tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59017787266899395482024-02-19T06:55:13.856-08:00The Chatter BlogThe Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.comBlogger147125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-25024876611632157922020-10-21T07:32:00.000-07:002020-10-21T07:32:02.122-07:00Recipe To Finish A Nation!<p> </p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>To finish a nation</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Just attack it’s
education</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Lure the kids away!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The nation <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>will <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>be
under your sway!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Turn them into
addicts ..</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Drugs, alcohol, TV or
porn</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">You ‘ve successfully
turned them into Morons.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The peace of the
nation is <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>your’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to take</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Without firing a
single bullet,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you would have won the war! </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-34466938606439510542020-10-17T10:41:00.000-07:002020-10-17T10:41:04.576-07:00Don't Take Cudgels With Power!<p> </p><div style="border-bottom: solid windowtext 1.0pt; border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; mso-element: para-border-div; padding: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;">
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Take Cudgels with Power!</p>
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<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">A child well
disciplined </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Of an army personnel</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Brought up with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>care </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Share, love and dare.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Grew, up-right</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Always stood for the
right!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Like his Papa wanted
to fight</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And serve his
motherland without might!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Decided to write.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">... to be a
whistle blower,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">To weed out the ills
found all over.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">But that was not to
be!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">His Media House he
did <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>start</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Treated workers like
friends at that.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Carried out a Sting
operation,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Where he knew was
rampant corruption.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Alas! He locked horns
with the rulers of the land</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Who decided to teach
him a lesson .</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Happily married with a lovely wife and
daughter</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">With film star looks
along with grey matter,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">He caught many a
women’s fancy.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">However he couldn’t
fathom</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The extent of mischief
afoot!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The rulers of the
land </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Sent a “Menka” of sorts,.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">To entice and ensnare
him with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>her charms!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Mission accomplished!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">He was finished!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">His career fell,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Like the house <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>cards.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Damned and <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>defamed,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all because he dared to dare,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The rulers of the
land!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">*Menka …a
celestial<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>beautiful nymph <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in Hindu mythology.</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-59303982114426722272020-09-09T23:51:00.002-07:002020-09-09T23:51:45.186-07:00The Morning Walk<p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Morning walk</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The old lady </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">On a solitary stroll</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Everyday a young
person</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Watches her, and reasons
</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Why so lonesome</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Little knowing </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">She’s just a little
girl</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Hidden in her soul</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Enjoying the Koyal
bird’s beat</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">That uplifts her
heart!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Yes, it’s just that</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And pray</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">That it’s there</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The coming morn!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">And the next and next…</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So that she can text</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">To her old friends</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">All young at heart</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">So easily tickled ,</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">They laugh</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">At the drop of a hat!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">The young person</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Cannot fathom</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Thinking <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>her as so
naïve</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Following a routine </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Trudging so very
slowly </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">With all her aches
and pains</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">But with a spring in
her being </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">With an unsatiated hunger</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">To catch the dawn </p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">Before it’s gone!</p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p> </o:p></p>The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-808032910520592412020-07-15T22:32:00.000-07:002020-07-15T22:32:11.497-07:00Relative Happiness!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sniffling nose,</div>
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Eyes spilling tears…</div>
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Sometimes I have a good cry.</div>
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Opening my sluice gates of accumulated cares.</div>
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Suddenly While indulging and enjoying the cry</div>
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The “Theory of Relativity “dawns on me.</div>
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Fervently I pray to God quickly,</div>
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O! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>please <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>don’t push me down Almighty</div>
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And make the present sad state seem best</div>
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A relatively happier one in the moment next,</div>
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...by a discord, ailment or a text</div>
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So quickly before he catches me</div>
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I smile through them<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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Signaling HIM, “<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">be unmindful of them..<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">for god sake if
you<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>can’t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>remedy them” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: uppercase;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">You see! I certainly
don’t want him to drive home<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="text-transform: uppercase;">the SAdness theory of
relativity by jove!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-75377665444823781022020-07-06T10:47:00.000-07:002020-07-06T10:47:05.802-07:00sound on the roof!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Sound on the roof!</div>
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I snuggled into my bed, and no
sooner my head touched the pillow ,I was in deep slumber. Suddenly I was wide
awake! I looked in the direction of the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>watch, it’s neon light flashed 3 a.m.it seemed
I had just closed my eyes. So many hours since 10.30 pm!</div>
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There it was again! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I could hear the distinct sound of soft
measured footsteps on the roof! In that span of few seconds my mind fed me with
a million possibilities, one worse than the other, if I get down to write them it
could take voluminous proportions! I realize what an amazing thing is the human
mind…mind boggling! Well it was this sound indeed that had disturbed my
subconscious mind.</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Somebody definitely was up there, I quickly
slipped out of bed, wore my jacket, went downstairs .I drew away the blinds, through
the spotlessly clean<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>French windows I could see<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my well- lit wooden deck. It was such a
pleasing sight to watch all my potted plants peacefully asleep. The grapevine
twisted artistically on the far end of the deck making a natural boundary, the
unripe grapes looking so picturesque, out of a Greek picture book! Nothing
looked amiss.</div>
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I checked my CCTV footage, there
moments ago –there was a family of Raccoons . They made such a pretty
picture…Mom, with two cubs following her playfully, one dodging the other,
smilingly clutching each other’s tails …it was like watching the discovery
channel of the wild .i watched fascinated forgetting the noise? sound on the
roof,? Predators?...what ?</div>
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I switched on the powerful light
on the roof, it looked ethereal .I felt so proud of it ,the reason I had
recently changed the tiles . it was the envy of my<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>neighbors, and a couple of them had followed
suit. It is called the “Demonstration Effect”, I think. The crescent moon just
above my roof looked like the celestial swing! I stretched and yawned ,shut <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the windows and was glad everything was fine
climbed the stairs and...a stray thought hit me .I had heard stories about raccoons
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>making attics their homes!</div>
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Aghast I decided to do a quick
check. I opened the attic door, it was pitch dark in<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>there .I used<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>my flash light , three pairs of pools of light reflected from the far
end !O No they had decided to park in mine !I shut the door and got off the
footstool, my head whirling in calculations of unnecessary expenses…that I
would’ve to incur this month. Such as repair s of the damaged roof, attic, and
calling for the services of the city raccoon catcher to get them out…a whopping
sum ! So much for the trip I had planned for my family outing to the beach…Sugar
beach, Wasaga, the coming long weekend in the Caravan . The kids were so
delighted so was my wife looking forward to the prospect of camping out for the
long weekend. every day so many plans were chalked out and changed …had already
got the tents…I could picture the disappointment on their faces which is so
depressing!</div>
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I calmed my jangled nerves, ran a
few options in my head, the easiest one was to light up the attic and play some
music. These nocturnal creatures didn’t look the kinds to enjoy this. I
painstakingly managed to put my music system with heavy duty speakers up in
there and worked up some psychedelic lighting in the attic.</div>
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Tired I went downstairs , the
clock showed a good two hours had gone by .I stepped out in the porch to
witness the blessed daybreak in all its heavenly glory. The orange sun peeping
through my apple tree! Quickly took a few pictures…I miss out on the dawn
everyday..the pure gentle breeze, darting squirrels chirping birds in the
orange light in the backdrop of blue skies with wispy white clouds …too good!
Captured some great pictures of mine against the backdrop!</div>
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Exhausted after the ordeal, I
showered-as the warm water cleaned my body ,it cleared my mind! Breakfast was
ready, I ate the oatmeal with my hazel nut vanilla coffee, ruminating on
tackling the problem at hand-all other work had receded in the recess of my
mind.</div>
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I stepped out once again with the
long stepladder to view the problem from the outside. There it was a little
hole in between the main roof and the lower one. it looked like a work of art,
so artfully clawed out. To me it looked too small for them to have got in. I
decided to plug the hole with a large <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sheet. The idea was to create a panic of being
trapped in . I went inside and put on a psychedelic pandemonium <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>,lights, blaring jazz music on , I think I put
Pink Floyd’s Time <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a loop .</div>
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The raccoons didn’t much care for
it and must’ve realized they were trapped as the hole was blocked.</div>
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Excited I went out and climbed
the ladder slowly pulled the never ending sheet, and waited with<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>baited breath. Sure enough my surmise was
right. ..they had had enough of the jing bang deafening music and blinding
bright<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lights .They scampered out as if
someone was after their lives. It was so comical. I was so absorbed in the
whole thing that I was just saved by the skin of my teeth , I ducked in time
the onslaught of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the mother, who angrily
snapped in my face. I nearly fell off.</div>
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I saw them <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>leave , not <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>happy. I was happy and relieved ,money saved
is money earned…as I was reversing the car from the garage my son shouted, ”where
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to Dad?’” I asked him to hop in and on
the way to Hard -ware store to get material for repairs for the hole..i related
my tale all he said was ,”why didn’t you wake me up!”</div>
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To make good his disappointment,
we together shortlisted <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the motorboat we’d
take along, surfing equipment and the Caravan .Excitement rife for the coming
long weekend we drove home. </div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-89217916372508368812020-06-26T04:29:00.003-07:002020-06-26T04:29:59.306-07:00Obsessive Fears!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Obsession!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Life itself is an
obsession with me.</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I forget, death will
not come in my lifetime,</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And yet I die so many
times over.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Wasting my precious
life</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Reading … books on
Lessons of Life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Watching …lessons of
life by some Guru,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Listening…to the real
life experiences of friends,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">All with a view to “righting
their wrongs”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the mêlée, I’ve
lost the flavor of life!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m on tether hooks</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">When it comes to my
dear ones…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The phone call not
received on time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I chew my nails off!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A dear one not
reaching on time,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m done!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">No sound from the
bathroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I’m doomed!</span></div>
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<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt; text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To compose my jangled
nerves</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I deep breathe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Not for me to take
joys and sorrows in my stride.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Scared of God</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pray to Him with all
my might</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Just to please Him.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">God above beamed</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">To me said He</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“I blessed you with
life,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">And you’re obsessed
with it”,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">"Snap out of it,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let go</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The leech like
obsession </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For the uncertainty
of life!"</span></div>
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<o:p><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></o:p></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-18244231570940668382020-06-18T04:57:00.000-07:002020-06-18T04:57:12.692-07:00Memories!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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MEMORIES!</div>
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Memories are such
good cushions to relax on!</div>
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Every present well
spent, is a basis for sweet ones!</div>
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People dream and make
big</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for
one dig <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>memories .</div>
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Good or bad I indulge
in them and why not?</div>
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I’m flooded with
childhood memories, teenage memories ,</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>youth memories, middle age memories: ludicrous,
happy, melancholic.</div>
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So many summers have
gone by,</div>
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So many latent
memories in me, </div>
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Spring roots as soon
as a person</div>
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Just opens up a
conversation</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mind’s screen springs alive with connected
memories.</div>
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I must say I have a
way with them.</div>
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I latch on with them </div>
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Much to the chagrin
of the unsuspecting person.</div>
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He could be talking
about an accident,an earthquake,floods,</div>
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Cuisine,Eateries, soirees,fashion
shows,movies,music concerts, plays, theatre,</div>
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Or games in the Stadia</div>
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You name it </div>
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And I have it.</div>
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Views on politics, religion,
health, any anecdote or emotions</div>
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Mummy’s love ,Daddy’s
pride, sibling stories, friends and foes,</div>
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Spouse, kids, in-laws
and relatives</div>
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You name it </div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
I have it!</div>
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Travelogue ? <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>well <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the other day </div>
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Someone returned from
the Alps,</div>
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Enthusiastically describing
to us the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>snow covered peaks </div>
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Guess? Yes! I latched
on and my memories came cascading out</div>
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My walk on the great
Athabasca Glacier in the Canadian Rockies<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>,</div>
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The snow coach, the
skywalk , the jasper snow field, </div>
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Banff <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Rocky Mountain Resort where we stayed for a
week </div>
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Dousing him, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>drowning him with every detailed account. </div>
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Not meaning to, but
stealing his thunder!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Many a times</div>
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I do meet my match</div>
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Who loves to latch</div>
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Onto my present with
his memories.</div>
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Good Grief!</div>
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Is all that I can
think </div>
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I shut my mouth</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
And close my mind.</div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
Roll my eyes
heavenwards!</div>
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Willing him Stop!</div>
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Making a silent
promise</div>
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In future will be more careful</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">of </span>latching onto memories!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Such memories certainly are
short lived,</div>
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with me!</div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-28092290213912278602020-06-16T07:44:00.006-07:002020-08-04T09:23:11.248-07:00Marigold Flowers!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Marigold Flowers!</font></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Kwes1tF89B86ALV0q05BRiH1mdbW6lfLzzBfgorzCW0NyUhm-v0mf_J2hBdldYzgZrq4tT6LllOaTUcL8KFC_18lRtudBIh68lubgzjTRCrw0ZaI7LhcC7K8AJVCySeluiu5KXDflR1w/s600/DSC_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="400" data-original-width="600" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Kwes1tF89B86ALV0q05BRiH1mdbW6lfLzzBfgorzCW0NyUhm-v0mf_J2hBdldYzgZrq4tT6LllOaTUcL8KFC_18lRtudBIh68lubgzjTRCrw0ZaI7LhcC7K8AJVCySeluiu5KXDflR1w/w384-h256/DSC_0184.JPG" width="384" /></a></div><div><br /></div>
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Walking through the meandering back lanes of a temple,</font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000">
I’m assailed by the sweet smell of the Marigolds.</font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000">
Suddenly surrounded by a riot of different hues of yellow,</font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000">
Garlands, flowers and petals heaped up in huge baskets,</font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px; text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><font color="#990000">
Seemed <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the sun <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>taking it’s afternoon siesta!</font></div></div></blockquote></blockquote></blockquote><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Five line Gogyokha<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(Japanese
short poem)</font></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: right;"><i><font size="2"><br /></font></i></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfqpFOSD5HLK5gvpv6YipWsd4C4w9fNLxzu50zbHSBT9jgqydpNyUfplMfEnfQYN4D65QTYxDZ5lBP56rYTMKt4oSHJzhfiP8_3kg2g5VZc3NaKt3ZDSgx-Cb8L4i5_kFRfiGPwiup-e7/s800/DSC_0248r.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="533" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrfqpFOSD5HLK5gvpv6YipWsd4C4w9fNLxzu50zbHSBT9jgqydpNyUfplMfEnfQYN4D65QTYxDZ5lBP56rYTMKt4oSHJzhfiP8_3kg2g5VZc3NaKt3ZDSgx-Cb8L4i5_kFRfiGPwiup-e7/s640/DSC_0248r.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><font size="2"><br /></font></i></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-11409712587870114732020-06-16T07:30:00.002-07:002020-06-16T07:41:25.454-07:00O To Rise Early!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Early Riser.</div>
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To catch the dawn, I wake up excited…</div>
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…to hear the orchestra of the chirping birds,</div>
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…to see the slumbering <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>neighbor
hood languorously opening up,</div>
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…to experience <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the ethereal
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quiet amidst the morning din.</div>
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…to expect it as a prelude to a perfect day!</div>
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<br /></div>
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Wrote <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sample poem of Gogyokha.</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-81367630874028475242020-06-09T10:19:00.001-07:002020-06-09T10:19:17.902-07:00Gogyokha!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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GOGYOKHA</div>
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Gogyokha style of
poetry writing has been recently formalized in 1983.it was recognized and named
by Enta Kusakabe.</div>
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She originated the
idea in 1957,while studying at the Tokyo University of western Literature.</div>
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The form has root
with in the Tanka,which also has 5 lines.Spearheaded by Kusakabe,a Gogyokha
society was formed in 1994.In 2008,the first<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>American chapter of the Gogyoka Society was establishedin New York.</div>
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Five Rules of
Gogyokha</div>
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1. A new form of
short p[oem that is based on the ancient Japanese Tanka and Kayo.</div>
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2. It has Five lines
in all.</div>
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3.Each line consists
of one phrase…</div>
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4.it has no restraint
on the number of words or syllables.</div>
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5. one can write on
any subject.</div>
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A</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-43700640887558969682020-06-04T07:09:00.001-07:002020-06-04T07:09:36.683-07:00Sexagenarian!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SEXAGENARIAN</div>
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On the eve of my sixty status</div>
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Bidding farewell to my golden decade</div>
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Each year has slipped into the other</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Ever since <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I’ve taken
to my senses.</div>
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I’ve always wanted to be an awesome<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>healthy <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>centenarian!</div>
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But without getting old with all it’s baggage.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Here I am in my birth month once again</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
A senior citizen!</div>
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The words hit me hard.</div>
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Time to beware about slips and falls,</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Retirement <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and all.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Quickly I told myself Baah!</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Let me enjoy the next phase</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Reset myself on the enjoyment mode</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Set <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>aside hatred, anger,
regret <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>sad.</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
slow down and view everything from all angles</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
Front, rear, from the side, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>down and under, up and yonder.</div>
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Put in all efforts to kindle the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lamp of childlike <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>curiosity !</div>
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…And Dwell on …</div>
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Every breath I breathe</div>
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Every step I walk,</div>
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Every syllable <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
speak,</div>
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Every note <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I sing,</div>
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Every sight I see</div>
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Every thought I think,</div>
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Every letter I write,</div>
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Every meal I cook,</div>
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Every prayer I pray,</div>
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Every day morning ablutions I do</div>
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Every wink I sleep,</div>
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Every move I dance,</div>
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…as <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a gift of God </div>
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And enjoy the present!</div>
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To transform the sweet sixteen heart </div>
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Into a wonder full of sixty!</div>
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<br /></div>
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With my dream of a straight spine</div>
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I realize my constraint of time</div>
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I pledge no more lethargy and procrastinations</div>
<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And Smile away all my
guiles!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-70920603523343910632020-06-02T10:29:00.000-07:002020-06-02T10:29:12.215-07:00Equity and Development<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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EQUITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT</div>
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Leafing through the World Development Report 2006, it raked
up issues in my mind.</div>
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Economic Development means increase in the country’s GDP
along with increase in the citizen’s quality of life, that is measured with the
H.D.I.</div>
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H.D.I is Human Development Index , a statistic composite index
of life expectancy,education and per capita income indicators which are used to
rank countries .</div>
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In short any development that is planned in an economy
should have the well being of the people at large. </div>
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Why does equity and well being matter?</div>
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The concern of any authority should be development <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with Equity.</div>
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Equity is so pervasive across cultures. The <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>philosophical <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>traditions suggests that a fundamental
preference for fairness is deeply rooted in human beings. Complementing this
evidence are data from Opinion Surveys ,suggesting that higher inequalities in
incomes is on an average is associated with lower aggregate levels of
subjective well being.</div>
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Perhaps the oldest manifestations of concern with equity and
the avoidance of deprivation comes from religion. Several major world religions
endorse the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>notion of social justice and
a duty towards the poor. In<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>general,it
has been found all cultures and religions share a concern with equity and
fairness.</div>
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Self interest is the most prominent underlying emotion of
humans. In a sense we are all selfish for our <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>own well being, come what may.</div>
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People’s view on fairness is based on many variables such as
material condition ,age, circumstances, knowledge, ethics…</div>
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Plato argued that “if a state is to avoid civil
disintegration …extreme poverty and wealth must not be allowed to rise in any
section of the citizen body because lead to disasters”. Which we have often
seen in developing countries.</div>
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Inequalities should be reduced .This will help bring greater
efficiency and prosperity in the society in the long run .Equity should be
viewed as dignity and worth of a person. Moral values too will be strengthened
in society. </div>
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Development in its wake will bring about a reduction in
poverty and inequality .The cake should be shared by all the citizens . It is
the onus on the government to see that every citizen should get a fair share of
the fruits of growth and development. That would be a meaningful progress of
the human race!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-58243594583244289622020-06-01T05:12:00.001-07:002020-06-01T05:12:20.194-07:00Delivery!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">DELIVERY</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Laboring to push it out of my tummy,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Yelling hoarse for my Mummy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A hundred miles away from me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I lay in excruciating pain that Friday</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">After the Doctor broke my “waters”.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">White voices urged me, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Push! push!!Push!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tried so hard ,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Tired I cried,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let me go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">A voice rasped,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">“if you’re done,</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">We’ll begin the C section”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That did it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I deep inhaled and whale exhaled…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Amidst cheers out slid baby bathed in my placenta!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Pain vanished.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">The most tuneful cry filled my ears</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">That sounded like alla…allla.alllaaa</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Happily I prayed “Shukriya…”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">They showed me an adorable doll like bundle </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">For all these months was in me cuddled!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">I gazed amazed at the wonderful God’s creation!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Someone drew the curtains...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Suddenly the O.T. was flooded with sunbeams…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">…beaming at my sunny boy and me!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Exhausted I snuggled in His arms.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thanking Him once again for His lovely gift!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">On that New Year’s Eve!</span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-14525101109521927332020-05-31T11:29:00.000-07:002020-05-31T11:29:06.994-07:00Padam Shri Bhai Nirmal Singhji<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Padam Shri Bhai Nirmal Singhji</div>
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When it comes to success,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>one looks back at a lot of things<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>people<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>are<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>happy about .Those baby<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>steps that only you know of! </div>
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Out of those have known you
,there are people who know <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the price of
your success, for the rest you’re plain lucky!</div>
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Padam Shri<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Raagi Bhai Nirmal Singhji Khalsa in an
interview with Khushdav Singh in Khaas Mulakat Sangat T.V. in U.K.this is what
I unraveled from this interview, other posts on the Youtube …and first hand information
from his random fans ,and my favourite<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Ragi, I was shaken when the Pandemic snatched him away.</div>
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His parent’s certainly didn’t
know that he was an uncut diamond in need of cutting and polishing !</div>
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From very humble beginnings in a
village mother Sardarni Gurdev Kaur, father Sardar Chanan Singhbrought him up
with the only hope that he’d contribute to the meager income. That was not to
be as he was not interested in his father’s trade, which he proudly professes
he knows so well. Much to his father’s chagrin he was neither interested in other
options. </div>
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Even as a young boy he was fond
of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>good music. After the day’s work he’d
sit in front of the radio and listen to Pakistan music programmes consisting of
gazals, songs, shabads…what he liked best was Gulam Ali’s style of singing and
he says he adopted it . The style remained with him even after he underwent
training and learning in music schools by maestros of Indian classical music. </div>
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He attributes his renown to his
mother who had faith in him.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She parted
with her gold band which he sold for Rupees 30 . She unshackled him from his
attachment towards filial duties, and<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>encouraged him to run away from home and pursue his passion.</div>
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He managed to get admission at
the Shaheed Missionary College Amritsar.a prof. there nicknamed him as Tansen
in recognition to his lovely voice modulations.(Tansan a great singer in the
court of the Mughal king Akbar) <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Here he
set his heart and mind to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>accomplish his
dream of becoming the top Ragi <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at the
Golden temple.</div>
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He did become the Hazoori Ragi at
Darbar Saheb! His silky voice resonated all over the world and soon he became a
household name. His Asa Di Vaar<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>started
the day for many a devout Punjabis. He worked hard and sang the Gurbani <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>mellifluously in their stipulated 31 ragaas. </div>
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His hard work didn’t go
unnoticed. He was awarded the Padam Shri the highest civilian award in India.So
humble in his stance,he wondered who had nominated him. he had never imagined
such an honour.In the course of a conversation he discovered it was none other
than<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then P.M. Dr. Manmohan Singh who had suggested
his name. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He is <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the only Raagi who has been conferred with the
award. However, the<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>most important
award he confesses is the faces of his audience who bless him with their
expressions!</div>
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In his address to the Punjabi
youth in a college ,he said there is no end to learning.He talked about his
keen desire for knowledge. He would even read from the paper in which goods
were wrapped and sold . He couldn’t study beyond class 5 because of poverty. In
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>all humility he stated that he has written
2 books well researched based on his experiences in Ragas , Gurmat classical
saangeet, which are prescribed as text books for post graduate students!His
message to the young musicians is that they should learn and render the shabads
in the specified Raagas in order to get the real essence of the meaning of the
word(shabad).Guru Naank was a mystic who along with Bhai Bala and Bhai Mardana mesmerized
the ‘Kayanath” with his melodious teachings. Music resonates with everyone.</div>
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On a serious note,he recalls with
extreme sadness being an eye witness to the attack on Golden Temple in June
1984.It was so frightening. He was on duty in the precincts of the Gurudwara. The
mayhem of thousands of innocents is inexcusable.</div>
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He enjoyed his foreign trips
.which provided him the opportunity to explore the world.He has been to 71
countries .Enjoying each one’s culture ,flora , fauna marveling God’s creation.</div>
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He <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>related an interesting anecdote about his
meeting his<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>creative inspiration ,his
guru Gulam Ali.In one of his trips abroad to England he learnt that he was
there.It was a great moment for him,off he went to meet him .It was an ecstatic<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>moment ,when the Ustad told him that he knew
him as an admirable Hazoori Raagi.His respect was reciprocated and the two
became family from then on.</div>
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Such was his simplicity, love for
learning and spreading the message of God , having the good of all at heart. His
calling was singing and his endeavour was to compose good music and sing God’s
praise for the people. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>He was a rustic, straightforward
perhaps that is why he won the hearts of one and all!</div>
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His was a singleness of purpose
to popularize singing God’s praise in the classical overtones.This is no small
part of his greatness.It has been his ability to inspire and rediscover the
greatness of the verses in the Guru Granth Saeb that are written with the length,
metre and beat in keeping with the Ragaas. He believed that we are fortunate to
have inherited such wealth of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>knowledge.
This tradition of Gurmat Sangeet <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>should
be carried on! </div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-88918165321397391482020-05-07T12:01:00.002-07:002020-05-07T12:03:20.762-07:00SUPER MOON/BUDH PURNIMA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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SUPER MOON/BUDH
PURNIMA</div>
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On the terrace
admired <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the very bright, round moon .
Today is super moon and it has coincided with Budh Purnima. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It is
Buddha’s birthday observed by Buddhists all over the world as an important
festival. It is believed three important events<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>of Buddha’s life took place :his <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>birth, his attaining enlightment, and his
death, Paranirvana. This day is Thrice Blessed Festival.</div>
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It is celebrated in
the Asian countries mainly by lighting lanterns ,candles, floating them on a
lake.</div>
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China, South Korea, North
Korea, Bangladesh, Cambodia, Indonesia Japan ,Malaysia ,Mongolia ,Myanmar, Nepal
Singapore, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Vietnam.</div>
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Also it is celebrated
in Australia as “Vesak Day”. In Brazil it is celebrated largely because of the Japanese
Community. Vesak Buddha’s Birthday<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in
Toronto, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Canada. In the U.S.A the
celebration differs from community to<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>community depending on ethnicity and nationality. </div>
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We Indians celebrate
the day .It’s a public holiday , it was initiated by B.R.Ambedkar, who drafted
the Indian Constitution. Buddha’s teachings are intertwined in our social
fabric. His tenets of’ middle path ‘and ‘non- violence , Three Jewels about
living an ideal life, so well known to all. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Its an important day in our family because my
Dad and Mom tied the knot on this auspicious day!</div>
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The Super Moon has <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lit up the sky and it is going to be the last
Super moon of 2020.</div>
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The term Super moon
is coined by the astrologer Richard Nolle in 1979. It occurs when the moon
reaches it’s closest point to the earth which is known as Perigee.</div>
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It can be 14 percent
bigger and 30 percent brighter than the usual moon. That is why it’s so breath -taking.
The Full Moon in May month is referred to as Flower Moon because of the spring
season and abundance of flowers. It is indeed an ode to the flowers blooming in
Northern Hemisphere.</div>
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There is something
deeply enchanting about the silver suffused with yellow , pink blue grey colors!</div>
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Today the super Moon looks
Magical in the night sky . it seems like a lovely poem written in this
Lockdown<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of hope and joy …</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-133655997535768842020-05-05T11:26:00.001-07:002020-05-05T11:26:28.666-07:00HAIKU<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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HAIKU</div>
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Today I attended a
Haiku workshop organized by Delhiwallah Collective Poetry Group .It was led by
Gina Gallyot, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>along with Rajeev Narang and sponsored by an online magazine” LitGleam”.</div>
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Gina explained the
basic rules of writing Haiku. It the Japanese art of writing tiny poems of 17
syllables!</div>
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It is simple <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>poem of
three lines only. </div>
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The first line has
five syllables.</div>
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The second line seven
syllables.</div>
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The third has five
syllables.</div>
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It was such a
delightful experience reading these short and sweet poems, with punch!</div>
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Even in this wee
little poem there is a cutting point/word to how contrast or similarities, termed
as<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Kirje”. The subject matter could be seasonal
reference to nature elements <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“Kigo”.</div>
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She shared some Haiku’s
from the great master Matsuo Basho.</div>
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She encouraged us to
write Haiku .I scribbled this one</div>
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“The cherry blossom</div>
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Lit up my being in
smiles</div>
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Made <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>me so
happy!”</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-35046854518294117222020-05-04T11:41:00.000-07:002020-05-04T11:41:03.551-07:00FOMITES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FOMITES </div>
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I was a young girl,
when my doctor<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>aunty was given charge of the Infectious
Disease Hospital.</div>
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I used to find her behavior
strange. She was obsessed with washing her hands with soap and water.</div>
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She would treat her
garments as if they were infested with virus . As<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>soon as she would park the car in the garage and
walk <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in ,we had to clear the way for her.
Anyone who crossed her path got a blast of her vitriolic tongue, as if we had
caught the virus .I always felt she was out of her mind.</div>
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She had a beautiful
house with marbled tiles and all. Curtains and Carpets an absolute no no for
her.</div>
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Once she offered me
an apple as I extended my hand to take it she said, ”wait a minute”.</div>
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Horror of horrors she
lathered it with the Lifebuoy washing soap! I angrily declined. She didn’t like
my outburst and lovingly explained fomites. It didn’t make much sense then .But
today in this day and age of Corona virus it is her lesson of that day comes clearly
to my mind.</div>
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She told me that any
inanimate object becomes a vehicle to carry infection such as clothes, wallets ,hair, skin,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>bedding, bags utensils key chains ,bangles etc
and transfer the virus to a new host.That is why its so important to wash hands with soap .</div>
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In short it is an inanimate transporter
of the pathogen .e.g. Corona virus can be transmitted by money exchanging
hands,or even<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>touching the tiny <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>button of <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the lift which has been touched by an affected
person.</div>
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VECTOR, is a living
organism that transmits a parasite to another living being. e.g .mosquitoes are
the vectors of malaria.</div>
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Basic difference
between Vector and Fomites is that of living and nonliving vehicles of
transferring pathogens onto the other body.</div>
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Believe me I've gone out of my mind washing my hands since the past month. Lady Macbeth comes to my mind when I feel that all the waters of Arabian sea can't seem to get this pathogen off my hands!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-25685377754279824052020-04-29T10:50:00.002-07:002020-04-29T10:50:48.189-07:00Fire and Resilience<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fire and Resilience In
the Lockdown</div>
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I hear me walk </div>
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Measuring <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>my pace on the crunchy leaves.</div>
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I look over my
shoulder </div>
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To see this eerie
,empty street</div>
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Bereft of people’s
stream.</div>
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In a brick and mortar
jungle</div>
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Tutoring my thoughts
to be in </div>
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A + frame of mind </div>
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A difficult
proposition indeed!</div>
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I trudge along in the
midst</div>
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Of silence, dead
leaves and mistrust.</div>
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Suddenly my nose
through the secure mask</div>
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Smells something
cooking and coaxes</div>
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My forlorn, woebegone
being to be alive</div>
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And sure smell takes
a happy dive.</div>
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I toss off the mask
that has made me nose-blind</div>
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Spells freedom to the
nostrils</div>
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to take in <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the whiffs of gulp full of aromas that thrills
!</div>
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the tummy juices
growl </div>
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hungrily I inhale</div>
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it whets my greed</div>
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what a treat!</div>
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My prying nose deciphered
every simmering dish</div>
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Be it the curried
fish</div>
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Potatoes with onions
frying</div>
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Zukini with garlic
and ginger</div>
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In jiffy I catch the </div>
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Unmistakable sizzling
of omelet’s!</div>
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Every few paces the </div>
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Wafting aroma changes
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Happily I relish the
culinary skills </div>
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In a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>variety of curries</div>
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The freshly made
Rotis, Parathas, Puris. </div>
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Beverages brewing</div>
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Teas …ginger,
cinnamon, clove ,Tulsi</div>
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The intoxicating
coffee ,hot chocolate</div>
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Boiling milk, rice
lentils</div>
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Such delicacies
assail my senses!</div>
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I feel I’m in a Royal
Banquet</div>
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Sampling out of surfeit
of exotic dishes!</div>
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Each aroma buttered</div>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My mind <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with memories</div>
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Of people that mattered.</div>
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Strains of ‘Fires
burning bright’</div>
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By the ‘Brotherhood
of man’</div>
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Brings me back to my
walk.</div>
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I salute the resilience
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of the lady of the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>house</div>
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Who measures up to
the recurring demand</div>
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Of the taste buds and
stomach.</div>
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No matter what</div>
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Day in and day out </div>
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Always keep the fires
on</div>
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Even in the lockdown!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-85548153932295124762020-04-26T10:23:00.000-07:002020-04-26T10:23:18.526-07:00IMPRRISONMENT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Imprisonment</div>
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Comes June</div>
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My lighthearted heart
hums a tune</div>
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To see my old folks
back home</div>
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The annual ritual</div>
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Is like a carrot on
the stick</div>
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That gives me the
incentive to go on</div>
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And on…over the hills
and vales</div>
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Thorns and Roses.</div>
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This time <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corona, the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>king of the Globe</div>
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With its unmistakable
crown and scepter</div>
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Pronounced a verdict</div>
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Lock down !stay put!!</div>
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Keep distance!!!quarantine!!!</div>
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Trespassers to the
order </div>
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Will be done with.</div>
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And here I feel so
cheated </div>
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A plaintiff seeking
justice from Heavens.</div>
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<br /></div>
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Waiting to fit into
my mother’s heaves</div>
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Giving her my
comforting heartbeats</div>
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I’ve never ever felt
so enchained.</div>
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Angry weary</div>
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Dark and dreary</div>
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Like a caged lioness!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-68708430447531216442020-03-28T11:24:00.000-07:002020-03-28T11:24:02.430-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: 22.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“Mein Tenu Pher Milangi”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">By Amrita Pritam<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Translated into English by Dr Jasbir
Kaur<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“I will meet you again"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where and how I don’t know<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps I’ll
become an inspiration for your imagination,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And will descend
on your canvas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or I’ll be a
mysterious line on your canvas,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Silently admiring
<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll meet
you again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where ?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">How?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t know.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps I’ll
be the flame of the sun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And melt
into your colors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Or I’ll sit
in the arms of the colors<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And spread<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>across your canvas.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t know
how in which way, where?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But I’ll
surely meet you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Perhaps I’ll
be a waterfall <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">And as the
water sprays from the fountain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll rub the
droplets of water on your body<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll spread
my balmy coolness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">On your bosom.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I don’t know
anything more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But I do
know…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">That whatever
time might do,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It’ll walk
with me in my present birth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When the
body perishes,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then everything
will finish.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">But the
threads of memories,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Are like
ions of memory bits.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I’ll pick up
those tiny memories,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Thread them,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Then I’ll meet
you again. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-85484133565666704892020-03-22T11:07:00.000-07:002020-03-22T11:07:26.266-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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COVID-19 Pandemic</div>
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O God on top</div>
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Please stop!</div>
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We’ve learnt our lessons</div>
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That You’ve angrily sent in . </div>
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Though we know the soul is immortal,</div>
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We’re extremely happy to be mortal!</div>
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Let us live life,</div>
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And enjoy Thy bounties!</div>
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Dear God</div>
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Down on our knees</div>
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we beg</div>
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STOP IT!</div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-81789142276131879082020-03-20T11:39:00.002-07:002020-03-20T11:39:42.574-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Made in China : Horrendous Corona</div>
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Loss of crores,</div>
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with <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the virus Corona</div>
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Is taking its toll</div>
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On the rolls.</div>
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Death that seemed so far away </div>
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Seems on its way.</div>
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Fear writ large on each face</div>
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Will it clear us off the world’s face?</div>
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Is the Judgment <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Day
on us?</div>
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Time to exit like the mighty dinosaurs?</div>
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Is the Corona a Malthusian Catastrophe_</div>
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A positive check</div>
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On the burgeoning population</div>
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Because we’ve failed the preventive checks?</div>
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Witnessing an unnerving phenomenon,</div>
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Quarantine and what not!</div>
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The reality so stark.</div>
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Envisioning perhaps God’s annihilation plan.</div>
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Yes a <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>silver lining, </div>
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the world has taken a sabbatical</div>
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From strife ,hate ,bullying for a while.</div>
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<br /></div>
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The itsy bitsy,teeny weeny microbe</div>
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Has taken our breath away.</div>
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Slowly realization dawning on us</div>
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Not to take for granted </div>
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God’s breathtaking creations!</div>
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<br /></div>
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In its wake it has given mankind a rueful l lesson </div>
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In <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Globalisation, at
large.</div>
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Learning from each other</div>
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Today we stand in unity against this invisible scourge!</div>
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<br /></div>
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The Chatter Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02008562198884243138noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901778726689939548.post-12514840892374963312019-05-19T04:04:00.002-07:002019-05-19T04:04:04.750-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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FRUITS</div>
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Sweetmeats of sorts</div>
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In a variety of mouthwatering flavours</div>
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Apple,Pineapple,Mango,Banana</div>
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Berries: Straw,Blue,,Goose,Ras.</div>
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I for one prefer </div>
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A fruit as a dessert.</div>
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To eat the drab meal,</div>
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The carrot is an apple</div>
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The apple of my eye</div>
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Fruits.</div>
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Often tummy abloat <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>with gas and acidity</div>
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Finally went to see a doctor</div>
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With a stomachful of complaints.</div>
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In a jiffy he flashed out a bio-chem<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>lesson </div>
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HCL, Ferment,Bile</div>
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Gosh ! the entire food on a spoil!</div>
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CURE?</div>
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Simple he said.</div>
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Simply eat fruits </div>
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Two hours before or after meals.</div>
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It’ll have an impact magical</div>
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You’ll be the owner of a detoxified body</div>
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Energized exterior,</div>
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A radiant face!</div>
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I have none of the above</div>
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But my tummy troubles have truncated!</div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">A Tussle: Mother and Child</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She
yelled </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">You’re here on this<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Beautiful earth</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Because of me</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I am your creator.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">You’re enervated to the position of a
mother</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Because of me</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I gave you that tittle</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">And with that</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">All the adjectives describing a mom </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Are yours to keep, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">And enrich you as a person </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">And complete you as a woman</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Bah Humbug, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Mother’s Day</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">This is a day for, </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Extolling the virtues of mothers.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I do for mine too.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">So grateful for my darling mother<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Like there is no other</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I forget I’m also a mother</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">And sometimes that’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a bother.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
look inside outside me,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">No motherlike qualities I see.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I can’t see beyond my nose!<br />
Everything I want him to get</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">A good job, income, wife, family…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">To boast “my son…”</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">All the time I’m after the poor soul</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Do this, Do that , Don’t do that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Your age, this this this was that,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">You? Look at that.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Often I wonder</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">About my voice like a thunder</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I use, to calm myself at his behest.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Listening to his thunderous silence</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">I list his faults,</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Like a gurgling stream</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">He too can’t see beyond his nose!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Nonchalantly he goes on as he has to go <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">And here I fail to comprehend as always</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">All my raving and ranting</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Can’t change him</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">Unless he desires so…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-IN">That’s that!</span></div>
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