How Gangubai’s English subtitles could have been more relevant?
All eyes are set on Gangubai Kathiawadi’s release in July but the official trailer was released lately. The film portrays the life of a simple girl who was pushed into prostitution but who made her way in mafiadom. . If trailer serves as an appetizer, then subtitles are like salt to it. With so much […]
Read More..A poem and a report to share the everlasting pain
कोरोना महामारी के कारणवश थम गए कई सिलसिलों में एक अपनी दर्दभरी कहानी सुनाने का सिलसिला भी है जिसे जापान में परमाणु बम विस्फोट की त्रासदी झेल चुकी साकुए शिमोहिरा कई वर्षों से जारी रखे हुए है। जापान के प्रतिष्ठित समाचार पत्र माइनिचि शिनबुन (Mainichi Shimbun) में हाल ही में प्रकाशित इस रिपोर्ताज का अनुवाद […]
Read More..Hindi Translation of Amanda Gorman’s Poem: The Hill We Climb
. The Hill We Climb पर्वत जो हम लांघते . When day comes we ask ourselves, where can we find light in this never-ending shade? जब दिन उगता है, हम खुद से पूछते हैं, इस अंतहीन छाया में हमें उजाला कहां मिलेगा? . The loss we carry, a sea we must wade जो नुकसान हमने […]
Read More..Humor of Harishankar Parsai: Felicitation
Earlier I entertained a different thought…that an author should evade being honorable. As soon as he becomes honorable, he is finished. One day I asked an author, “Dada, why haven’t you been writing for some days?” He said, “Don’t you know I got felicitated last year? Are you in literature or retail business?” . I […]
Read More..Sanskrit Song: Van Upvan sam Kopi Na Antar from Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama
. “रामायण: द लीजेंड ऑफ प्रिंस रामा” भारत-जापान के परस्पर सहयोग से बनाा रामायण पर आधारित एक एनिमेशन चलचित्र था । इसके संस्कृत गीत वसंत देव ने लिखे थे जिन्होंने संस्कृत नाटक “मृच्छकटिकम्” पर आधारित हिन्दी चलचित्र “उत्सव” के लिए भी सुमधुर गीत लिखे और राष्ट्रीय पुरस्कार भी जीता। इस चलचित्र […]
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A Guzaarish Denied by the Perfect World
It was not until I saw the Japanese movie Perfect World, I could think Guzaarish could have been made differently. Japanese aesthetics accepts imperfection as wabi sabi. To accept our life the way it is we need to understand wabi sabi. Bhansali’s movie has many beautiful frames but it could not establish the beauty of […]
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मीरां जैसी प्रेम दीवानी: आण्डाल
नित्याभूषा निगमशिरसां निस्समोत्तुङ्गवार्ता, कान्तो यस्याः कचलुलितैःकामुको माल्यरत्नैः। सूक्त्या यस्याः श्रुतिसुभगया सुप्रभाता धरित्री, सैषा देवी सकलजननी सिञ्चतां मामपाङ्गैः ॥१॥ . श्रीकृष्ण ने गीता में कहा है, “मासानां मार्गशीर्षोऽहम्।” दक्षिण भारत में मारगड़ी का महीना कला और भक्ति में सरोबार होने का अनूठा अवसर प्रदान करता है और इसका श्रेय जाता है आण्डाल को। मारगड़ी के माह […]
Read More..What is there to yearn for in the new year?
Writing this post on January 2, 2021. The New Year the whole world was enthusiastic about is one day old now. A couple of days back I was watching the Japanese folk tale of zodiac signs, how 12 months got identified by the animals but thinking of last year I feel it was ruled by […]
Read More..Tour the city that tickles you pink
Jaipur is the city I grew in but it took me some time to realize what a wonderful city I live in. As a child I did not think much of it but when I moved out of Jaipur I came to know how does it stand out from other cities of India. The city […]
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Light From Plight Of Flowers
. Flowers in nature Flowers are the natural ornaments of a plant. A flower registers its presence in an environment by every aspect of its entity. Its beauty, fragrance, nectar, and tenderness lure all of our four senses of sight, smell, taste, and touch. . A glimpse of a pond with lotus bloomed, a bumblebee […]
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