Padmavat

After three hours of glossy, bulky sub drama, a graceless one on one battle between Maharawal and Khilji comes to an end followed by the animated climax.

Bhansali has been as disappointing as ever, mysteriously again failed to make it a point to answer the question – why this movie ?

Wrong choice of characters, Maharaval more than a king was looking like a security guard of Chittor fort and Khilji- not sure what was expected out of him, an eunuch himself with Shutarmurgh, or a Monkey or a Bear. More than controversy on Maharani – and Rajput’s getting annoyed, it should be Brahmins (the way Raghav Chetan was treated) and Musician’s (the way conversation on Raag Yaman went), who should object and request a ban on this visual.

Except for shots on Singhal Pradesh during initial 10 mins and Khilji’s monkey dance post interval, audience had been wanting and missed the scenes made for 3D.

With all this high drama before the movie release, Bhanasali again successfully gets audience to watch another of his movies.

However at the end Art wins again and loads of congratulations from the art lover to an artist Bhansali  for courage, showmanship,  believing in himself .

 

 

Ashwatthama

हज़ार टुकडों में बट गया हूँ मैं,
कुछ इधर कुछ उधर ….
नाम के लिए जी रहा हूँ,
हज़ार सालों से, सदियों से

मैंने जैसे खून से लथपथ कपडे पहने है ..
आसुओं के धागों से बुने हुए…..
नीली नूरी ख़ामोशी से सनी हुई तलवार
आरपार हुई है मेरे चेहरे के परखच्चे उड़ाते हुए ….~नूर

Chahta hoon

जिंदगी  तेज  चलती  कैंची   की  तरह , तार  तार  किये  जाती  थी  मेरी  सांसों   को ,

बस  अभी  अभी  सगुन  रूपी  सुकून  की  सुई  मिली  है  मुझको ….

अपने  साज  को ,दामन  को ,किताबों  को ,स्याही  को ,कलम  को  ,सांसों को  और  जिंदगी  को ;

थोडा  सीना  चाहता  हूँ  !!

फलक  तक  साथ  तेरे , निरंतर  चलना  चाहता  हूँ ..

“नूर ”(रौशनी ) बनकर  तुझमे  खो  जाना  चाहता  हूँ ..

समंदर  बनकर  तुझमे  समा  जाना  चाहता  हूँ ..

तुझे  साथ  लेकर  “स्वप्नीली ” आसमानों  में  उड़ना  चाहता  हूँ  !!

 

The Journey

Ek lamhe main simat gaya hai sadiyon ka safar..
Zindagi tej..bohot tej chali ho jaise..
Ummeed se jyada hi mila hai aksar
Haathon se sab kuch choo liya ho jaise..
Kyun nahi milta sukoon-e-dil tu bataa e NOOR magar..
Fir bhi bohot sara jeene ki kwahish ho jaise…

Vidwan Dr BalaMuraliKrishna

 

Vidwan Dr BalaMuraliKrishna is no more. I am not capable enough to say if he is one of the greatest musicians who lived on this earth. Though his ever smiling face while effortlessly rendering vocal music ( I didn’t see him play Mridangam or Violin yet, which knowledgeable people say he had same mastery over), his establishment of definition of classical music – in terms of the music that passes the test of time, his voice full of emotion as if the God indeed is surrounding us and encouragement to find him within us through the sound, and above all a symbolic of beautiful river that flows between tradition to innovation, south to north, smile to bliss, composer to singer, performer to discoverer, and sound to spirituality with ease, will always keep inspiring us. Being a percussionist myself, Dr BalaMurali  has been the factor in my life to start searching for sound in my throat and motivating me enough to allow this sound to happen and follow the same. Incidentally this has taken me to be born again few days back, this time as a classical singer myself. Bowing down.

 

Blue and Gray

Miscommunication, gaps and confusion.Pakistan/LoC/Media/Surgical strikes, Reliance JIO and saga of telecom, Samsung Note 7 push and pull, Cauveri river issue, and  TCS Q results under the reigns of Mistry -beautifully explained by Mercury retrograde, becoming direct and Jupiter, Sun and Mercury in Virgo. Moon opposing trios in Pieces will create a nice force aligning spectrum, nations, states, and mobile phones towards oceans, tails, toes, Yellows and CHINA, and much more !

God and Moon

ना पूँछ तू इतना की- मै कौन हूँ , कहाँ हूँ , कैसा हूँ,
लबों से जान ही निकल आएगी जवाब के साथ ।
छोड़ दे मुझको इन परिंदों , इन जनावरों के बीच ए ‘नूर ‘
पता तो चले , कितना दूर और है मेरे इस खुदा का साथ ।।
-नूर

What is evil..

Its not evil, there is no evil, there is no darkness, when the light is not there it becomes dark that’s it, but nobody can create something that emits dark.. there is no dark, its absence of everything , something good – the truth is, there is no light, those who dislike something they are not evil, they just don’t know how to appreciate it, that’s all… a little awareness will make them appreciate good in the future, its can be called as ignorance or they just plainly lack wisdom knowledge. But there is no darkness, its just no light.

Jhamal jindagi

काय झमाल जिंदगी आहे…..
डॉक्टर ला वाटते तुम्ही आजारी पडावे….
पोलिसाला वाटते तुम्ही काही तरी गुन्हा करावा….
वकीलाला वाटते तुम्ही कुठेतरी कधीतरी कसतरी कायद्याच्या कचाट्यात अडकाव
एका इंजीनियर ला वाटत तुमच्या कडे चोरी व्हावी म्हणजे त्याचे design केलेले patented कुलूप विकावे
हे असे सर्व आहे विश्वविद्यालय चे शिक्षण ,परीक्षा पास होणे आणि झुंड मधले बोक्यान सारखे लाळ पाडने
आपल्या विश्वा करिता,तुमच्या degree बघून नाही जणू तुम्ही स्वतः ला बघून घेउन चालायचे , घ्यायची ध्यास कुणी का घेत नाही ??
असो .. मी आहे , परिभव , प्रदाह , भ्रम, भय हरवून घेऊन जायला … स्वरात , रंग टाकून सुमेरु संजीवनी ची मन्मदन बुटी नाकात टाकायला …
मी नूर यॆत आहे ।

(Ref:Om Namoh Aadesh )

 

मेरी मुख्तसरनवीसी-SHORTHAND

एक इलाही मोड़ पर , दीदार जो हुआ
मुख़्तसर ही सही , रूप झमाझम तो हुआ ,

तुझे देखना डूबना हो गया , डूबना -तैरना हो गया
बस रंग से भरा , शेहनाई सा भारी , गहरा है कुआ ,

अनहद नाद जगा दिया , चारों ओर धमाधम हुआ
कौनसा भेस ,कैसा देस , रूप नूर रंग गेहुआ ,

अनकही कोई बात है , हवा है यह या , है यह धुआं
हार या जीत कैसा असमंजस है , कैसा है यह जुआं ॥

Balancing life and play

Ever juggle too many projects? I’m trying to do eight things while traveling and it’s been hard to maintain. In an effort to create more balance in my life, I’m making a change: no more timetables, no more deadlines. Change is coming and it is coming now.

I’ve always been a high-strung person. I work too much, I don’t balance work and play, either it has been too much of work or may be too much of play ,and I make myself vague promises that tomorrow I’ll do things differently — but I never do. Since December, it’s caused me anxiety.

My work/play ethic has been “super full-time,” which normally isn’t a problem, but lately it’s developed into one. I’m juggling too many projects. While I’ve always done that, after talking to a really close friend, I realized that the difference between now and the past was that I did all my previous juggling while in one place. I could create a schedule. Now, I’m trying to do eight things (literally) while traveling, and it’s been hard to maintain.Let us see .

Jiyra ho gaya ab malang

ना चाहिए किसीका संग
जियरा हो गया अब नूरंग

लढनी  है आज बड़ी यह जंग
गहरी है खाई ऊँचा पर्वत दबंग

बनानी है आज बड़ी यह सुरंग
उडानी है आज दूर सूरज तक पतंग

कैसी है यह तरंग , कैसा है यह रंग
नाच है गली गली अपना अपना ढंग ….

Rains in Chennai

Why Indra devta(the rain god) is getting angry towards karthikeya (the army Commander-in-Chief and the Tamiḻ kaṭavuḷ (“god of the Tamils”) . I got some time today to analyse the case further with a pen and a piece of paper ,The son of Krittika and the warrior is in Virgo with dragon’s head, Venus and the axis nodes .While his second/shadow house (Scorpio) is occupied by Sun god himself with Mercury and Saturn, creating a catastrophic combination. This not only is the indication of the house in deep solitude and quarrels(Sun VS Saturn in Mars’s home-more than Mars VS Sun).The husband of Devasena (Indra’s daughter) is on travel to South West Asia (The sign Virgo-6th sign of the zodiac-creating some accidents in Syria and Paris) , while mighty Saturn has arrested Sun in prison in Scorpio. Sun will not get past Saturn until Nov 30th (13 degress) , and so the wait to improve the situation .

What happens when you see a God ..

रंग रूप नूर तुझे , काळा सावळा ,
तुझ्या दर्शनानी मी, झाला बावळा |

सर्व काही घेउनि आला , तुझे बाळ रूप ,
काही जाणु नाही ऊन,  वारा वादळा |

तू नाव रंग सगळी कडे , देत तू हे ताल ,
दाहि दिशा अंतरमनी , भाव वेगळा |

धिन्ना धिन्ना नादा नी , झालो मोकळा ,
स्वप्ना पलीकडचा हा , आनंद सोहळा ॥

Peace and war यह नर जो है ज्ञान का आगार यह नर जो है सृष्टि का श्रृंगार यह नर जो धर कर विज्ञान का फूल यह नर जिससे छूटता वज्र सब कुछ भूल यह नर वही जो आनंद मय जब करे उसकी हार यह नर क्यों नहीं पकड़ता हाथ अपने नीली सुरबहार सावधान हो जाये अब यही आर या पार फूल कंटक , भ्रमित विज्ञान ताल- तार या तलवार ॥।

यह नर जो है ज्ञान का आगार
यह नर जो है सृष्टि का श्रृंगार
यह नर जो धर कर विज्ञान का फूल
यह नर जिससे छूटता वज्र सब कुछ भूल
यह नर वही जो आनंद मय जब करे उसकी हार
यह नर क्यों नहीं पकड़ता हाथ अपने नीली सुरबहार
सावधान हो जाये अब यही आर या पार
फूल कंटक , भ्रमित विज्ञान ताल- तार या तलवार ॥।

Good Times

खुल गए बंधन , खुल गए है अब सब परदे
रहा नहीं कतिपय , यहाँ कुछ दुर्गम वा अज्ञेय
चिर गए पाश , महालिन हुए सब निबंध प्रमेय
बस बचा है शान्ति , का तर महालय ध्येय
वासना , अग्नि , पोथी है अब प्राचीर प्राचीन
फिर तभी कभी क्यों नर को चाहिए , नित छिन्न भिन्न दुर्जेय ।

Independence day

लक्ष्य क्या है ? उद्देश्य क्या है ? क्या है इस जीवन का अर्थ ?
यह नहीं है ज्ञात यदि तिम , तो विज्ञान का सब श्रम है व्यर्थ।
नहीं छुट्टी , नही है घुट्टी , नहीं धूल , धूसर ,ना है सूरज आगमी
यह देह , सुखतर , स्वाद मंडल , तिमिर तक झक है निरर्थ ।
कर सकू जो मै , किसी तरह विपाश , व्योम यह संकीर्ण कीमीतर
गतिशालिनी , उदयाम , तापित , भूगोल झमझम तारक नूरर्थ ।

Studentship

The pure nature and relationship between the  Guru and a disciple .Guru is given by the destiny and efforts in one’s life when student prepares himself for his presence .The ultimate Guru in sanatan and hindu dharma is the Dattatreya (Datta -the meaning is “given” ).It has three dimensions of Brahma , Vishnu and Mahesha -the trinity, symbolizing –desire(Mars),devotion/dedication(Jupiter), discipline (Sun).When Sun (5th house of Fire/Leo) , Mars(1st house of Fire/Aries) and Jupiter(9th house of Fire/Sagittarius) are connected, the student becomes ready for the divine wisdom and discipleship of a Guru .Agni- the ultimate carrier for purification , Jupiter aspecting -with 5th and 9th aspect on Aries and Leo respectively ,purifies dual mindedness symbolizing human errors and indecisiveness -Gemini /Air sign (3rd house)- owned by Mercury -the student.

Footballing with the universe

Involvement,mindless- playing , cooking , dancing , chanting and anything that is an act -Swami Vivekananda once said, “Kicking a football will take you closer to the Divine than any amount of prayer.” This is interesting -as long as doing something else is totally absent , as long as you are not asking and just acting , as long as you are losing yourself in something that is a process for you ,you are transcending .Prayer is easiest of such acts , isn’t it ?

The state of insignificance

Nothing like looking into the heavens to realize how insignificant you really are.Jupiter and Venus were racing in the heavens last week and Venus overtook Jupiter (being the faster of the two for obvious reasons), this is not rare even but what was rare was – that it took place in the house of Jupiter’s exaltation -Cancer -the house of Motherly love .Imagine a person like Jupiter-with unlimited wisdom and humbleness and with motherly love is hosting the Venus , the king of creativity , art and all beautiful things .Could you imagine what wold have happened ?And joined by Moon -the symbol of mind on June 20th.(Einstein, Tagore meeting Paramhansa in Milan -a cancer place) The wandererness(Moon) will submerge and translate into divine(Jupiter) music(Venus) -re channeling and refueling the vehicle for next long journey for 12 years.