history.... etched in stones

India on Postcards...

...और जब ख़त्म हुई एक दास्ताँ अपनी

...और जब ख़त्म हुई एक दास्ताँ अपनी,
वहीँ से राह कई निकली थीं,
भटकते से कहाँ पे आ पहुंचे,
जैसे मंजिल ने आ के थाम लिया |

...और फिर रात की सियाही से,

...और फिर रात की सियाही से,
एक उचकी हुई सी चिंगारी,
फिर ठिठकती सी रुक जाती:
"मैं कहीं जुगनू ना बन जाऊं!"

बिखरी, उड़ती, बहती यादें...

बहते पानी में चली गयीं,
धुंधली-धुंधली कितनी बातें,
पतझड़ के सूखे पत्तों सी,
बिखरी, उड़ती, बहती यादें...



Today being another April 19th...

that last threshold... to the other side

...a universe in a raindrop

To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
- William Blake

The "Black Swan" event.... in Taipei Zoo

Nissim Taleb had a whole theory about The Black Swan events...

...for me it happened in Taipei Zoo earlier this week.

From a distance it was a blur, in spite of the camera zoom.




..but then it turned, and floated like a poetry towards me...



..did the photo-ops...




...and left, as gracefully as it came...

अपने-अपने अजनबी...

Signs of India

None of these photos were taken by me - but I had been collecting these delightful glimpses of "We, the People" over time from various places, where some others had posted them.

So credit - and thanks - goes to all those unknown folks :0)

The boy with the puppies...

The flow of Life...

...as we quibble about living (inflation, increasing GDP, scams, poliics, corruption, revolutions, etc....)

Looking at these random photographs (which I had taken at different occasions), sometimes I am struck by the silent "life-force" - which continues on its own rhythme and pace - to keep the planet alive...

some snapshots...

पतझर की यादें...

That intricate, delicate balance... in life

To be in the world...

...but not of it!

...on the sands of time