During my recent trip to Uttarakhand , I was faced with a problem I had never encountered before. We were passing through Delhi, but we had hardly any time in the city. On earlier visits when I have had to change trains/flights at Delhi, I have always arrived in the morning and left again at night, visiting relatives in between. This time, I was arriving in the city at night, and leaving again early in the morning. There was hardly any time to visit people. I would only have a couple of hours with them before I’d have to leave again. For the first time, we considered booking a hotel, but there again, we were hesitant about the actual hotels, the costs involved, and the logistics of getting from the airport to the railway station and then back again from the station to the airport. That’s when we remembered reading something about a corporate-managed lounge at Delhi station. We soon figured out that we could book online and pay by the hour. Besides, we also learnt that there wasn’t ju
Nothing brightens up my day more than appreciation for my blog! However, today, I was in for a wonderful surprise - a poem written on a photograph I had posted on Facebook!! I can't really call myself a photographer.. I am simply playing with my camera the way Samhith would play with a new toy! Yet, to see the poem, that too written by a blogger I have admired for long, was a pleasure that can not be described in words..... Ugich Konitari, aka Suranga Date, is a blogger I have never met. She is many years my senior, yet her innate sense of humor, her unique perception of issues, and the way she writes about even the most common situations we come across everyday, are what make her blogs a wonderful read! I have been following her blogs, Strewn Ashes and Gappa, for quite a while now, and to be featured there feels like a great honour! Here is the photograph,
and here is what Suranga Date writes about it:
Shooting on location
for
"The Disappearing Mangroves"
Katrina Kaif,
Kareena Kapoor,
and Priyanka Chopra,
who have just flown in
from the west
only for this schedule,
practicing
their item number steps.....
And that is Kareena
doing
her stubborn
stick in the mud act,
because
her costume
has lesser streaks of pink.....
What you don't see
is a cast of
a thousand extras,
fluttering around ,
pecking their way amidst
the dirt,
studded with
plastics,
metal,
and industrial sludge.
The producers provide
a watery landscape for the stars,
not because
that's how
the land should be,
but this way,
the three can check their make-up
every now and then....
Thanks so much, Suranga!!!!!
You can also go straight to her blog to read her post!
Anuradha ! Whoa ! (catches her breath). That was some introduction to me and my blogs :-)). Thank you for the very kind words.
ReplyDelete(Actually I almost met you at the Kala Ghoda Arts Fest. i ran into Sudhagee and she told me you were around. I guess we went around in circles. :-)). But great to meet you on FB and here ! )
I am the one who should be thanking you! I have been reading your poems for so long now, and always wonder how you come up with such ideas from the photos!! and to have one written on mine is such a pleasure!!! and yes, Sudha mentioned that you were around, but guess, as you say,we went around in circles!! really hope I get to meet you in person soon!
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ReplyDeleteyou should go on and read her blogs, Krishna! she writes so beautifully!!
DeleteWhat a community!! Thoroughly enjoyed this sharing
ReplyDeleteSowmya, you were the one i thought of, while posting this... visit her blog strewn ashes.. you will love the way she writes!
DeleteLovely, and the verse is fun!
ReplyDeleteabsolutely !!
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ReplyDeleteher verses are really amazing!
DeleteLovely photograph and amazing set of verses.... Surange is amazing, i would love to meet her someday!! the way she weaves and plays with words, undying energy, awesome indeed :)))
ReplyDeleteAnu- been hearing from Sewri, shd make a trip.. infact one to Bombay is long due
Absolutely, Aarti!! I havent met her yet either.. but would love to!! What say u come to bbay and then we both go and meet her?
DeleteAmazing capture! Lovely verses!
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