayavaadis also. Nirala, Pant, Mahadevi Verma and Jaishankar Prasad even Amitabh Bachchans Daddy. Funny after all the english poets I read the strongest influences when I started to try and write poetry were Hindi poets I probably only read in grade school textbooks!

BTW does anyone remember the name of the poem by Subhadra Kumari Chauhan that started this way ...

maa keh ek kahani
beta samajh liya kya toone
mujhko apni nani?
kehti hai mujhse leh cheti
tu meri nani ki beti
keh maa keh leti hi leti
raja tha ya rani?

tum ho hati mandhan mere
sun upvan mein bade savere
tat bhraman karte they tere
jahan surabhi manmani
jahan surabhi manmani?
han ma yahe kahani!

or something like that anyway from what I remember ... It was the story of Prince Sidhartha (Buddha) and the swan as told to son Rahul by Yashodara ... anyone remember it?

T,

Thanks … !

Nandini

nandini, bajpai, roohi!

let me stick with roohi...the roohi of old...the ozzi mom of two hyper-active devils...right?...you still there or here now?

...also

...can you recommend a good hindi poetry site for the hindi-challenged?

lve

t

Hello t,

Have I confused you enough :) ? Yes the same ... kids are a little older, one started Kindergarten this year! I did try and get a new handle with my name but they were all taken - just figured how many will read anyway.

Hindi sites ... the ones I know are all in devnagri which would be a problem no? If not they are

http://www.hindinest.com/

http://www.manaskriti.com/kaavyaalaya

http://www.anubhuti-hindi.org/

take care

nahiN behna!

... would need a site like This where you can go to AND READ Shauq her rang raqiib e sar o samaaN nikla in Urdu, Hindi or in roman Urdu… and if it is explained…all the better…but even if it is not explained as well as frances pritchett has done at least has the option to read it in ‘roman’ hindi…

later..

t

t, nice site thanks for sharing. the hindi ones are not available in that many scripts yet, that I know of, but it will come in time (I hope) - hindinest has a lovely section on kabir that has ``roman hindi`` and english and french translations ... http://www.indianest.com/kabir/

all I can offer, sorry