'' WE ARE. . . . .THE EGYPTIAN PEOPLE ARE LEARNING HOW TO BE FREE ! ''
Mohammed Morsi In A Chat With TIME Magazine a day before yesterday !
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The CONSTITUENT-ASSEMBLY,dominated by the ISLAMISTS, has approved THE NEWLY WRITTEN CONSTITUTION OF EGYPT within a hectic schedule of around 16hrs. !Since Thursday Afternoon To Today's Morning,The 85 Members Present And Voting,Have Given A Go Ahead Sign To The Final Draft Of The Egyptian Constitution Comprising A Total Of 234 Articles !
The Original Constituent Assembly Had 100 Members.There Are Around 30 Members Who Boycotted The Nature Of Its Composition And The Dominance Of The Islamists !They Are Largely Liberals and Minorities Who Withdrew From The Original Constituent Assembly Citing What They Described As 'THE HIJACKING OF EGYPTIAN CONSTITUTION MAKING PROCESS BY THE ISLAMISTS MEMBERS largely hailing from Muslim Brotherhood.These People Expressed Their Doubts Plus Fear Regarding The Islamization Of The Constitution And The Ignorings Of The Minorities,Women,Christians . . ..et.al ! They Lamented Over The Non-Secular Character Of The Proposed Constitution !
Their Apprehensions Proved Right Today !
The Now 85 Members Assembly Has No Christian Member and Only Three Women!
The Newly Approved Constitution Has Clearly Laid Down That The Guiding Principle Behind The Egyptian Constitution Will Be 'SHARIA' or The ISLAMIC LAW and JURISPRUDENCE! And,if any confusion arises regarding any clauses of Sharia,Then The Most Honored Islamic Institution Of Egypt,The 'AL-AZHAR' Shall Be Consulted And The Rendered Opinion Thereof Shall Be Binding In Nature !
SIMPLY PUT, IT MEANS THERE ARE CURTAILMENTS OF THE POWER OF THE LEGISLATURE. . ..because the chances of the LEGISLATIVE OVERSIGHT will be zero !
The Secular,The Liberals,The Human Rights Groups And Others Have Strongly Criticised Such Constitution !
This Constitution Has Not Any Article Vesting THE LAW OF EQUALITY between MAN and WOMAN !It means that there is going to be more stricter regimentation of the fair-sex!And,That's A Clear Cut Violation Of Human Rights,rather,THE TRUE DEMOCRATIC ETHOS PLUS ESSENCE GET DEFEATED !
Now The Constitution Goes To The Desk Of The Egyptian President,Mr. Mohammed Morsi For His Assent .And,as per reports in the media,This Takes Place Tomorrow And As Per The Expectations,Mohammed Morsi Will Sign This So Called Sacrosanct Document,The Constitution!
All This Will Be Completed By Tomorrow i.e. SATURDAY !
And,According To The Rule,Within 30 days From The Time Of President's Signature,TheDocument Will Be Put To The REFERRENDUM or PLEBISCITE !
The President's Spokesman as well as a few Brotherhood Members, Say That The Required Referrendum Shall Be Completed By The Mid December !
THE WHOLE AFFAIRS SEEM TO BE KIND OF A 'RUSHING-THROUGH' ACT AND THIS IN ITSELF CASTS DOUBTS ON THE INTENTIONS OF THE ISLAMISTS HEADED POLITICALLY BY MR.MORSI !
The Members Of The Newly Created NATIONAL SALVATION FRONT comprised of all the diverse groups that stood against the undemocratic POWER-GRAB by Mr. Morsi, Have Been Camping At The Symbol Of The Arab Spring,THE TAHRIR SQUARE, For a week and Their Resolve Appears Firmer And Unshakeable At Present!
THEY SAY THEY WILL LEAVE THE SQUARE ONLY WHEN MR. MORSI RESCIND AND REVOKE THE DECREE AND A NEW ASSEMBLY BE CONSTITUTED THAT COULD REFLECT SORT OF RAINBOW NATURE INSTEAD OF ONLY ONE HUE,THE ISLAMISTS !
Uncertainty And Chaos Are The Presiding Dieties At Present !
Also,The Supreme Judicial Body, The Constitutional Court, Is Going To Give Its Judgement Regarding The Question Of LEGITIMACY or Otherwise Of The Constituent-Assembly That Had Dubious Distinctions Of Coloring The Constitution As Per Their Whims n Fancy !
The Appellate Court Had Been Approached By Many People Including Those Liberal n Secular Members Of The Said Assembly Who Boycotted The Workings Claiming The The Thoroughly Partisan Attitudes Of The Islamists !
Expectations Are High That The Apex Court Will Disapprove Of The Legality Of The Constituent Assembly And Will Declare It Null n Void !
What Will Happen Then ? Where Shall Go The Weight Of The Decree Of Morsi - which has already been dismissed by the judiciary on account of Interference With The Power And Function Of The Judiciary !
STAKES ARE HIGH ! EGYPT'S AIR IS LADEN WITH SUSPICION AND SUSPENSE ! THERE IS BOUND TO BE SOME THRILLER PRETTY SOON !
AND, AMID ALL THESE HOTCH-POTCH, DEMOCRACY WILL BE A CASUALITY !
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Friday 30 November 2012
Thursday 29 November 2012
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: LEGENDARY CRICKETER RICKY PONTING ANNOUNCES RETIRE...
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: LEGENDARY CRICKETER RICKY PONTING ANNOUNCES RETIRE...: LEGENDARY CRICKETER,RICKY PONTING,ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM TEST CRICKET ! TAKE A BOW, MR. RICKY PONTING ! The World Of Cricket In Genera...
LEGENDARY CRICKETER RICKY PONTING ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT !
LEGENDARY CRICKETER,RICKY PONTING,ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT FROM TEST CRICKET !
TAKE A BOW, MR. RICKY PONTING !
The World Of Cricket In General And Australian Cricket In Particular, Will Never Be The Same Again After This PERTH -TEST Starting Friday !AT LEAST TO ME LIKE AVERAGE CRICKET FANATIC, THE RETIREMENT OF A BATSMAN-cum-FIELDER OF THE STATURE OF RICKY PONTING,MEANS THE END OF A KIND OF MADDENING JOY WHILE WATCHING CRICKET !
The Most Successful Australian Captain And One Of The Best Captains In The Cricketing World So Far, Ponting Excites Ecstasy In The Heart and Minds Of Cricket Fans Worldwide!HE REMAINS MATCHLESS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS! ALSO,VULNERABLE IN OTHERS !
A Brawl Outside A Pub In Sydney Earned Him A Bad Press And A Short time Suspension In 1999.He Was Cool As Well As Agressive In And Out Of The Field!
He Would Be Caught Pushing And Shoving The I.C.C.-CHAIRMAN,SHARAD PAWAR!The Same Year He Would Be Seen Getting The Best Player Of The Year Award From The Same Man !
RICKY PONTING a.k.a. PUNTER LED A LIFE FULL OF COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION THAT SUITED HIM BEST!HE PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES !AND,HE KNEW WELL HOW TO DOMINATE INSIDE THE FENCE !
The Tasmanian Born Cricketer Played His First ODI INTERNATIONAL In 1995 Against South Africa And Was Out At Just One Run !He Played His Test Debut Against Sri Lanka At Perth In December Last In 1995 And Had Scored 96 !
At The Same Vennue,PERTH,He Will Be Waving A Goodbye To The Crowds, Who ,I AM SURE, Will Be Hurt To See 'ONE OF THE GREATEST CRICKETERS OF ALL TIME' Going Towards The Dressing Room Only Not To Come Again Inside The Ring !
Ponting Had A Brief With The International Media A Few Hours Ago Wherein He Told He Will Stop Playing Cricket After The Third Test At Perth Against The Touring South Africa!He Said He Had Not Been Upto A Level For The Last Few Months And Therefore Decided To Quit Cricket Now Considering It The Best Time To Do So !He Further Told He Had Had Very Deep And Hard Thinking On The Topic And He Arrived At This Decision On His Own And He Pointed Out That There Was No Hand In It From The Selectors!He Said He Had Given His Best To The Game Of Cricket And Now He Had Nothing New To Offer! Because He Had Not Been At Par With The Standards Of Australian Cricket Team ,So It's High Time To Say It A Goodbye,Pointing Pointed Out !
With A Feat Of 41 Test Centuries And 30 OneDay Hundreds, Ricky Ponting Lags Behind of Only One Cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar,But, He Attains This Laurel Playing Less Matches In Both The Formats Of Cricket !
Ponting Has More Than 13 000 Runs In Test Cricket And More Than 12000 In OneDayer !A RECORD SECOND ONLY TO TENDULKAR !
And He Is The First Australian On Both Counts !
Two World Cups Under His Captaincy And 48 MATCH TEST WINS, RICKY PONTING IS THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD CRICKET !
Playing His Hundredth Test, He Scored Two Centuries: One In Each Inning!
When The Perth Test Begins ,He Will Be Playing In His 168th Tests And His Last !
So I Pray He Smashes A Ton Or Two !
A FAREWELL TO (BATTING) ARMS !
RICKY, THOU ARE A TRUE LEGEND AND THY DEVOTION TO THE GAME OF CRICKET WILL ALWAYS BE INSPIRING TO ONE AND ALL !
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TAKE A BOW, MR. RICKY PONTING !
The World Of Cricket In General And Australian Cricket In Particular, Will Never Be The Same Again After This PERTH -TEST Starting Friday !AT LEAST TO ME LIKE AVERAGE CRICKET FANATIC, THE RETIREMENT OF A BATSMAN-cum-FIELDER OF THE STATURE OF RICKY PONTING,MEANS THE END OF A KIND OF MADDENING JOY WHILE WATCHING CRICKET !
The Most Successful Australian Captain And One Of The Best Captains In The Cricketing World So Far, Ponting Excites Ecstasy In The Heart and Minds Of Cricket Fans Worldwide!HE REMAINS MATCHLESS IN CERTAIN RESPECTS! ALSO,VULNERABLE IN OTHERS !
A Brawl Outside A Pub In Sydney Earned Him A Bad Press And A Short time Suspension In 1999.He Was Cool As Well As Agressive In And Out Of The Field!
He Would Be Caught Pushing And Shoving The I.C.C.-CHAIRMAN,SHARAD PAWAR!The Same Year He Would Be Seen Getting The Best Player Of The Year Award From The Same Man !
RICKY PONTING a.k.a. PUNTER LED A LIFE FULL OF COMMITMENT TO THE PROFESSION THAT SUITED HIM BEST!HE PLAYED INTERNATIONAL CRICKET FOR ALMOST TWO DECADES !AND,HE KNEW WELL HOW TO DOMINATE INSIDE THE FENCE !
The Tasmanian Born Cricketer Played His First ODI INTERNATIONAL In 1995 Against South Africa And Was Out At Just One Run !He Played His Test Debut Against Sri Lanka At Perth In December Last In 1995 And Had Scored 96 !
At The Same Vennue,PERTH,He Will Be Waving A Goodbye To The Crowds, Who ,I AM SURE, Will Be Hurt To See 'ONE OF THE GREATEST CRICKETERS OF ALL TIME' Going Towards The Dressing Room Only Not To Come Again Inside The Ring !
Ponting Had A Brief With The International Media A Few Hours Ago Wherein He Told He Will Stop Playing Cricket After The Third Test At Perth Against The Touring South Africa!He Said He Had Not Been Upto A Level For The Last Few Months And Therefore Decided To Quit Cricket Now Considering It The Best Time To Do So !He Further Told He Had Had Very Deep And Hard Thinking On The Topic And He Arrived At This Decision On His Own And He Pointed Out That There Was No Hand In It From The Selectors!He Said He Had Given His Best To The Game Of Cricket And Now He Had Nothing New To Offer! Because He Had Not Been At Par With The Standards Of Australian Cricket Team ,So It's High Time To Say It A Goodbye,Pointing Pointed Out !
With A Feat Of 41 Test Centuries And 30 OneDay Hundreds, Ricky Ponting Lags Behind of Only One Cricketer, Sachin Tendulkar,But, He Attains This Laurel Playing Less Matches In Both The Formats Of Cricket !
Ponting Has More Than 13 000 Runs In Test Cricket And More Than 12000 In OneDayer !A RECORD SECOND ONLY TO TENDULKAR !
And He Is The First Australian On Both Counts !
Two World Cups Under His Captaincy And 48 MATCH TEST WINS, RICKY PONTING IS THE BEST IN CONTEMPORARY WORLD CRICKET !
Playing His Hundredth Test, He Scored Two Centuries: One In Each Inning!
When The Perth Test Begins ,He Will Be Playing In His 168th Tests And His Last !
So I Pray He Smashes A Ton Or Two !
A FAREWELL TO (BATTING) ARMS !
RICKY, THOU ARE A TRUE LEGEND AND THY DEVOTION TO THE GAME OF CRICKET WILL ALWAYS BE INSPIRING TO ONE AND ALL !
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Wednesday 28 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ALBERTO MORAVIA, THE GREAT ITALIAN NOVELIST !
(1.) '' MY LIFE, AS, EVERYONE ELSE'S, IS CHAOS ! ''
(2.) 'BELOVED : WHAT YOU WANT, LIGHT OR DARK ?
LOVER : I WANT DARK !'
Alberto Moravia.
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Today In 1907,The Great Italian Novelist,ALBERTO MORAVIA, Was Born In Rome,ITALY.He Was To Become The Most Successful Among Italian Authors Of The Last Century.Moravia Was Very Sharp Observer Of Italian Society And His Works Inform This Very Authentically.He Had Seen The World As A Young Journalist Working As A Foreign Correspondent Of The Italian Newspaper,LA STAMPA and Others.He Experienced The Impacts That The Second World War Had On Europe In Particular And Human Psyche In General.He Had Also A First Hand Experiences Of The Rise Of The Ultra-Right Political Outfits Like Fascism In Italy Under Mussolini And Nazism Under Hitler!During An Escape From Rome Around 1940 When The WW-II Was At Its Height,Moravia Had Observed The Pitiable Plights Of Poor Folks In Mountainous Area In Rural Italy Where He Had To Take Shelter For Nearly One Year While Fleeing From Mussolini's Wrath And Censor !
These Things Became The Subject Matters Of His Literary Enterprise And Moravia Depicted Them More Vividly And Critically Than Any Other Italian Authors!These Themes Remained The Mainstay Of His Works And Due To Such Repetitiveness,He Got A Great Deal Of Criticism As Being An Author Of Limited Range. . .etc. !
ALBERTO MORAVIA's Literary Career Spanned For Nearly Six Decades And That Was Really Very Telling Thing Of A Writer, Which Proves, Among Many Other Things, His Popularity Amongst The Readers In And Out Of Italy!His Novels Sold A Million Copies In USA Through Translation.
Alberto Moravia Presented ,In Nutshell, The Decadence Set In And Eating Into The Vitals Of Italian Society,Culture And Above All Human Values!
Themes Like Alienation, Isolation,Sexuality As A Compensation For Spiritual Barreness,The Man Woman Relation,The Relation Of An Individual To That Of Society . . ..et.al Are Well Explored By Him.
'TIME OF INDIFFERENCE' , 'THE CONFORMIST' , 'CONTEMPT' , 'DISOBEDIENCE' , 'TWO ADOLESCENTS' , 'THE WOMAN OF ROME' , 'THE EMPTY CANVAS' . . .are some of his notable books.Many Works Of Moravia Were Adapted For Movies And That Had Helped Him Gain Rather Wider Popularity! Great Directors Like JEAN-LUC-GODARD and BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI had Adapted Moravia's Works For Movies And The Films Like 'THE CONFORMIST' and 'CONTEMPT' Got Huge International Acclaim , So Did 'TWO WOMEN' For Which Sophia Loren Had The Best Actress' Academy!
Alberto Moravia Married Twice And Had Sort Of 'LIVE-IN' Relation Between His First Divorce And Second Marriage!
Though,ALBERTO MORAVIA Was A Giant Of 20th-Century Literature,His Books In Other Languages,Especially,In English,Are Becoming Rarity!AND,THAT'S SO SAD !
If You Want To Get An Authentic Feel Of 'EXISTENTIAL ENNUI AND EMOTIONAL ARIDITY' ,I would highly recommend two of Moravia's Works : THE CONFORMIST and CONTEMPT . .and, if you love reading short-story,then go for ROMAN TALES and MORE ROMAN TALES. . . .and if you love to read essays on the process of writing,the functions of art n the likes,then try your hands on 'MAN AS AN END' ! !
Sadly,I too have read only these few books and am still away from the large number of Moravia's works - he was a prolific author who wrote more than 20 novels and many story collections and countless articles!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,MORAVIA !
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(2.) 'BELOVED : WHAT YOU WANT, LIGHT OR DARK ?
LOVER : I WANT DARK !'
Alberto Moravia.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Today In 1907,The Great Italian Novelist,ALBERTO MORAVIA, Was Born In Rome,ITALY.He Was To Become The Most Successful Among Italian Authors Of The Last Century.Moravia Was Very Sharp Observer Of Italian Society And His Works Inform This Very Authentically.He Had Seen The World As A Young Journalist Working As A Foreign Correspondent Of The Italian Newspaper,LA STAMPA and Others.He Experienced The Impacts That The Second World War Had On Europe In Particular And Human Psyche In General.He Had Also A First Hand Experiences Of The Rise Of The Ultra-Right Political Outfits Like Fascism In Italy Under Mussolini And Nazism Under Hitler!During An Escape From Rome Around 1940 When The WW-II Was At Its Height,Moravia Had Observed The Pitiable Plights Of Poor Folks In Mountainous Area In Rural Italy Where He Had To Take Shelter For Nearly One Year While Fleeing From Mussolini's Wrath And Censor !
These Things Became The Subject Matters Of His Literary Enterprise And Moravia Depicted Them More Vividly And Critically Than Any Other Italian Authors!These Themes Remained The Mainstay Of His Works And Due To Such Repetitiveness,He Got A Great Deal Of Criticism As Being An Author Of Limited Range. . .etc. !
ALBERTO MORAVIA's Literary Career Spanned For Nearly Six Decades And That Was Really Very Telling Thing Of A Writer, Which Proves, Among Many Other Things, His Popularity Amongst The Readers In And Out Of Italy!His Novels Sold A Million Copies In USA Through Translation.
Alberto Moravia Presented ,In Nutshell, The Decadence Set In And Eating Into The Vitals Of Italian Society,Culture And Above All Human Values!
Themes Like Alienation, Isolation,Sexuality As A Compensation For Spiritual Barreness,The Man Woman Relation,The Relation Of An Individual To That Of Society . . ..et.al Are Well Explored By Him.
'TIME OF INDIFFERENCE' , 'THE CONFORMIST' , 'CONTEMPT' , 'DISOBEDIENCE' , 'TWO ADOLESCENTS' , 'THE WOMAN OF ROME' , 'THE EMPTY CANVAS' . . .are some of his notable books.Many Works Of Moravia Were Adapted For Movies And That Had Helped Him Gain Rather Wider Popularity! Great Directors Like JEAN-LUC-GODARD and BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI had Adapted Moravia's Works For Movies And The Films Like 'THE CONFORMIST' and 'CONTEMPT' Got Huge International Acclaim , So Did 'TWO WOMEN' For Which Sophia Loren Had The Best Actress' Academy!
Alberto Moravia Married Twice And Had Sort Of 'LIVE-IN' Relation Between His First Divorce And Second Marriage!
Though,ALBERTO MORAVIA Was A Giant Of 20th-Century Literature,His Books In Other Languages,Especially,In English,Are Becoming Rarity!AND,THAT'S SO SAD !
If You Want To Get An Authentic Feel Of 'EXISTENTIAL ENNUI AND EMOTIONAL ARIDITY' ,I would highly recommend two of Moravia's Works : THE CONFORMIST and CONTEMPT . .and, if you love reading short-story,then go for ROMAN TALES and MORE ROMAN TALES. . . .and if you love to read essays on the process of writing,the functions of art n the likes,then try your hands on 'MAN AS AN END' ! !
Sadly,I too have read only these few books and am still away from the large number of Moravia's works - he was a prolific author who wrote more than 20 novels and many story collections and countless articles!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,MORAVIA !
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Monday 26 November 2012
REST IN PEACE, DEBORAH RAFFIN, AMERICAN ACTRESS !
American Actress,DEBORAH RAFFIN, Died On Wednesday.She Was 59.She had been diagnosed with Blood-Cancer or Leukemia last year.She died at the Ronald Reagan Center,UCLA ,CA.
Her Brother,William,Had Confirmed In A Conversation To The Los Angeles Times.
Deborah Raffin Was Spotted In An Elevator By Some Talent Hunter In LA While She Was Still In Her Second Year At The LA Valley College.She Was 19.
She Was Offered A Role In The Film, '40 CARATS' And She Had Shown Promises Enough To Be Landed Further Roles In Hollywood.It Was 1973.Her Second And Very Popular Role Was In The Movie, 'ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH' and She Starred Opposite Kirk Douglas.It Was 1975.
She Had Done A Couple Of More Films Thereafter.
Deborah Raffin Is Best Loved And Remembered For Her Role In The Superhit TV. Series, '7TH HEAVEN' .She Played The Role Of An Alcoholic Sister And Domineering Mature Lady, 'AUNT JULIE' .The Series, 'SEVENTH (7TH) HEAVEN' Had A Run Of Nearly Eleven Years!
She Also Played Other Roles In More Than A Dozen TV. Series And Had A Huge Fan Base!Her Role Of A Sexy Businesswoman Opposite Actor Pierce Brosnan In The Tv Miniseries, 'NOBLE HOUSE' Remains Her Second Best Role !
Recently,Deborah Appeared In TV-SERIES Like 'THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER' and 'BOSTON LEGAL' .
In Late 80s ,Deborah Raffin Along With Her Music Producer Husband,MICHAEL VINER, Stepped In The Business Of 'AUDIO BOOKS' -- Then A New Enterprise!
She Had Started To Give Famous Voice To Popular Books And The Records Were Made Availabe On Tape!She Got Immense Success As Her Venture Became Multi-Million Dollar Business!'A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME' , 'THE NAKED TRUTH' , 'ANATOMY OF ILLNESS' . ..et.al Were Her Earliest Books Recorded On Tape.
In Late 90s,They Had Sold The Audiobook Business.
Deborah Divorced In 2005 And Had Been Living With Her Extended Family.
REST IN PEACE,DEBORAH RAFFIN !
May Almighty Grant Peace To Her Soul !
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Her Brother,William,Had Confirmed In A Conversation To The Los Angeles Times.
Deborah Raffin Was Spotted In An Elevator By Some Talent Hunter In LA While She Was Still In Her Second Year At The LA Valley College.She Was 19.
She Was Offered A Role In The Film, '40 CARATS' And She Had Shown Promises Enough To Be Landed Further Roles In Hollywood.It Was 1973.Her Second And Very Popular Role Was In The Movie, 'ONCE IS NOT ENOUGH' and She Starred Opposite Kirk Douglas.It Was 1975.
She Had Done A Couple Of More Films Thereafter.
Deborah Raffin Is Best Loved And Remembered For Her Role In The Superhit TV. Series, '7TH HEAVEN' .She Played The Role Of An Alcoholic Sister And Domineering Mature Lady, 'AUNT JULIE' .The Series, 'SEVENTH (7TH) HEAVEN' Had A Run Of Nearly Eleven Years!
She Also Played Other Roles In More Than A Dozen TV. Series And Had A Huge Fan Base!Her Role Of A Sexy Businesswoman Opposite Actor Pierce Brosnan In The Tv Miniseries, 'NOBLE HOUSE' Remains Her Second Best Role !
Recently,Deborah Appeared In TV-SERIES Like 'THE SECRET LIFE OF THE AMERICAN TEENAGER' and 'BOSTON LEGAL' .
In Late 80s ,Deborah Raffin Along With Her Music Producer Husband,MICHAEL VINER, Stepped In The Business Of 'AUDIO BOOKS' -- Then A New Enterprise!
She Had Started To Give Famous Voice To Popular Books And The Records Were Made Availabe On Tape!She Got Immense Success As Her Venture Became Multi-Million Dollar Business!'A BRIEF HISTORY OF TIME' , 'THE NAKED TRUTH' , 'ANATOMY OF ILLNESS' . ..et.al Were Her Earliest Books Recorded On Tape.
In Late 90s,They Had Sold The Audiobook Business.
Deborah Divorced In 2005 And Had Been Living With Her Extended Family.
REST IN PEACE,DEBORAH RAFFIN !
May Almighty Grant Peace To Her Soul !
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Sunday 25 November 2012
EGYPTIAN CRISIS DEEPENS AS PROTESTS GROW LOUDER AGAINST MORSI !
It has been three days since the announcement of 'RULE BY DECREE' by the egyptian president,MUHAMED MORSI (MURSY) and the bitter response to it.
Egypt again in the throe of protests and sit-ins,largely by the secular n liberal forces that claim to have a sizeable number of youths and middle class professionals and since yesterday this protesting group has people from the judiciary as a large number of judges joined this march of protests aiming to put pressure on the egyptian president for rescinding the proclaimation of DECREE !
The Egyptian Nerve Center Of Arab Spring,The Tahrir Squire Is Again Abuzz With The Same Kinds Of Slogans n Chants That The World Saw A Year Back Demanding The Fall Of The Regime Of Hosni Mubarak !
Now this time the crowds demand the fall of the first democratically elected president of egypt,MR.MUHAMED MORSI, just six months after his taking the charge!
POWER CORRUPTS AND ALL POWER CORRUPTS ALL THE MORE !
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Mr. Morsi Announced That Till A New Constitution Be Drafted And A New Parliament Elected,He Would Rule By Decree And Thereby All Of His Acts Done Since He Had Assumed Power Would Be Unquestionable,Unchallengeable.. . . . . .i.e. His Actions Would Not Come Under Any Judicial Review Or Any Control Of The Judiciary !
Simply Put, Mr. Morsi Has Transformed Himself As An Autocrat Or Dictator :Free From Any Checks or Balances !
Morsi did such thing claiming it will remove all obstacles from the path to transition and therefore help in making a constitution !
There has been a good deal of speculations that the Judicial Council Of Egypt Will Disband The Current Constituent Assembly By Declaring It Unlawful As It Had Done Earlier When It(The Judiciary) Declared The Newly Elected Parliament Unfit !
The Second Premise Given Was That Through The Decree Morsi Overturned The Judgements Delivered To The Various Accused Including Hosni Mubarak Who Have Been Given Either Light Sentences Or Were Let Free!Morsi Ordered The 'RE-TRIAL' !
People of different parties other than the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS AFFILIATES ,are of the fear that Mr. Morsi Will Be A Dictator ,even more dangerous than Mubarak!
Muhammed El Baradei,the former IAEA -chief , Compared Morsi's Power Grabbing To That Of An Old All Powerful PHARAOH and expressed grave concerns over this unprecedented move!
Morsi has compelled the Mubarak appointee Public Prosecutor,Mr. Abdel Meguied To Leave Through Fixing Tenure Of Public Prosecutor In Retrospect !
Mr.Abdel Meguied Said ,In Unison With The Judges, That The Decree Would Be Declared Null And Void!The Association Of Legal Fraternity Threatened To Go On Strike From Tuesday Across The Nation!
The Members Of Muslim Brotherhood And Its Political Wing,The Freedon And Justice Party To Whom Mr. Morsi Belongs, Have Been Sloganeering In Support Of The Decree And They Are On The Path Of Clash And Conflict With The Various Opposition Groups Who Have Joined Under The Banner Of 'NATIONAL SALVATION UNION' !
There Has Been Incidents Of Fire n Arson And Strikes In Various Urban Localities!
THE SITUATION SEEMS VERY MUCH VOLATILE IN EGYPT !
Morsi's Limelight In Wake Of The Ceasefire Deal Between Hamas n Israel Is On Wane !
He Is Described As The Egyptian Prototype Of The Notorious Italian Dictator,MOSILINI -- mo(r)silini !
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Egypt In A Fix ! Morsi Is At The Center Of Trouble ! The Fight Is In Between Democracy And Despotism !
In a couple of days things will be clear.
The International Community Has Criticised Muhamed Morsi For His Unethical Plus Undemocratic Move And Urged Him To Reconsider And Rescind !
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Egypt again in the throe of protests and sit-ins,largely by the secular n liberal forces that claim to have a sizeable number of youths and middle class professionals and since yesterday this protesting group has people from the judiciary as a large number of judges joined this march of protests aiming to put pressure on the egyptian president for rescinding the proclaimation of DECREE !
The Egyptian Nerve Center Of Arab Spring,The Tahrir Squire Is Again Abuzz With The Same Kinds Of Slogans n Chants That The World Saw A Year Back Demanding The Fall Of The Regime Of Hosni Mubarak !
Now this time the crowds demand the fall of the first democratically elected president of egypt,MR.MUHAMED MORSI, just six months after his taking the charge!
POWER CORRUPTS AND ALL POWER CORRUPTS ALL THE MORE !
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Mr. Morsi Announced That Till A New Constitution Be Drafted And A New Parliament Elected,He Would Rule By Decree And Thereby All Of His Acts Done Since He Had Assumed Power Would Be Unquestionable,Unchallengeable.. . . . . .i.e. His Actions Would Not Come Under Any Judicial Review Or Any Control Of The Judiciary !
Simply Put, Mr. Morsi Has Transformed Himself As An Autocrat Or Dictator :Free From Any Checks or Balances !
Morsi did such thing claiming it will remove all obstacles from the path to transition and therefore help in making a constitution !
There has been a good deal of speculations that the Judicial Council Of Egypt Will Disband The Current Constituent Assembly By Declaring It Unlawful As It Had Done Earlier When It(The Judiciary) Declared The Newly Elected Parliament Unfit !
The Second Premise Given Was That Through The Decree Morsi Overturned The Judgements Delivered To The Various Accused Including Hosni Mubarak Who Have Been Given Either Light Sentences Or Were Let Free!Morsi Ordered The 'RE-TRIAL' !
People of different parties other than the MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD AND ITS AFFILIATES ,are of the fear that Mr. Morsi Will Be A Dictator ,even more dangerous than Mubarak!
Muhammed El Baradei,the former IAEA -chief , Compared Morsi's Power Grabbing To That Of An Old All Powerful PHARAOH and expressed grave concerns over this unprecedented move!
Morsi has compelled the Mubarak appointee Public Prosecutor,Mr. Abdel Meguied To Leave Through Fixing Tenure Of Public Prosecutor In Retrospect !
Mr.Abdel Meguied Said ,In Unison With The Judges, That The Decree Would Be Declared Null And Void!The Association Of Legal Fraternity Threatened To Go On Strike From Tuesday Across The Nation!
The Members Of Muslim Brotherhood And Its Political Wing,The Freedon And Justice Party To Whom Mr. Morsi Belongs, Have Been Sloganeering In Support Of The Decree And They Are On The Path Of Clash And Conflict With The Various Opposition Groups Who Have Joined Under The Banner Of 'NATIONAL SALVATION UNION' !
There Has Been Incidents Of Fire n Arson And Strikes In Various Urban Localities!
THE SITUATION SEEMS VERY MUCH VOLATILE IN EGYPT !
Morsi's Limelight In Wake Of The Ceasefire Deal Between Hamas n Israel Is On Wane !
He Is Described As The Egyptian Prototype Of The Notorious Italian Dictator,MOSILINI -- mo(r)silini !
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Egypt In A Fix ! Morsi Is At The Center Of Trouble ! The Fight Is In Between Democracy And Despotism !
In a couple of days things will be clear.
The International Community Has Criticised Muhamed Morsi For His Unethical Plus Undemocratic Move And Urged Him To Reconsider And Rescind !
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Friday 23 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GEORGE ELIOT !
(1.) '' IN EVERY PARTING THERE IS AN IMAGE OF DEATH.''
(2.) '' NOTHING IS SO GOOD AS IT SEEMS BEFOREHAND ! ''
(3.) '' IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ! ''
George Eliot.
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GEORGE ELIOT,The British Novelist Of 19th-Cent. Victorian Era,Was Born On November 22, 1819 In Warwickshire,ENGLAND.
GEORGE ELIOT Was The Pen Name Of Mary Anne Evans,Who Chose This Rather Male Name Just To Avoid Being Typecast Into 'The Stereotype Of Female Authors Of Light Romances' !
Women In Those Days Used To Pen Romantic Tales And Were Mocked By Critics Who Were Primarily Males!GEORGE ELIOT Herself Had Made Fun Of Such Female Novelists Of Romances While Reviewing For The 'Westminster Review' - a noted magazine during 50s of the 19th-cent. !
George Eliot wrote 7 novels and a good deal of poems.She had also translated a few notable books written in other languages.
Basically, George Eliot's Fame Rests Upon Four Novels : 1. 'MIDDLEMARCH' 2. 'MILL ON THE FLOSS' 3. 'ADAM BEDE' 4. 'SILAS MARNER' !
These Novels Were Quite Popular During George Eliot's Lifetime,Although, They Had Acquired The Status Of Great Classics In The Early 20th-Cent. -Thanks To A Renewed Interest Caused By The Famous Modern Novelist, VIRGINIA WOOLF's Book On George Eliot !
Contemporary Novelists Like MARTIN AMIS and JULIAN BARNES,Have Gone To The Extent Of Describing, 'MIDDLEMARCH' of George Eliot, As THE GREATEST NOVEL WRITTEN IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE !!
George Eliot's Novels Are Marked With Realism And Psychological Probings Of Human Life And Relationship.There Is Also A Good Deal Of Discourse, We Find In Her Works, Touching Upon The Belief System or Faith Of People .
She Had A Fine Grasp Over Characterization And Her Novels Could Well Be Seen As The Precursor Of Modern Novel Writings Full Of Psychological Analysis !
George Eliot Had A Scandalous Personal Life For She Was In A 'LIVE-IN' Relationship With An English Philosopher,George Lewes, Who Was A Married Man.George Eliot Lived With Mr. Lewes For 20yrs Untill His Death In 1878.Mr. Lewes Had Not Divorced His Legal Wife.All These Had Made Some Negative Impressions During An Age Of So Called VICTORIAN MORALITY!
After Mr. Lewes' Death, George Eliot Married A Certain Artist Twenty Years Her Junior!THAT WAS HER LEGAL FIRST MARRIAGE!Sadly,she died within two years In 1880 at the age of 61 .
The Popularity of Her Novels Had Saved Her Otherwise Personal Life's Scandals And She Was Accepted Rather Quick !
Yesterday Was Her Birthday.
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT VICTORIAN FEMALE NOVELIST,GEORGE ELIOT !
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(2.) '' NOTHING IS SO GOOD AS IT SEEMS BEFOREHAND ! ''
(3.) '' IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO BE WHAT YOU MIGHT HAVE BEEN ! ''
George Eliot.
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GEORGE ELIOT,The British Novelist Of 19th-Cent. Victorian Era,Was Born On November 22, 1819 In Warwickshire,ENGLAND.
GEORGE ELIOT Was The Pen Name Of Mary Anne Evans,Who Chose This Rather Male Name Just To Avoid Being Typecast Into 'The Stereotype Of Female Authors Of Light Romances' !
Women In Those Days Used To Pen Romantic Tales And Were Mocked By Critics Who Were Primarily Males!GEORGE ELIOT Herself Had Made Fun Of Such Female Novelists Of Romances While Reviewing For The 'Westminster Review' - a noted magazine during 50s of the 19th-cent. !
George Eliot wrote 7 novels and a good deal of poems.She had also translated a few notable books written in other languages.
Basically, George Eliot's Fame Rests Upon Four Novels : 1. 'MIDDLEMARCH' 2. 'MILL ON THE FLOSS' 3. 'ADAM BEDE' 4. 'SILAS MARNER' !
These Novels Were Quite Popular During George Eliot's Lifetime,Although, They Had Acquired The Status Of Great Classics In The Early 20th-Cent. -Thanks To A Renewed Interest Caused By The Famous Modern Novelist, VIRGINIA WOOLF's Book On George Eliot !
Contemporary Novelists Like MARTIN AMIS and JULIAN BARNES,Have Gone To The Extent Of Describing, 'MIDDLEMARCH' of George Eliot, As THE GREATEST NOVEL WRITTEN IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE !!
George Eliot's Novels Are Marked With Realism And Psychological Probings Of Human Life And Relationship.There Is Also A Good Deal Of Discourse, We Find In Her Works, Touching Upon The Belief System or Faith Of People .
She Had A Fine Grasp Over Characterization And Her Novels Could Well Be Seen As The Precursor Of Modern Novel Writings Full Of Psychological Analysis !
George Eliot Had A Scandalous Personal Life For She Was In A 'LIVE-IN' Relationship With An English Philosopher,George Lewes, Who Was A Married Man.George Eliot Lived With Mr. Lewes For 20yrs Untill His Death In 1878.Mr. Lewes Had Not Divorced His Legal Wife.All These Had Made Some Negative Impressions During An Age Of So Called VICTORIAN MORALITY!
After Mr. Lewes' Death, George Eliot Married A Certain Artist Twenty Years Her Junior!THAT WAS HER LEGAL FIRST MARRIAGE!Sadly,she died within two years In 1880 at the age of 61 .
The Popularity of Her Novels Had Saved Her Otherwise Personal Life's Scandals And She Was Accepted Rather Quick !
Yesterday Was Her Birthday.
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREAT VICTORIAN FEMALE NOVELIST,GEORGE ELIOT !
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Wednesday 21 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VOLTAIRE,FRENCH AUTHOR AND PHILOSOPHER !
''I DO NOT APPROVE OF YOUR VIEWS, BUT, I WILL DEFEND TILL DEATH, YOUR RIGHT TO SAY IT !''
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Happy Birthday,VOLTAIRE,The Great French Writer-cum-Philosopher Of The 18th-Cent., Who Had Contributed Vastly To The Age Of Enlightenment In France!
VOLTAIRE also wrote widely read dramas like IRENE, CANDIDE. .!
He was an atheist,yet,unlike the sense of the term,he used to believe in 'One Supreme Master' Whom He Projected As 'The Architect Of The Universe' or 'The Watchmaker Of This World' ! Such Beliefs Of Voltaire Is Known As 'DEISM' !
His Was A Staunch Supporter Of Reason n Rationalism As Opposed To The Notion Of Feelings n Romanticism!This Practise Of Voltaire Is Also Interpreted As 'Neo-Classicism' .
VOLTAIRE was also a great supporter of the then emerging English Philosophy, rather The Discourse Of NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLES -as dicovered and examined by The Legendary Mathematician And An All Time Brilliant Mind,SIR ISSAC NEWTON !
VOLTAIRE was chiefly responsible for the spread of 'NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLES' inside France!
VOLTAIRE WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED AND INFLUENCED BY THE ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS Like JOHN LOCKE, JONATHAN SWIFT, ALEXANDER POPE, JOHN GAY n the likes.He Had Perfected The Art Of Political Satire During His Three Year Exile In England Resulting In The Exchanges Of Ideas With The Various 'Who's Who' Of The English Literary Circle!
VOLTAIRE always stood for the Freedom of Speech n Expression and had not so good views of democracy,rather if we say , he had negative views regarding democracy,we won't we wrong as he had described democracy as THE RULE OF MOBS. . .kinda 'MOBOCRACY' of today!
His unrestricted views,often critical of the ruling elite n the established way of life, had often put him at war with the elites n the french monarchy and due to such things he had to be imprisoned for a eleven months and a couple of exiles!
VOLTAIRE LIVED IN ENGLAND,CIERY n FERNY INSIDE FRANCE AND FOR A FEW MONTHS IN GENEVA.
As a person he was all for libertinism and sociability and had some affairs with women of high births,one of which was with a mother of three children that lasted for nearly 16yrs!
His Such Hedonistic Plus Libertine Ways Had ,At Times, Earned Him Bitter Criticism !
VOLTAIRE ,TILL DATE, IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST WITS OF ALL TIME !
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VOLTAIRE !
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Happy Birthday,VOLTAIRE,The Great French Writer-cum-Philosopher Of The 18th-Cent., Who Had Contributed Vastly To The Age Of Enlightenment In France!
VOLTAIRE also wrote widely read dramas like IRENE, CANDIDE. .!
He was an atheist,yet,unlike the sense of the term,he used to believe in 'One Supreme Master' Whom He Projected As 'The Architect Of The Universe' or 'The Watchmaker Of This World' ! Such Beliefs Of Voltaire Is Known As 'DEISM' !
His Was A Staunch Supporter Of Reason n Rationalism As Opposed To The Notion Of Feelings n Romanticism!This Practise Of Voltaire Is Also Interpreted As 'Neo-Classicism' .
VOLTAIRE was also a great supporter of the then emerging English Philosophy, rather The Discourse Of NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLES -as dicovered and examined by The Legendary Mathematician And An All Time Brilliant Mind,SIR ISSAC NEWTON !
VOLTAIRE was chiefly responsible for the spread of 'NEWTONIAN PRINCIPLES' inside France!
VOLTAIRE WAS GREATLY IMPRESSED AND INFLUENCED BY THE ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS Like JOHN LOCKE, JONATHAN SWIFT, ALEXANDER POPE, JOHN GAY n the likes.He Had Perfected The Art Of Political Satire During His Three Year Exile In England Resulting In The Exchanges Of Ideas With The Various 'Who's Who' Of The English Literary Circle!
VOLTAIRE always stood for the Freedom of Speech n Expression and had not so good views of democracy,rather if we say , he had negative views regarding democracy,we won't we wrong as he had described democracy as THE RULE OF MOBS. . .kinda 'MOBOCRACY' of today!
His unrestricted views,often critical of the ruling elite n the established way of life, had often put him at war with the elites n the french monarchy and due to such things he had to be imprisoned for a eleven months and a couple of exiles!
VOLTAIRE LIVED IN ENGLAND,CIERY n FERNY INSIDE FRANCE AND FOR A FEW MONTHS IN GENEVA.
As a person he was all for libertinism and sociability and had some affairs with women of high births,one of which was with a mother of three children that lasted for nearly 16yrs!
His Such Hedonistic Plus Libertine Ways Had ,At Times, Earned Him Bitter Criticism !
VOLTAIRE ,TILL DATE, IS CONSIDERED AS ONE OF THE GREATEST WITS OF ALL TIME !
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VOLTAIRE !
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CEASEFIRE BETWEEN HAMAS AND ISRAEL !
AFTER 8 DAYS OF BLOODY FIGHTING,THERE IS SEEMINGLY SOME RAYS OF HOPE IN GAZA IN SIGHT !A TRUCE REPORTEDLY ATTAINED BETWEEN THE HARDLINER HAMAS AND ISRAEL,AS PER REPORTS FROM EGYPT AND A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE OFFICE OF THE ISRAELI PRIME-MINISTER,BENJAMIN NETANYAHU !
Undoubtedly A Welcoming News!
Also,A Doubt Lingers Regarding Its Longevity,
For We Have Witnessed Such Preceedent Umpteen Times In Past !
'WAR - TRUCE - WAR' (WTW) has been a constant strategy employed by both parties !
The Real Sufferers Are The Commoners Who Simply Have No Idea As To What They Have Done That They Are Being Butchered For, except,of course,that they had voted for such strongheads !!
WAR NEVER TELLS ABOUT WHO GOT VICTORY,IT TELLS ONLY ONE THING : WHO WERE LEFT OUT. . .!
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Undoubtedly A Welcoming News!
Also,A Doubt Lingers Regarding Its Longevity,
For We Have Witnessed Such Preceedent Umpteen Times In Past !
'WAR - TRUCE - WAR' (WTW) has been a constant strategy employed by both parties !
The Real Sufferers Are The Commoners Who Simply Have No Idea As To What They Have Done That They Are Being Butchered For, except,of course,that they had voted for such strongheads !!
WAR NEVER TELLS ABOUT WHO GOT VICTORY,IT TELLS ONLY ONE THING : WHO WERE LEFT OUT. . .!
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Monday 19 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, NADINE GORDIMER, SOUTH-AFRICAN AUTHOR AND NOBEL LAUREATE !
(1.) ''COMMUNISTS ARE THE LAST OPTIMISTS !''
(2.) ''EVERYONE ENDS UP MOVING ALONE TOWARDS THE SELF.''
(3.) ''DESERT IS A PLACE WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS.''
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NADINE GORDIMER,THE SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR AND NOBEL LAUREATE ,TURNS 89 TODAY.SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 20, 1923 IN THE EAST RAND MINING TOWN NEAR JOHANNESBURG.SHE GOT SEVERAL PRESTIGEOUS AWARDS,INCLUDING THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1974 FOR HER MASTERPIECE , 'THE CONSERVATIONIST' AND THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1991.
APART FROM BEING A FAMOUS AUTHOR, SHE HAS ACTIVELY BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND WAS A LEADING MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY WHICH SHE JOINED IN EARLY 60s AS PART OF HER SUPPORT FOR ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT.
NADINE GORDIMER IS PRIMARILY ANOVELIST AND HAS WRITTEN AROUND 16 NOVELS SO FAR : THE FIRST BEING ,'THE LYING DAYS' (1953) AND 'NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT' BEING HER LATEST WHICH PUBLISHED IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
SHE ALSO WROTE A GOOD DEAL OF SHORTSTORIES AND ESSAYS.
HER MAIN FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE RACIAL DIVISION AND THE RESULTANT ENDEMIC DISCRIMINATION, ISOLATION, ALIENATION !
LOVE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING OR THE LACK THEREOF ALSO REMAIN A SUB-THEME OF HER WRITING.
HER LUCID STYLE,HER PRECISION AND CLARITY ARE HER HALLMARKS!
SADLY,THE HOPES PLUS EXPECTATIONS THAT NADINE GORDIMER, LIKE OTHERS,HAD FROM THE INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT,WERE NOT MET POSITIVELY AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN A DEEPLY DISTURBING DISILLUSIONMENT AND AT TIMES,ANGER!THE WORKS PUBLISHED, AFTER SOUTH AFRICA GOT INDEPENDENCE IN 1994, ARE FULL OF DISILLUSIONMENTS AND ASENSE OF LOSS THAT SET IN DUE TO THE GLARING FAILURES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FRUSTRATION THEREOF !!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,NADINE GORDIMER !
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(2.) ''EVERYONE ENDS UP MOVING ALONE TOWARDS THE SELF.''
(3.) ''DESERT IS A PLACE WITHOUT EXPECTATIONS.''
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NADINE GORDIMER,THE SOUTH AFRICAN AUTHOR AND NOBEL LAUREATE ,TURNS 89 TODAY.SHE WAS BORN ON NOVEMBER 20, 1923 IN THE EAST RAND MINING TOWN NEAR JOHANNESBURG.SHE GOT SEVERAL PRESTIGEOUS AWARDS,INCLUDING THE BOOKER PRIZE IN 1974 FOR HER MASTERPIECE , 'THE CONSERVATIONIST' AND THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE IN 1991.
APART FROM BEING A FAMOUS AUTHOR, SHE HAS ACTIVELY BEEN INVOLVED IN POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM AND WAS A LEADING MEMBER OF THE AFRICAN NATIONAL CONGRESS PARTY WHICH SHE JOINED IN EARLY 60s AS PART OF HER SUPPORT FOR ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT.
NADINE GORDIMER IS PRIMARILY ANOVELIST AND HAS WRITTEN AROUND 16 NOVELS SO FAR : THE FIRST BEING ,'THE LYING DAYS' (1953) AND 'NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT' BEING HER LATEST WHICH PUBLISHED IN APRIL THIS YEAR.
SHE ALSO WROTE A GOOD DEAL OF SHORTSTORIES AND ESSAYS.
HER MAIN FOCUS HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON THE RACIAL DIVISION AND THE RESULTANT ENDEMIC DISCRIMINATION, ISOLATION, ALIENATION !
LOVE AND A SENSE OF BELONGING OR THE LACK THEREOF ALSO REMAIN A SUB-THEME OF HER WRITING.
HER LUCID STYLE,HER PRECISION AND CLARITY ARE HER HALLMARKS!
SADLY,THE HOPES PLUS EXPECTATIONS THAT NADINE GORDIMER, LIKE OTHERS,HAD FROM THE INDEPENDENT SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT,WERE NOT MET POSITIVELY AND THAT HAS RESULTED IN A DEEPLY DISTURBING DISILLUSIONMENT AND AT TIMES,ANGER!THE WORKS PUBLISHED, AFTER SOUTH AFRICA GOT INDEPENDENCE IN 1994, ARE FULL OF DISILLUSIONMENTS AND ASENSE OF LOSS THAT SET IN DUE TO THE GLARING FAILURES OF THE ESTABLISHMENT AND THE FRUSTRATION THEREOF !!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,NADINE GORDIMER !
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Friday 16 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN SCORSESE,THE LEGENDARY AMERICAN DIRECTOR !
''I HAVE GREAT DESIRES OF TELLING STORIES.BUT,I AM NEVER QUITE SATISFIED !''
Martin Scorsese.
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One of the greatest film makers of all time, Martin Scorsese with his reputed reportaire of films,has become a living legend in the world of cinema!He startedhis film career in the early 70s and has since been churning out movies one after another with anenviable succes rate.
Martin was born in Queens,NY and had his early schooling in Bronx,NY and wanted to be a priest .Later he got enrolled at the Tisch School Of Films and did an MFA there.It was during that tenure at the NY UNIVERSITY that he started making short films and after a couple of years there he finally made his debut, 'WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?' in 1973.It was modestly accepted.Then came 1976 when Martin Scorsese made 'TAXI DRIVER' which broke new grounds in the way film was being imagined and presented !
He collaborated with actor,ROBERT DE' NIRO with whom Martin made as many as 8films and the pair became great friends!He did the same with actor,LEONARDO Di Caperio.
'GOODFELLAS' , 'THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST' , 'RAGING BULL' , 'THE COLOR OF MONEY' , 'THE GANGS OF NEW YORK' , 'THE AVIATOR' , 'HUGO' , 'THE DEPARTED' are some of his signature movies.
Martin Scorsese often explored the themes of Italian Identity In America, The Culture Of Violence or The Dark Motifs, Major Personas From Various Fields (biopics) et.al through his films.
Biopics Is A Well Explored Genre For Scorsese (RAGING BULL, THE AVIATOR. . .etc).
His innovative ways of characterization is so powerful that audiences can't help sympathizing even with a villian in his films !
His mastery lies in exploring the subconcious dark terrains of human psychology!
He has also a great passion for music, and in fact,as once he said,he wanted to compose music.His this passion had impelled him to do some finest documentaries dealing with famous musicians or bands.'THE LAST WALTZ' , 'NO DIRECTION HOME' , 'SHINE A MUSIC' are some of the best documentaries that dealt with the music band(THE BAND), BOB DYLAN, ROLLING STONES respectively.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY placed MARTIN SCORSESE at 4th(FOURTH) Position in its list of 100 BEST MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
'ESQUIRE' Magazine placed him at5th(FIFTH) Position in its List of 250 MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
Simply Put, MARTIN SCORSESE HAPPENS TO BE AMONGST THE TOP5 MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
His Three Masterpieces Invariably Make Places Amongst The Top 100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME : 'TAXI DRIVER' , 'GOODFELLAS' and 'RAGING BULL'!
He was 7 times academy nominated and won the best director for his multistarer movie,THE DEPARTED !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN SCORSESE !!
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Martin Scorsese.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
One of the greatest film makers of all time, Martin Scorsese with his reputed reportaire of films,has become a living legend in the world of cinema!He startedhis film career in the early 70s and has since been churning out movies one after another with anenviable succes rate.
Martin was born in Queens,NY and had his early schooling in Bronx,NY and wanted to be a priest .Later he got enrolled at the Tisch School Of Films and did an MFA there.It was during that tenure at the NY UNIVERSITY that he started making short films and after a couple of years there he finally made his debut, 'WHO'S THAT KNOCKING AT MY DOOR?' in 1973.It was modestly accepted.Then came 1976 when Martin Scorsese made 'TAXI DRIVER' which broke new grounds in the way film was being imagined and presented !
He collaborated with actor,ROBERT DE' NIRO with whom Martin made as many as 8films and the pair became great friends!He did the same with actor,LEONARDO Di Caperio.
'GOODFELLAS' , 'THE LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST' , 'RAGING BULL' , 'THE COLOR OF MONEY' , 'THE GANGS OF NEW YORK' , 'THE AVIATOR' , 'HUGO' , 'THE DEPARTED' are some of his signature movies.
Martin Scorsese often explored the themes of Italian Identity In America, The Culture Of Violence or The Dark Motifs, Major Personas From Various Fields (biopics) et.al through his films.
Biopics Is A Well Explored Genre For Scorsese (RAGING BULL, THE AVIATOR. . .etc).
His innovative ways of characterization is so powerful that audiences can't help sympathizing even with a villian in his films !
His mastery lies in exploring the subconcious dark terrains of human psychology!
He has also a great passion for music, and in fact,as once he said,he wanted to compose music.His this passion had impelled him to do some finest documentaries dealing with famous musicians or bands.'THE LAST WALTZ' , 'NO DIRECTION HOME' , 'SHINE A MUSIC' are some of the best documentaries that dealt with the music band(THE BAND), BOB DYLAN, ROLLING STONES respectively.
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY placed MARTIN SCORSESE at 4th(FOURTH) Position in its list of 100 BEST MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
'ESQUIRE' Magazine placed him at5th(FIFTH) Position in its List of 250 MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
Simply Put, MARTIN SCORSESE HAPPENS TO BE AMONGST THE TOP5 MOVIE DIRECTORS OF ALL TIME!
His Three Masterpieces Invariably Make Places Amongst The Top 100 GREATEST MOVIES OF ALL TIME : 'TAXI DRIVER' , 'GOODFELLAS' and 'RAGING BULL'!
He was 7 times academy nominated and won the best director for his multistarer movie,THE DEPARTED !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MARTIN SCORSESE !!
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Thursday 15 November 2012
CHINUA ACHEBE,THE FAMOUS NIGERIAN AUTHOR,TURNS 82 !
(1.) ''CHARITY. . . .IS THE OPIUM FOR THE PRIVILEGED. ''
(2.) ''IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE'S STORY, WRITE YOUR OWN! ''
(3.) ''ONE OF THE TRUEST TESTS OFINTEGRITY IS ITS BLUNT REFUSAL TO BE COMPROMISED ! ''
Chinua Achebe.
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CHINUA ACHEBE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DEBUT NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1957/58, 'THINGS FALL APART' - a book that sold over 12 millions worldwide and translated into around 50 languages!
'THINGS FALL APART' IS A RARE STUDY OF THE POWER OF COLONIALISM AND THE RESULTANT DIVISIVE TENDENCIES THAT KEEP INFLUENCING LONG AFTER THE COLONY GETS INDEPENDENCE!IT IS ALSO A GREAT CRITIQUE OF NIGERIAN POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DEADLY INTER ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA.AND,MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOUT THE INFLUENCE CHRISTIANITY WAS HAVING OVER THE NATIVE TRIBAL CULTURE.OVERALL IT WAS A STUDY OF TRANSITION NIGERIAN SOCIETYWAS UNDERGOING!EVERYTHING SAID IN THE BOOK IS WRITER'S OWN PERSPECTIVES AND COULD WELL BE READ AS A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. CHINUA ACHEBE!MR.ACHEBE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR LONG AND WORKING AS A PROFESSOR.HE IS CURRENTLY HEADING THE FACULTY OF 'AFRICANA STUDIES' AT THE BROWN UNIVERSITY,RHODE ISLAND,USA.
LAST MONTH CAME HIS MUCH AWAITED MEMOIR , 'THERE WAS A COUNTRY' .THIS BOOK TOO DEALS WITH NIGERIA ,ESPECIALLY,THE LATE SIXTIES OF NIGERIAN HISTORY.THE MEMOIR PRESENTS A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE INFAMOUS NIGERIAN CIVIL-WAR OF 1967-70 : THE 'BIAFRAN WAR'.THE SAID CONFLICT HAD REPORTEDLY CLAIMED MORE THAN A MILLION LIVES(as per a BBC-REPORT),MOSTLY AFFECTED WERE THE PEOPLE OF 'IGBO' TRIBE - THE TRIBE THAT THE AUTHOR HIMSELF BELONGS TO!
MR.ACHEBE WRITES IN ENGLISH AND HE ONCE DESCRIBED IT AS A 'LANGUAGE OF THE COLONIZERS'.HIS ART OF STORY TELLING IS LARGELY INSPIRED FROM THE NATIVE TRIBAL ORAL TRADITION OF STORY TELLING WHICH HE WAS FED ON DURING HIS CHILDHOOD.HE ALSO AUTHORED SEVERAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS, COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES, POEMS AND ESSAYS.HE IS TRULY A PROLIFIC AUTHOR.
HIS WRITINGS ASSUME GREATER SIGNIFICANCE EVEN TODAY AS WE FIND NIGERIA IN THROE OF KIND OF A LAWLESSNESS WHEN THE ETHNIC STRIFE HAS ITS HEY DAY,THANKS TO THE SEPRATIST MILITIA, THE 'BOKO HARAM' !
MR. ACHEBE EXPRESSES SADNESS AS WE ALL DO,OVER THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE OIL RICH NATION OF NIGERIA !
'ARROW OF GOD' , 'NO LONGER AT EASE' , 'ANTHILLS OF SAVANNAH' ARE HIS OTHER POPULAR BOOKS.
ON 16'TH OF NOVEMBER(TODAY), CHINUA ACHEBE TURNS 82 !
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. ACHEBE !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
(2.) ''IF YOU DON'T LIKE SOMEONE'S STORY, WRITE YOUR OWN! ''
(3.) ''ONE OF THE TRUEST TESTS OFINTEGRITY IS ITS BLUNT REFUSAL TO BE COMPROMISED ! ''
Chinua Achebe.
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CHINUA ACHEBE IS PROBABLY BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DEBUT NOVEL PUBLISHED IN 1957/58, 'THINGS FALL APART' - a book that sold over 12 millions worldwide and translated into around 50 languages!
'THINGS FALL APART' IS A RARE STUDY OF THE POWER OF COLONIALISM AND THE RESULTANT DIVISIVE TENDENCIES THAT KEEP INFLUENCING LONG AFTER THE COLONY GETS INDEPENDENCE!IT IS ALSO A GREAT CRITIQUE OF NIGERIAN POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENT AND THE DEADLY INTER ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NIGERIA.AND,MOST IMPORTANTLY ABOUT THE INFLUENCE CHRISTIANITY WAS HAVING OVER THE NATIVE TRIBAL CULTURE.OVERALL IT WAS A STUDY OF TRANSITION NIGERIAN SOCIETYWAS UNDERGOING!EVERYTHING SAID IN THE BOOK IS WRITER'S OWN PERSPECTIVES AND COULD WELL BE READ AS A SEMI-AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MR. CHINUA ACHEBE!MR.ACHEBE HAS BEEN LIVING IN THE UNITED STATES FOR LONG AND WORKING AS A PROFESSOR.HE IS CURRENTLY HEADING THE FACULTY OF 'AFRICANA STUDIES' AT THE BROWN UNIVERSITY,RHODE ISLAND,USA.
LAST MONTH CAME HIS MUCH AWAITED MEMOIR , 'THERE WAS A COUNTRY' .THIS BOOK TOO DEALS WITH NIGERIA ,ESPECIALLY,THE LATE SIXTIES OF NIGERIAN HISTORY.THE MEMOIR PRESENTS A PERSONAL ACCOUNT OF THE INFAMOUS NIGERIAN CIVIL-WAR OF 1967-70 : THE 'BIAFRAN WAR'.THE SAID CONFLICT HAD REPORTEDLY CLAIMED MORE THAN A MILLION LIVES(as per a BBC-REPORT),MOSTLY AFFECTED WERE THE PEOPLE OF 'IGBO' TRIBE - THE TRIBE THAT THE AUTHOR HIMSELF BELONGS TO!
MR.ACHEBE WRITES IN ENGLISH AND HE ONCE DESCRIBED IT AS A 'LANGUAGE OF THE COLONIZERS'.HIS ART OF STORY TELLING IS LARGELY INSPIRED FROM THE NATIVE TRIBAL ORAL TRADITION OF STORY TELLING WHICH HE WAS FED ON DURING HIS CHILDHOOD.HE ALSO AUTHORED SEVERAL CHILDREN'S BOOKS, COLLECTIONS OF SHORT STORIES, POEMS AND ESSAYS.HE IS TRULY A PROLIFIC AUTHOR.
HIS WRITINGS ASSUME GREATER SIGNIFICANCE EVEN TODAY AS WE FIND NIGERIA IN THROE OF KIND OF A LAWLESSNESS WHEN THE ETHNIC STRIFE HAS ITS HEY DAY,THANKS TO THE SEPRATIST MILITIA, THE 'BOKO HARAM' !
MR. ACHEBE EXPRESSES SADNESS AS WE ALL DO,OVER THE STATE OF AFFAIRS IN THE OIL RICH NATION OF NIGERIA !
'ARROW OF GOD' , 'NO LONGER AT EASE' , 'ANTHILLS OF SAVANNAH' ARE HIS OTHER POPULAR BOOKS.
ON 16'TH OF NOVEMBER(TODAY), CHINUA ACHEBE TURNS 82 !
A VERY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MR. ACHEBE !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
Tuesday 13 November 2012
JACK GILBERT, THE EMINENT AMERICAN POET, HAS DIED !
JACK GILBERT : A POET WHO REMAINED AWAY FROM THE LIMELIGHT ALL THROUGH HIS LIFE !
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''Let me fall /
in love one last time, i beg them. /
Teach me mortality, frighten me /
into the present. Help me to find /
the heft of these days./ ''
'THE GREAT FIRES' By JACK GILBERT.
At 87, Poet Jack Gilbert Has Died.He was suffering from the Alzheimer's disease for a decade or so.He Breathed His Last In Berkeley,California.
He was unique in many respects and was rated amongst the best of American Poets In 60s and afterward.He Wrote Very Little In Comparision To Other Contemporaries,Yet His Gift Of Putting The Complex Subject Matters Through Very Simple Plus Lucid Diction,Had Earned Him A Rather Special Place In The Pantheon Of Modern American Poets !
New York Times while reviewing his last work last year,had described Jack Gilbert as 'INESCAPABLY GIFTED' poet.
Gilbert was highly praised ,after the publication of his first poetry book, 'VIEWS OF JEOPARDY' in 1962.The Book, VIEWS OF JEOPARDY, Won Him The Prestigeous YALE YOUNGER POET AWARD.
Gilbert also won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize For Poetry twice.
He was living away from the public gaze and his such habit of aloofness was quite surprising to all, but, it seemed that Jack Gilbert Was Very Fond Of Such 'SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION' !
On a Guggenheim Fellowship He Toured As Many As 15 Countries Of Europe Lecturing On American Literature. Later on he as a member of US' STATE DEPARTMENT, toured many countries popularizing and educating about American Literature.
He was born on November 13, 1925 in Pittsburg,Pennsylvania and at a rather young age,due to bad financial condition,had to work as exterminator and door to door salesman.
Later he got admitted at Pittsburg University and had finished his formal education.
His poems often have the themes of his native Pittsburg .He also wrote about the themes of love n sex n alienation of modern man.
He is admired for the simplicity plus the clarity of tone and tenor.
His Poems Also Reflect His Empathy For People At Large as the following lines exemplify : -
''IMAGINE HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT WOULD BE / TO LIVE IF SOME PEOPLE WERE / ALONE AND AFRAID ALL THEIR LIVES. /''
Jack Gilbert.
Rest In Peace, Jack !
May Almighty Grant Peace Plus Salvation To The Depated Soul !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
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''Let me fall /
in love one last time, i beg them. /
Teach me mortality, frighten me /
into the present. Help me to find /
the heft of these days./ ''
'THE GREAT FIRES' By JACK GILBERT.
At 87, Poet Jack Gilbert Has Died.He was suffering from the Alzheimer's disease for a decade or so.He Breathed His Last In Berkeley,California.
He was unique in many respects and was rated amongst the best of American Poets In 60s and afterward.He Wrote Very Little In Comparision To Other Contemporaries,Yet His Gift Of Putting The Complex Subject Matters Through Very Simple Plus Lucid Diction,Had Earned Him A Rather Special Place In The Pantheon Of Modern American Poets !
New York Times while reviewing his last work last year,had described Jack Gilbert as 'INESCAPABLY GIFTED' poet.
Gilbert was highly praised ,after the publication of his first poetry book, 'VIEWS OF JEOPARDY' in 1962.The Book, VIEWS OF JEOPARDY, Won Him The Prestigeous YALE YOUNGER POET AWARD.
Gilbert also won the National Book Critics Circle Award and was shortlisted for the Pulitzer Prize For Poetry twice.
He was living away from the public gaze and his such habit of aloofness was quite surprising to all, but, it seemed that Jack Gilbert Was Very Fond Of Such 'SELF-IMPOSED ISOLATION' !
On a Guggenheim Fellowship He Toured As Many As 15 Countries Of Europe Lecturing On American Literature. Later on he as a member of US' STATE DEPARTMENT, toured many countries popularizing and educating about American Literature.
He was born on November 13, 1925 in Pittsburg,Pennsylvania and at a rather young age,due to bad financial condition,had to work as exterminator and door to door salesman.
Later he got admitted at Pittsburg University and had finished his formal education.
His poems often have the themes of his native Pittsburg .He also wrote about the themes of love n sex n alienation of modern man.
He is admired for the simplicity plus the clarity of tone and tenor.
His Poems Also Reflect His Empathy For People At Large as the following lines exemplify : -
''IMAGINE HOW IMPOSSIBLE IT WOULD BE / TO LIVE IF SOME PEOPLE WERE / ALONE AND AFRAID ALL THEIR LIVES. /''
Jack Gilbert.
Rest In Peace, Jack !
May Almighty Grant Peace Plus Salvation To The Depated Soul !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
CELEBRATING 'DIWALI' , THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS !
DIWALI : THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHT n LOVE, PEACE n PROSPERITY !
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DIWALI,The Festival Of Lights, Is Being Observed Today All Across India And The World Over Where Indian Community Have A Sizeable Presence!
It Is One Of The Most Important Festivals For Indians,Especially, People Hailing From The Hindus,The Jainas,The Buddhists,The Sikhs Communities.
People Observe A Day Long Fast And Perform Poojah(worshipping) In The Evening And Then Eat Plus Distribute The Prasadam(Offerings To Gods n Goddesses).
People Decorate Their Homes With Colors ,Flowers etc. And There Is A Special Thrust On Observing Cleanliness Today.
People Dress Themselves In New Attires And Enjoy Meals Together With Family And Friends.
The Spirit Of Fraternity And Harmony Is Emphasized On This Occasion.
People Light Up Earthen Pots (DIYAS) Filled With Oil And Place Them Everywhere For Light And Good Omen.
The Symbolism Behind These Lighting Up Of Earthen Pots Is That By Such Rituals The Evil Spirits Will Be Chased Away And The Peace Plus Prosperity Will Usher In One's Home!
Lots Of Fireworks Are Enjoyed In Order To Celebrate The New Atmoshphere Of Goodness And Well-Being On Account Of God's Grace.
Sweets Are Shared To Enjoy The Celebratory Fervour.
All Around Is Observed An Aromatic Ambience As The Results Of Worshipping Gods n Goddesses With Scented Items And Incensed Sticks !
The Joy And Bliss Are Prayed For And Everyone Greets Others And Extend Good Wishes!
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There Are Numerous Myths And Legends Associated With This Festival And It Will , Therefore,Be Wrong To Assign One Particular Story Behind Its Origin! But,The Most Common Theme Behind TheOrigin Of 'DIWALI' ,Is That It Has Been Celebrated To Mark The Triumph Of Good Over Evil, The Victory Of Gods Over Demons, The Spread Of Lights Over The Darkness, The Power Of Knowledge Over Ignorance n likewise!
Each Of The Above Pairs Points To One End And That Is - THE PREVALENCE OF POSITIVITY OVER NEGATIVITY!
Various Stories Abound In Indian Culture To Illustrate The Abovecited Theme.But, Two Things I Wish To Quote Here : a.) DIWALI MARKS THE RETURN OR HOMECOMING OF LORD RAMA AFTER A LONG EXILE OF 14 YEARS DURING WHICH LORD RAMA KILLED THE DEMON, RAVANA. AND THIS WELCOME HOME OF LORD RAMA IS BEING CELEBRATED ALL THROUGH THE MILLENNIA OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION.
b.) DIWALI MARKS THE END OF THE HARVESTING SEASON AND THUS PEOPLE PAY THANKS TO GODS AND GODDESSES FOR THEIR HARVEST THAT YEAR AND PRAY FOR A BETTER YIELD THE NEXT YEAR!
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Most Importantly,DIWALI IS THE CELEBRATION OF 'INNER LIGHT' or The 'ATMANA' or The 'BRAHMNA' That Dwells Deep Inside Each Of Us ,As Per The Hindus' Scriptures,And DIWALI IS AN OCCASION TO 'REJOICE IN THIS PURE ENLIGHTENING LIGHT ' !
A HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL !
MAY ALMIGHTY FILL EACH SOUL WITH JOY AND BLISS!
MAY EACH OF US PROSPER IN LIFE!
MAY EACH OF US REJOICE IN THE INNER LIGHT PRESENT IN EVERY SOUL !
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
Amen!!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
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DIWALI,The Festival Of Lights, Is Being Observed Today All Across India And The World Over Where Indian Community Have A Sizeable Presence!
It Is One Of The Most Important Festivals For Indians,Especially, People Hailing From The Hindus,The Jainas,The Buddhists,The Sikhs Communities.
People Observe A Day Long Fast And Perform Poojah(worshipping) In The Evening And Then Eat Plus Distribute The Prasadam(Offerings To Gods n Goddesses).
People Decorate Their Homes With Colors ,Flowers etc. And There Is A Special Thrust On Observing Cleanliness Today.
People Dress Themselves In New Attires And Enjoy Meals Together With Family And Friends.
The Spirit Of Fraternity And Harmony Is Emphasized On This Occasion.
People Light Up Earthen Pots (DIYAS) Filled With Oil And Place Them Everywhere For Light And Good Omen.
The Symbolism Behind These Lighting Up Of Earthen Pots Is That By Such Rituals The Evil Spirits Will Be Chased Away And The Peace Plus Prosperity Will Usher In One's Home!
Lots Of Fireworks Are Enjoyed In Order To Celebrate The New Atmoshphere Of Goodness And Well-Being On Account Of God's Grace.
Sweets Are Shared To Enjoy The Celebratory Fervour.
All Around Is Observed An Aromatic Ambience As The Results Of Worshipping Gods n Goddesses With Scented Items And Incensed Sticks !
The Joy And Bliss Are Prayed For And Everyone Greets Others And Extend Good Wishes!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..(2.). . . . . . . .
There Are Numerous Myths And Legends Associated With This Festival And It Will , Therefore,Be Wrong To Assign One Particular Story Behind Its Origin! But,The Most Common Theme Behind TheOrigin Of 'DIWALI' ,Is That It Has Been Celebrated To Mark The Triumph Of Good Over Evil, The Victory Of Gods Over Demons, The Spread Of Lights Over The Darkness, The Power Of Knowledge Over Ignorance n likewise!
Each Of The Above Pairs Points To One End And That Is - THE PREVALENCE OF POSITIVITY OVER NEGATIVITY!
Various Stories Abound In Indian Culture To Illustrate The Abovecited Theme.But, Two Things I Wish To Quote Here : a.) DIWALI MARKS THE RETURN OR HOMECOMING OF LORD RAMA AFTER A LONG EXILE OF 14 YEARS DURING WHICH LORD RAMA KILLED THE DEMON, RAVANA. AND THIS WELCOME HOME OF LORD RAMA IS BEING CELEBRATED ALL THROUGH THE MILLENNIA OF INDIAN CIVILIZATION.
b.) DIWALI MARKS THE END OF THE HARVESTING SEASON AND THUS PEOPLE PAY THANKS TO GODS AND GODDESSES FOR THEIR HARVEST THAT YEAR AND PRAY FOR A BETTER YIELD THE NEXT YEAR!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Most Importantly,DIWALI IS THE CELEBRATION OF 'INNER LIGHT' or The 'ATMANA' or The 'BRAHMNA' That Dwells Deep Inside Each Of Us ,As Per The Hindus' Scriptures,And DIWALI IS AN OCCASION TO 'REJOICE IN THIS PURE ENLIGHTENING LIGHT ' !
A HAPPY DIWALI TO ALL !
MAY ALMIGHTY FILL EACH SOUL WITH JOY AND BLISS!
MAY EACH OF US PROSPER IN LIFE!
MAY EACH OF US REJOICE IN THE INNER LIGHT PRESENT IN EVERY SOUL !
GOD BLESS ALL OF US!
Amen!!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
Monday 12 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY !
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY IS, UNDOUBTEDLY, ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELISTS IN HUMAN HISTORY !!
HIS ART AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBINGS UNTO THE MYSTERY CALLED MANKIND, WAS UNIQUE AND SUPERIOR TO OTHER AUTHORS!
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(1.) '' WHAT IS HELL? I MAINTAIN THAT IT IS THE SUFFERING OF BEING UNABLE TO LOVE!''
(2.) '' WITHOUT GOD EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED !''
Fyodor Dostoevsky.
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FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY(DOSTOYEVSKY) , IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST NOVELIST OF ALL TIME ,BY A GROUP OF CRITICS! Another Group Of Critics Hold Him As The Second Greatest Novelist Of All Time, The First Being LEO TOLSTOY !
Irrespective of such positionings/placements , There Is No Denying The Stature That Dostoevsky Is Accorded And The Zone Of Influence His Writings Had Effected : IT WAS SECOND TO NONE !
He wrote in 19th cent. and was dead in the early 80s of that cent., Yet He Is Supreme AmongstThe Writers From Whom The Very Many Great Authors Of 20th-cent.Drew Inspirations!
Dostoevsky Had An Uncanny Grasp Over Human Psychology And He Painstakingly Depicted, Rather Delienated The Various Layers Of Human Psychology And Had One Conclusion That A MAN IS ESSENTIALLY GOOD . .! That Even A Rogue, A Pauper or A Downtrodden , Has Some Glimpses Of Goodness Somewhere Deep Down Inside !
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'CRIME AND PUNISHMENT' and 'BROTHERS KARAMAZHOV' are two such works that if you read them, you will not be the same again !
His books leave transformative effects and cleanse our hearts n make our soul aromatic!!
Yesterday was his birthday n It's Dostoevsky Week !
So, A BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN OF ALL TIME,MR. DOSTOEVSKY !!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
HIS ART AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBINGS UNTO THE MYSTERY CALLED MANKIND, WAS UNIQUE AND SUPERIOR TO OTHER AUTHORS!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1.) '' WHAT IS HELL? I MAINTAIN THAT IT IS THE SUFFERING OF BEING UNABLE TO LOVE!''
(2.) '' WITHOUT GOD EVERYTHING IS PERMITTED !''
Fyodor Dostoevsky.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
FYODOR DOSTOEVSKY(DOSTOYEVSKY) , IS REGARDED AS THE GREATEST NOVELIST OF ALL TIME ,BY A GROUP OF CRITICS! Another Group Of Critics Hold Him As The Second Greatest Novelist Of All Time, The First Being LEO TOLSTOY !
Irrespective of such positionings/placements , There Is No Denying The Stature That Dostoevsky Is Accorded And The Zone Of Influence His Writings Had Effected : IT WAS SECOND TO NONE !
He wrote in 19th cent. and was dead in the early 80s of that cent., Yet He Is Supreme AmongstThe Writers From Whom The Very Many Great Authors Of 20th-cent.Drew Inspirations!
Dostoevsky Had An Uncanny Grasp Over Human Psychology And He Painstakingly Depicted, Rather Delienated The Various Layers Of Human Psychology And Had One Conclusion That A MAN IS ESSENTIALLY GOOD . .! That Even A Rogue, A Pauper or A Downtrodden , Has Some Glimpses Of Goodness Somewhere Deep Down Inside !
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. . . . . . . . .(2.). . . . . . . . .
'CRIME AND PUNISHMENT' and 'BROTHERS KARAMAZHOV' are two such works that if you read them, you will not be the same again !
His books leave transformative effects and cleanse our hearts n make our soul aromatic!!
Yesterday was his birthday n It's Dostoevsky Week !
So, A BELATED BIRTHDAY TO THE MASTER CRAFTSMAN OF ALL TIME,MR. DOSTOEVSKY !!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
Sunday 11 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, KURT VONNEGUT,THE AUTHOR OF 'SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE' !
A Cult Figure Amongst The Generation Of 60s n 70s In America, Kurt Vonnegut Happened To Be One Of The Handful Of Postwar Authors Who Constantly Kept Asking Some Perennial Questions Through Their Works In Order To Search For Justifications,If Any, Of Human Existence On This Planet! 'WHY ARE WE HERE?' , 'HOW TO CHECK THE DEHUMANIZING FEATURES CREPT IN HUMAN RACE? are some of the fundamental questions that Vonnegut raised in his seminal work, 'SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE' , 'BREAKFAST OF CHAMPIONS' and others!
As a prisoner of war in the second world war as he was captured during the 'Battle of Bulge' war by the Germans and had to live inside a meat locker slaughterhouse underground forsome days in the German city of Dresden, Vonnegut had the first hand experience of the devastating effects of war.He Saw Closely The Allied Firestorming of Dresden And Other German Towns That Resulted In Casualities More ThanThe Bombing of Hiroshima n Nagasaki Combined!
That Experience Formed The Mainstay Of His Most Famous And Artistically A Masterpiece Creation, 'SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE' ,Published In 1969.
The Banality Of Modern Civilization And The Ever Rising Catastrophic Effects Of Industrialization or Mechanization,had always caught his attention and that he very faithfully depicted them in his works !
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'PLAYER PIANO' was his first fiction published in 1952 which met with a rather modest review.It was his 'CAT'S CRADLE' that had established him as a serious writer.It was 1963.In 1969 with the publishing of 'SLAUGHTER HOUSE FIVE'(a name he chose after his own slaughterhouse incarceration in Dresden where the germans used to call that meat locker as 'slaughterhouse five), Vonnegut became a cult figure for youngesters in america who were essentially questioning the so-called american superiority.THUS KURT VONNEGUT BECAME THE RISING STAR OF COUNTERCULTURE !
He was a leftwing radical and anti-war .He wrote extensively against the horrors of war and had voiced strongest opinion decrying the Vietnam War and most recently the Iraq war.
He went on to the extent of saying that Bush and Hitler Were Same Except One Thing That Hitler Was Elected!
Later he used to say that terrorists were the real bravemen as they were ready to die for their beliefs n dogmas!
All these had earned him notoriety in some circles!
His works were adapted for films and the movie version of Slaughterhouse Five Is considered as a better piece of art,which is rather unique thing!
A Native Of Indiannapolis,IN,USA, Kurt Vonnegut Lived Much Of His Late Life In Manhattan,NY ,where he died in 2007 at the age of 84.
Kurt Vonnegut Had Blended The Genre Of Sci-Fi with Black or Gallow Humor and Satire!
His Works Are Still Read Worldwide and Some Of His Shortstories Are,In Fact, In High School Syllabus !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,KURT VONNEGUT!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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As a prisoner of war in the second world war as he was captured during the 'Battle of Bulge' war by the Germans and had to live inside a meat locker slaughterhouse underground forsome days in the German city of Dresden, Vonnegut had the first hand experience of the devastating effects of war.He Saw Closely The Allied Firestorming of Dresden And Other German Towns That Resulted In Casualities More ThanThe Bombing of Hiroshima n Nagasaki Combined!
That Experience Formed The Mainstay Of His Most Famous And Artistically A Masterpiece Creation, 'SLAUGHTERHOUSE FIVE' ,Published In 1969.
The Banality Of Modern Civilization And The Ever Rising Catastrophic Effects Of Industrialization or Mechanization,had always caught his attention and that he very faithfully depicted them in his works !
. . . . . . . . . . . .(2.). . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . .
'PLAYER PIANO' was his first fiction published in 1952 which met with a rather modest review.It was his 'CAT'S CRADLE' that had established him as a serious writer.It was 1963.In 1969 with the publishing of 'SLAUGHTER HOUSE FIVE'(a name he chose after his own slaughterhouse incarceration in Dresden where the germans used to call that meat locker as 'slaughterhouse five), Vonnegut became a cult figure for youngesters in america who were essentially questioning the so-called american superiority.THUS KURT VONNEGUT BECAME THE RISING STAR OF COUNTERCULTURE !
He was a leftwing radical and anti-war .He wrote extensively against the horrors of war and had voiced strongest opinion decrying the Vietnam War and most recently the Iraq war.
He went on to the extent of saying that Bush and Hitler Were Same Except One Thing That Hitler Was Elected!
Later he used to say that terrorists were the real bravemen as they were ready to die for their beliefs n dogmas!
All these had earned him notoriety in some circles!
His works were adapted for films and the movie version of Slaughterhouse Five Is considered as a better piece of art,which is rather unique thing!
A Native Of Indiannapolis,IN,USA, Kurt Vonnegut Lived Much Of His Late Life In Manhattan,NY ,where he died in 2007 at the age of 84.
Kurt Vonnegut Had Blended The Genre Of Sci-Fi with Black or Gallow Humor and Satire!
His Works Are Still Read Worldwide and Some Of His Shortstories Are,In Fact, In High School Syllabus !
HAPPY BIRTHDAY,KURT VONNEGUT!
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Friday 9 November 2012
PHILIP ROTH,THE AMERICAN NOVELIST,ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT !
PHILIP ROTH,THE GREAT AMERICAN AUTHOR, IS ARGUABLY ONE OF THE MOST SUITABLE AUTHORS TO BE CALLED AS 'NOBEL LAUREATE' . . . .BUT,THE NOBEL COMMITTEE HAS GOT A FAIR SHARE OF NOTORIETY FOR MISSING AUTHORS WHO ARE THE BEST OF THEIR TIME !
PHILIP ROTH ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AS DISCLOSED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE AUTHOR GAVE LAST MONTH TO A FRENCH MAGAZINE!!
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT PEN ANYTHING OR READ ANYTHING. . .HE HAD ENOUGH OF ALL SUCH STUFFS OF READING,WRITING AND TEACHING!
HE PLANS A CONTEMPLATIVE AND PEACEFUL DAYS AHEAD IN ORDER TO REFLECT WHAT HAD HE ATTAINED IN LIFE AND WAS THAT WORTH ATTAINING !
'NIMESIS' WILL BE HIS LAST BOOK!
QUOTING AMERICAN BOXER JOE LOUIS ,ROTH SAID THAT LIKE THE BOXER HE WOULD LIKE TO SUM UP HIS CAREER AS - -'I DID WHAT I COULD WITH WHAT I HAD !'
PHILIP ROTH HAD HIS LITERARY DEBUT IN 1959 WHEN HIS BOOK, 'GOODBYE,COLUMBUS' PUBLISHED.BUT ,IT WAS A DECADE LATER THAT MR. ROTH GAINED AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AFTER HIS BOOK, 'PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT' GOT PUBLISHED.HIS ANOTHER NOTABLE CREATION, 'THE HUMAN STAIN' WAS LATER ADAPTED FOR AN EPONYMOUS FILM STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS AND NICOLE KIDMAN.HIS LAST BOOK, 'NEMESIS' WAS PUBLISHED IN 2010.MR. ROTH SAID THAT HE HAD NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS POST 'NEMESIS' AND HE WOULD NOT WRITE ANYTHING ANYMORE!HE TOLD HE HAD ENOUGH AND HE DIDN'T FEEL ANY FANATICISM TO WRITE THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED IN LIFE.
PHILIP ROTH IS 79 AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST HOPEFULS FOR THE LITERATURE NOBEL FOR A DECADE OR SO!
HOPEFULLY ,THE NOBEL FOUNDATION WILL DO JUSTICE TO MR. ROTH !
WISHING HIM A BLISSFUL TIME AHEAD!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
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PHILIP ROTH ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT AS DISCLOSED IN AN INTERVIEW THAT THE AUTHOR GAVE LAST MONTH TO A FRENCH MAGAZINE!!
HE SAID HE WOULD NOT PEN ANYTHING OR READ ANYTHING. . .HE HAD ENOUGH OF ALL SUCH STUFFS OF READING,WRITING AND TEACHING!
HE PLANS A CONTEMPLATIVE AND PEACEFUL DAYS AHEAD IN ORDER TO REFLECT WHAT HAD HE ATTAINED IN LIFE AND WAS THAT WORTH ATTAINING !
'NIMESIS' WILL BE HIS LAST BOOK!
QUOTING AMERICAN BOXER JOE LOUIS ,ROTH SAID THAT LIKE THE BOXER HE WOULD LIKE TO SUM UP HIS CAREER AS - -'I DID WHAT I COULD WITH WHAT I HAD !'
PHILIP ROTH HAD HIS LITERARY DEBUT IN 1959 WHEN HIS BOOK, 'GOODBYE,COLUMBUS' PUBLISHED.BUT ,IT WAS A DECADE LATER THAT MR. ROTH GAINED AN INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION AFTER HIS BOOK, 'PORTNOY'S COMPLAINT' GOT PUBLISHED.HIS ANOTHER NOTABLE CREATION, 'THE HUMAN STAIN' WAS LATER ADAPTED FOR AN EPONYMOUS FILM STARRING ANTHONY HOPKINS AND NICOLE KIDMAN.HIS LAST BOOK, 'NEMESIS' WAS PUBLISHED IN 2010.MR. ROTH SAID THAT HE HAD NOT WRITTEN ANYTHING IN THE LAST TWO YEARS POST 'NEMESIS' AND HE WOULD NOT WRITE ANYTHING ANYMORE!HE TOLD HE HAD ENOUGH AND HE DIDN'T FEEL ANY FANATICISM TO WRITE THAT HE HAD EXPERIENCED IN LIFE.
PHILIP ROTH IS 79 AND HAS ALWAYS BEEN ONE OF THE MOST HOPEFULS FOR THE LITERATURE NOBEL FOR A DECADE OR SO!
HOPEFULLY ,THE NOBEL FOUNDATION WILL DO JUSTICE TO MR. ROTH !
WISHING HIM A BLISSFUL TIME AHEAD!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
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INDIA.
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TWO POEMS BY 'ANNE SEXTON' ON HER BIRTHDAY !
TWO POEM BY ANNE SEXTON :-
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1. AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN !
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You said the anger would come back
just as the love did.
I have a black look I do not
like. It is a mask I try on.
I migrate toward it and its frog
sits on my lips and defecates.
It is old. It is also a pauper.
I have tried to keep iton a diet.
I give it no unction.
There is a good look that I wear
like a blood clot. I have
sewn it over my left breast.
I have made a vocation of it.
Lust has taken plant in it
and I have placed you and your
child at its milk tip.
Oh the blackness is murderous
and the milk tip is brimming
and each machine is working
and I will kiss you when
I cut up one dozen new men
and you will die somewhat,
again and again.
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2. ''45,MERCY STREET !''
In my dream,
drilling into the marrow
of my entire bone,
my real dream,
I'm walking up and down Beacon Hill
searching for a street sign -
namely MERCY STREET.
Not there.
I try the Back Bay.
Not there.
Not there.
And yet I know the number.
45 Mercy Street.
I know the stained-glass window
of the foyer,
the three flights of the house
with its parquet floors.
I know the furniture and
mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
the servants.
I know the cupboard of Spode
the boat of ice, solid silver,
where the butter sits in neat squares
like strange giant's teeth
on the big mahogany table.
I know it well.
Not there.
Where did you go?
45 Mercy Street,
with great-grandmother
kneeling in her whale-bone corset
and praying gently but fiercely
to the wash basin,
at five A.M.
at noon
dozing in her wiggy rocker,
grandfather taking a nap in the pantry,
grandmother pushing the bell for the downstairs maid,
and Nana rocking Mother with an oversized flower
on her forehead to cover the curl
of when she was good and when she was...
And where she was begat
and in a generation
the third she will beget,
me,
with the stranger's seed blooming
into the flower called Horrid.
I walk in a yellow dress
and a white pocketbook stuffed with cigarettes,
enough pills, my wallet, my keys,
and being twenty-eight, or is it forty-five?
I walk. I walk.
I hold matches at street signs
for it is dark,
as dark as the leathery dead
and I have lost my green Ford,
my house in the suburbs,
two little kids
sucked up like pollen by the bee in me
and a husband
who has wiped off his eyes
in order not to see my inside out
and I am walking and looking
and this is no dream
just my oily life
where the people are alibis
and the street is unfindable for an
entire lifetime.
Pull the shades down-
I don't care!
Bolt the door, mercy,
erase the number,
rip down the street sign,
what can it matter,
what can it matter tothis cheapskate
who wants to own the past
that went out on a dead ship
and left me only with paper?
Not there.
I open my pocketbook,
as women do,
and fish swim back and forth
between the dollars and the lipstick.
I pick them out,
one by one
and throw them at the street signs,
and shoot my pocketbook
into the Charles River.
Next I pull the dream off
and slam into the cement wall
of the clumsy calendar
I live in,
my life,
and its hauled up
notebooks.
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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1. AGAIN and AGAIN and AGAIN !
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
You said the anger would come back
just as the love did.
I have a black look I do not
like. It is a mask I try on.
I migrate toward it and its frog
sits on my lips and defecates.
It is old. It is also a pauper.
I have tried to keep iton a diet.
I give it no unction.
There is a good look that I wear
like a blood clot. I have
sewn it over my left breast.
I have made a vocation of it.
Lust has taken plant in it
and I have placed you and your
child at its milk tip.
Oh the blackness is murderous
and the milk tip is brimming
and each machine is working
and I will kiss you when
I cut up one dozen new men
and you will die somewhat,
again and again.
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2. ''45,MERCY STREET !''
In my dream,
drilling into the marrow
of my entire bone,
my real dream,
I'm walking up and down Beacon Hill
searching for a street sign -
namely MERCY STREET.
Not there.
I try the Back Bay.
Not there.
Not there.
And yet I know the number.
45 Mercy Street.
I know the stained-glass window
of the foyer,
the three flights of the house
with its parquet floors.
I know the furniture and
mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
the servants.
I know the cupboard of Spode
the boat of ice, solid silver,
where the butter sits in neat squares
like strange giant's teeth
on the big mahogany table.
I know it well.
Not there.
Where did you go?
45 Mercy Street,
with great-grandmother
kneeling in her whale-bone corset
and praying gently but fiercely
to the wash basin,
at five A.M.
at noon
dozing in her wiggy rocker,
grandfather taking a nap in the pantry,
grandmother pushing the bell for the downstairs maid,
and Nana rocking Mother with an oversized flower
on her forehead to cover the curl
of when she was good and when she was...
And where she was begat
and in a generation
the third she will beget,
me,
with the stranger's seed blooming
into the flower called Horrid.
I walk in a yellow dress
and a white pocketbook stuffed with cigarettes,
enough pills, my wallet, my keys,
and being twenty-eight, or is it forty-five?
I walk. I walk.
I hold matches at street signs
for it is dark,
as dark as the leathery dead
and I have lost my green Ford,
my house in the suburbs,
two little kids
sucked up like pollen by the bee in me
and a husband
who has wiped off his eyes
in order not to see my inside out
and I am walking and looking
and this is no dream
just my oily life
where the people are alibis
and the street is unfindable for an
entire lifetime.
Pull the shades down-
I don't care!
Bolt the door, mercy,
erase the number,
rip down the street sign,
what can it matter,
what can it matter tothis cheapskate
who wants to own the past
that went out on a dead ship
and left me only with paper?
Not there.
I open my pocketbook,
as women do,
and fish swim back and forth
between the dollars and the lipstick.
I pick them out,
one by one
and throw them at the street signs,
and shoot my pocketbook
into the Charles River.
Next I pull the dream off
and slam into the cement wall
of the clumsy calendar
I live in,
my life,
and its hauled up
notebooks.
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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Thursday 8 November 2012
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, ANNE SEXTON, AUTHOR OF CONFESSIONAL POETRY !
TODAY (9 Nov.) MARKS THE 84'TH BIRTH ANNIVERSARY OF
THE GREAT CONFESSIONAL POET OFAMERICA, ANNE SEXTON !
Anne Sexton lived for a mere 45yr ,yet,her status as a poet remains paramount .
With just a couple of books published during her lifetime,Anne Sexton successfully carved a permanent niche amongst the poets of the last century.
Her poetry is marked for its emotional intensity and lyrical touch.
She was a poet of honesty and truth and had always penned poems mirroring her very own personal experiences plus private thoughts !
'TO BEDLAM AND PART WAY BACK', 'LIVE OR DIE' , ' ALL MY PRETTY ONES' , 'THREE STORIES' , '45,MERCY STREET' are some of her best creations!
She had greatly contributed to the genre of confessional poetry,though,it is pretty much difficult,at times,to put her into any single watertight compartment as her oeuvre of poetry touches many forms and styles !
A life full of depressive bouts and nightmares emanating from a rather unhappy childhood, Anne Sexton would write poems for the sake of such suppressed psyche. . . . .as a getway for an outlet having kind of a therapy!
Anne Sexton had to stay at mental care hospitals and had to undergo psycho analysis and the likes as a way for cure many a time ,especially from the late sixties till her last when on 4th ofoctober,1974 she suddenly went into her garage and died of excessive carbon monoxide!
She had had her poetry reading at Goucher College,Maryland,just a day earlier i.e. On 3 October!
Her tragic end happened the same way as that of her old pal,poet Sylvia Plath !BOTH ENDED IN SUICIDE!!
'LIVE or DIE' is Anne Sexton's masterpiece ,for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1967.
Anne Sexton's Poetry Survives and So She Is Alive In All Of Her Fans !
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY,ANNE SEXTON !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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THE GREAT CONFESSIONAL POET OFAMERICA, ANNE SEXTON !
Anne Sexton lived for a mere 45yr ,yet,her status as a poet remains paramount .
With just a couple of books published during her lifetime,Anne Sexton successfully carved a permanent niche amongst the poets of the last century.
Her poetry is marked for its emotional intensity and lyrical touch.
She was a poet of honesty and truth and had always penned poems mirroring her very own personal experiences plus private thoughts !
'TO BEDLAM AND PART WAY BACK', 'LIVE OR DIE' , ' ALL MY PRETTY ONES' , 'THREE STORIES' , '45,MERCY STREET' are some of her best creations!
She had greatly contributed to the genre of confessional poetry,though,it is pretty much difficult,at times,to put her into any single watertight compartment as her oeuvre of poetry touches many forms and styles !
A life full of depressive bouts and nightmares emanating from a rather unhappy childhood, Anne Sexton would write poems for the sake of such suppressed psyche. . . . .as a getway for an outlet having kind of a therapy!
Anne Sexton had to stay at mental care hospitals and had to undergo psycho analysis and the likes as a way for cure many a time ,especially from the late sixties till her last when on 4th ofoctober,1974 she suddenly went into her garage and died of excessive carbon monoxide!
She had had her poetry reading at Goucher College,Maryland,just a day earlier i.e. On 3 October!
Her tragic end happened the same way as that of her old pal,poet Sylvia Plath !BOTH ENDED IN SUICIDE!!
'LIVE or DIE' is Anne Sexton's masterpiece ,for which she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1967.
Anne Sexton's Poetry Survives and So She Is Alive In All Of Her Fans !
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY,ANNE SEXTON !
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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Wednesday 7 November 2012
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: CONGRATS, MR.PRESIDENT, BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA FOR A...
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: CONGRATS, MR.PRESIDENT, BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA FOR A...: OBAMA GETS FOUR MORE YEARS AND ROMNEY ENLIGHTENMENT HELPFUL FOR RETIREMENT ! Chicago and Boston,arguably two of the most symbolic places in...
CONGRATS, MR.PRESIDENT, BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA FOR A SECOND TERM !
OBAMA GETS FOUR MORE YEARS AND ROMNEY ENLIGHTENMENT HELPFUL FOR RETIREMENT !
Chicago and Boston,arguably two of the most symbolic places in the history of the united states of america, wore two different colors a few hours ago as we witnessed two speeches carrying two imports ,one of VICTORY andother of CONCESSION or POLITE ACCEPTANCE OF DEFEAT, as the two most important protagonists of the political narrative of america have had their expressions pouring out before their loyalists !
CHICAGO HAS THE WINDS OF TRIUMPH AND THE PRESIDING DIETY THEREIN IS THE HERO ONCE AGAIN! Mr.Obama is accepted again!
THE FLOW OF CHAMPAGNE WILL HAVE ITS LIMITATION THIS TIME AROUND AS MR. OBAMA IS ENTRUSTED WITH A HUGE AND HUGE AND HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT HE CAN'T AFFORD ANY EXCESSES!
The celebratory moments will be shorter as the task lying ahead calls forth a more daunting,daring,devoted and dedicated president and Mr. OBAMA KNOWS THIS PRETTY WELL!
The Path To The White House Has Rarely Been So Much Peppered With Hopes and Hurdles As Of Now And It Will Be Interesting To See Whether A 'Obama-II' Attains Any Better Records Than Earlier In Terms Of Breaking The Congressional Thaw and Overcoming The Gridlocks !
The Genius Lies In Handling The Economy In A Pragmatic Way Where Mr. Obama Couldn't Achieve Much !
The Republican Majority In The House Remains And How To Convince Such An Adamant Opposition To Contribute To The Progress Of America Via A United Approach Towards The Fiscal Management, Will Be One Of The Most Important Challenges For Mr. Obama !
HOPEFULLY MR. OBAMA WILL HEAL MORE AND HURT LESS THE AMERICAN PSYCHE IN TIMES AHEAD!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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Chicago and Boston,arguably two of the most symbolic places in the history of the united states of america, wore two different colors a few hours ago as we witnessed two speeches carrying two imports ,one of VICTORY andother of CONCESSION or POLITE ACCEPTANCE OF DEFEAT, as the two most important protagonists of the political narrative of america have had their expressions pouring out before their loyalists !
CHICAGO HAS THE WINDS OF TRIUMPH AND THE PRESIDING DIETY THEREIN IS THE HERO ONCE AGAIN! Mr.Obama is accepted again!
THE FLOW OF CHAMPAGNE WILL HAVE ITS LIMITATION THIS TIME AROUND AS MR. OBAMA IS ENTRUSTED WITH A HUGE AND HUGE AND HUGE RESPONSIBILITY AND THAT HE CAN'T AFFORD ANY EXCESSES!
The celebratory moments will be shorter as the task lying ahead calls forth a more daunting,daring,devoted and dedicated president and Mr. OBAMA KNOWS THIS PRETTY WELL!
The Path To The White House Has Rarely Been So Much Peppered With Hopes and Hurdles As Of Now And It Will Be Interesting To See Whether A 'Obama-II' Attains Any Better Records Than Earlier In Terms Of Breaking The Congressional Thaw and Overcoming The Gridlocks !
The Genius Lies In Handling The Economy In A Pragmatic Way Where Mr. Obama Couldn't Achieve Much !
The Republican Majority In The House Remains And How To Convince Such An Adamant Opposition To Contribute To The Progress Of America Via A United Approach Towards The Fiscal Management, Will Be One Of The Most Important Challenges For Mr. Obama !
HOPEFULLY MR. OBAMA WILL HEAL MORE AND HURT LESS THE AMERICAN PSYCHE IN TIMES AHEAD!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
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Tuesday 6 November 2012
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL EL...
ALMOST NONSENSICAL MUSINGS: THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL EL...: TODAY IS THE ELECTION DAY AND THE FRENZY AND FEVER OF CAMPAIGNING CAME TO ITS HALT YESTERDAY ! Mr. Romney In Massachusetts and Mr. Obama In...
THE SOUND AND THE FURY OF AMERICAN PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION !
TODAY IS THE ELECTION DAY AND THE FRENZY AND FEVER OF CAMPAIGNING CAME TO ITS HALT YESTERDAY !
Mr. Romney In Massachusetts and Mr. Obama In Illinois, Are Seen In A Rather Jubiliant Mood - at least that's what we can infer from their countenances and facial contours !
BUT, ANXIETY COUPLED WITH DOUBTS AND DISILLUSIONMENT,MUST BE LURKING BENEATH THE SEEMINGLY CHEERING VENEAR OF PERSONA !
BOTH WEAR THE SAME SMILES. . . ..but,WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH ?
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One Of The Most Exciting Presidential Elections In A Generation or so,The Contenders Seem To Have Had Sleepless Nights And Hectic Days Of Late That Eventually Got Its Endgame This November 6,2012 i.e. TODAY!
NOTHING SEEMS OBIQUITIOUS REGARDING THE RESULT !
VAGUENESS MIGHT TURN INTO SURPRISE!BUT,THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY SURPRISES POST THE OUTCOME FOR BOTH THECANDIDATES HAVE THEIR FATE HUNG IN BALANCE AS OF NOW AFTER HAVING A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE ON THE SO CALLED 'WINNABILITY' GRAPH AS SHOWN BY THE VARIOUS POLL PUNDITS SOFAR !
Recent data point towards the probability of a second term for Mr.Obama -Going By The Past Records Of The Two Former Presidents In Recent Memories And It's So Even If We Take The Data Of The Whole Of 20th-Cent. (nearly 70 percent times the incumbent president has won a second term)!
But, We Are Helpless To Conjectures When Faced With Such Hardtimes Of Economical Morass As Of Now !
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The Whole World Eagerly Awaits The Final Outcome Of Such A Prolonged Electoral Pageant !
The International Media Have Been Giving A Good Deal Of SpaceTo This American Election And Rightly So !
Hopefully, The Hype,Hooplah and Hysteria Generated By American Election, Will Certainly Be Laid To Rest !!
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
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INDIA.
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Mr. Romney In Massachusetts and Mr. Obama In Illinois, Are Seen In A Rather Jubiliant Mood - at least that's what we can infer from their countenances and facial contours !
BUT, ANXIETY COUPLED WITH DOUBTS AND DISILLUSIONMENT,MUST BE LURKING BENEATH THE SEEMINGLY CHEERING VENEAR OF PERSONA !
BOTH WEAR THE SAME SMILES. . . ..but,WHO WILL HAVE THE LAST LAUGH ?
. . . . . . . . . . .(2.). . . . . . .
One Of The Most Exciting Presidential Elections In A Generation or so,The Contenders Seem To Have Had Sleepless Nights And Hectic Days Of Late That Eventually Got Its Endgame This November 6,2012 i.e. TODAY!
NOTHING SEEMS OBIQUITIOUS REGARDING THE RESULT !
VAGUENESS MIGHT TURN INTO SURPRISE!BUT,THE TRUTH IS THAT THERE WON'T BE ANY SURPRISES POST THE OUTCOME FOR BOTH THECANDIDATES HAVE THEIR FATE HUNG IN BALANCE AS OF NOW AFTER HAVING A ROLLER-COASTER RIDE ON THE SO CALLED 'WINNABILITY' GRAPH AS SHOWN BY THE VARIOUS POLL PUNDITS SOFAR !
Recent data point towards the probability of a second term for Mr.Obama -Going By The Past Records Of The Two Former Presidents In Recent Memories And It's So Even If We Take The Data Of The Whole Of 20th-Cent. (nearly 70 percent times the incumbent president has won a second term)!
But, We Are Helpless To Conjectures When Faced With Such Hardtimes Of Economical Morass As Of Now !
. . . . . . . . . .(3.). . . . . . . .
The Whole World Eagerly Awaits The Final Outcome Of Such A Prolonged Electoral Pageant !
The International Media Have Been Giving A Good Deal Of SpaceTo This American Election And Rightly So !
Hopefully, The Hype,Hooplah and Hysteria Generated By American Election, Will Certainly Be Laid To Rest !!
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
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Monday 5 November 2012
MY FAVOURITE QUOTES !
1. 'EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE IS REAL !'
2. 'THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TRAGEDY IN THIS WORLD : ONE HAPPENS WHEN YOU DESIRE SOMETHING AND CAN'T GET AND ANOTHER HAPPENS AFTER GETTING IT.'
3. 'THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ALL ARE IN GUTTERS,BUT ,SOME OF US STILL PRETEND LOOKING AT STARS !'
4. 'NOT TO DECIDE IS ALSO A DECISION !'
5. 'EAT, DRINK AND RE-MARRY !'
6. 'WOMAN IS THE SECOND MISTAKE OF GOD !'
. . . .(. . .THEN CERTAINLY, MAN THE FIRST. . .!)
7. 'STRIVE AND THRIVE !'
8. 'A MAN'S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP /OR WHAT ELSE THE HEAVEN FOR ! /'
9. 'WHO SAYS TO QUIT SMOKING IS HARDEST !IT IS THE EASIEST THING AND I HAVE DONE IT THOUSANDS OF TIME !'
10. 'I SMOKE BUT I DO NOT INHALE !'
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
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INDIA.
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2. 'THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF TRAGEDY IN THIS WORLD : ONE HAPPENS WHEN YOU DESIRE SOMETHING AND CAN'T GET AND ANOTHER HAPPENS AFTER GETTING IT.'
3. 'THE TRUTH IS THAT WE ALL ARE IN GUTTERS,BUT ,SOME OF US STILL PRETEND LOOKING AT STARS !'
4. 'NOT TO DECIDE IS ALSO A DECISION !'
5. 'EAT, DRINK AND RE-MARRY !'
6. 'WOMAN IS THE SECOND MISTAKE OF GOD !'
. . . .(. . .THEN CERTAINLY, MAN THE FIRST. . .!)
7. 'STRIVE AND THRIVE !'
8. 'A MAN'S REACH SHOULD EXCEED HIS GRASP /OR WHAT ELSE THE HEAVEN FOR ! /'
9. 'WHO SAYS TO QUIT SMOKING IS HARDEST !IT IS THE EASIEST THING AND I HAVE DONE IT THOUSANDS OF TIME !'
10. 'I SMOKE BUT I DO NOT INHALE !'
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MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
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Sunday 4 November 2012
LIFE : A JOURNEY ! (A Poem)
Roads That Bend/
Clouds That Descend/
Flowers That Bloom/
Challenges That Loom/
Each Has Its Mystery/
Each Has Its Revelation/
We All Become History/
Full Of Strange Manifestation/
You Came And Stay/
You Gone And Still Stay/
Love Always Has An Unusual Pattern /
It Knocks The Door /
When Empty Is The Inside /
And, Unprepared The Dweller /
Love Always Surprises/
After Night The Sun Rises/
And,
The Wind Blows/
Everything That Has Life /
Glows. /
Roads and Clouds and Flowers and Winds and Love /
Are /
All /
In The Journey ! /.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
Clouds That Descend/
Flowers That Bloom/
Challenges That Loom/
Each Has Its Mystery/
Each Has Its Revelation/
We All Become History/
Full Of Strange Manifestation/
You Came And Stay/
You Gone And Still Stay/
Love Always Has An Unusual Pattern /
It Knocks The Door /
When Empty Is The Inside /
And, Unprepared The Dweller /
Love Always Surprises/
After Night The Sun Rises/
And,
The Wind Blows/
Everything That Has Life /
Glows. /
Roads and Clouds and Flowers and Winds and Love /
Are /
All /
In The Journey ! /.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MRITYUNJAY JHA
SAMASTIPUR
BIHAR
INDIA.
(91) 9334411390.
http://facebook.com/MJ1982M
http://twitter.com/MJ1982M
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