लता को क्या गाऊँ, क्या लिखूँ ? माँ नहीं थीं वो. न दीदी, ना ताई…ना कोई देवी ! बस लता. कैसे बाँध दूँ बहती स्वरधारा को इन छोटे-छोटे रिश्तों में ? हम दोनो की उम्र लगभग बराबर थी. मैं कोई दसेक साल की रही हूँगी जब उन्हें पहली बार ठीक से पहचाना. वो मेरी हमउम्र […]
राग मल्हार..?? : A Deibhidhe Poem in Hindi
Deibhidhes is an approximation of the Irish Gaelic poetry form. The actual form needs quatrains made up of lines of only seven syllables each where the last stressed syllable of the first line rhymes with the last unstressed syllable of the second line , and the same pattern to be repeated in the third and fourth lines , with the additional requirement of two alliterative rhyming words in the middle of the third and fourth lines. No restriction on total length of the poem. It’s a Hindi version of Irish Gaelic Deibhidhe Poem.
ANHAD NAAD (अनहद-नाद): The Primordial Sound
ANHAD NAAD अनहद-नाद ANHAD NAAD नभ में उड़ते बादल जो नीले से दिखते हैंया सागर में अनगिन नीली लहरें उठती हैंनीलापन भ्रम, ज्यों मरुछाया जल विहीन हैनीलवर्ण बस गगन, शेष सब रंगहीन हैंविस्तृत नभ जो श्वेत से नीलाभ हुआ जाता है,अपनी प्रतिच्छाया से सबको ही रंगता जाता है | होकर भी निर्बाध, नहीं अस्तित्व है जिसकाहै […]
APORIA : A Greek Tale of Titans…
Sufjan Stevens, a Canadian singer who might be lesser known, but he has just taught people a lot of old and new words with the track listing of his latest spacesynth album, APORIA. Most of the titles are of Proto-Greek origin and are a telltale of the diverse ancient Greek myth and folklore. I have […]
मेरे पथिक- My Maverick, My Music
Music has the power to vanquish all, be it good or bad! It adds to more happiness when you’re cheerful, similarly, melts the solidity of grief with its warmth and healing powers. I’ve written this Hindi Poem, personifying music as my muse, my divine love! आभास तुम्हारा हुआ मुझे बिन छुए, बंद आँखों से अवलोकित किया […]
Music: Haiku
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”— Plato The Greek philosopher and thinker Plato poured his views on music eras back, which are relevant even today. Music has a power to overpower all that […]
Music has no rules!
“Music happens to be an art form that transcends language.”— Herbie Hancock rightly said. Unlike other forms of art, music has no rules. It flows from one soul to the other and engrosses the whole universe in it. All the rules, limits and boundaries become frail in front of music. Music is an ethereal art […]
My Music: from Moksha to Mania
“Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and charm and gaiety to life and to everything.”— Plato Greek philosopher and thinker Plato poured his views on music eras back, which are relevant even today. Music has the power to vanquish all, be it […]
God, Love, Music and Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony……
“I want to crawl to her feet, whimper to be forgiven for needing her more than my own life… for belonging to her more than my own soul” — Emily Bronte (Wuthering Heights) I do not wish he crawls to my feet as Heathcliffe did in Wuthering Heights in search of immortal love. I merely wish he […]