The Moon Chase!!

The Moon Chase!!

Every Morning I chase for Sun and Its First Sight
But This Morning It was The Moon waiting for me, smiling and bright
As the pre-dawn morning zephyr caressed my curls
I was enamoured by the ecstatic magnificence of The Moon
After glowing to the fullest in the Entire Full Moon Night of Yesterday
It was waiting for me have a Look at it and bid It a Good-bye
Is it just a Co-incidence for making me Believe in the Nature?
Or some kind of cosmic assurance

IMAGINATION HAS NO BOUNDARY

What do you see in the above picture/painting?  What message can you read from the above picture? What message the painter of this painting might have thought to give through this painting?

Well, you might have your own denotations according to your own decoding/understanding system. Even I had that. In fact, I was wondering why the silhouette of a polar bear has a blue sky with dark blue clouds dotted with white stars? A polar bear generally reflects the polar reason that is mostly white. isn't it? Then…??

My Son is in 9th STD. There was a drawing and painting competition in his class. All the students had painted wonderful pictures. My son collected a few of them from his friends and brought home and put them on the wall. Then he asked me which one is good and what do I read from the above painting.  I after telling which one I liked most, I asked what's this painting is about.

He said," Mamma, here, my friend Manav has been represented as a  polar bear, sad and done, as we have left him in the polar reason. Bahut Masti Karta hai" and he giggled.

I laughed. I knew how these just-into-teens children do these days to tease their friends. After a while, he stopped and told me "Ohkay, Mazak Kar Raha tha Mamma, now let me tell you what's  it?"

I looked at him wearing a question mark on my face.

"It’s the Effect Of GLOBAL WARMING Mamma. Can't you see the polar bear is sad as all the ice in polar reason has been melted? Only a few flurries of snow like structure will remain in the air and no more ice will remain in glacial reason in a few years from now if the global warming will keep increasing this rate as now. Isn't it? How can a polar bear survive without glacial surfaces? Won't it get the treat of extinct of its species? That's why  it is sad….did you get it?"

I was looking at him, jaw dropped, lost. Seriously, the imagination of these kids can really dig a well in the sky too.

What do you say!!

-Tina Acharya

BROKENHEART

Never need to be fixed again

Never wish to feel the love again

As the castle collapses with thundering pain

Shattering the debris as sand grains

Walls of Heart cried tears of blood

Caving in feelings of hollow & void

And the Universe witnessed

Moments of gloomy and dark

Somewhere, broken a tender heart  

When He Spoke Those Words

When He Spoke Those Words

On the Face value

They were Just words

Made up of Alphabets

To be “pronounced”

I Love You

But

When He Spoke Those Words

Having Them from Him

Spoken with passion

Made her wild & Ecstatic

Within Fraction of Seconds

Everything Paused

Her World Changed

And She Danced

Tuned To the Melody Of Her Heart…..


- Tina Acharya 

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WHEN LAW MAKERS BREAK THE LAW!!!

WHEN LAW MAKERS BREAK THE LAW!!!

In a usual weekend out recently, I noticed something unusual. It was in the evening and while we drove our car out from the parking lot, I spotted this Vehicle parked in the “NO PARKING” zone near Inorbit Mall,  Vashi.  We slowed down the car & stopped at the other side as I wanted to get out of it and check it. I walked towards it. As I got bit closer I found, it was having a red/orange beacon. 

As per my knowledge Red beacons are for high dignity posts in government. Easily I could get it that it must be the vehicle of a high authority Government Official for sure. Also as per my knowledge, seeking to end the VIP culture, the Union Cabinet had decided that beacon lights will be removed from all vehicles from May 1 2016, except emergency vehicles, like ambulances and fire brigade. However, the central government had specified that the vehicles on office duty which are designated for the... emergency and disaster management duties may be allowed to use multi-coloured red, blue and white lights.

Neither was it an emergency vehicle nor any disaster there. Moreover what was more irony; it was PARKED in NO PARKING Zone.

Shouldn’t everyone including law makers supposed to be abide by the rule? I was with my teenage son and imagine what lesson might have gone to his mind.  Is it that being a part of the law making team makes you put above the law automatically??  

It might appear as a small incident but we can never ignore its lethal impact on young minds. Vehicle should never be parked in "No-parking" zone,  it seems, people who sermon/teach people about this forgot learn this  by themselves, first. 

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#MyFriendAlexa: A Dive into a Deep Sea

Let me start with a disclaimer:

I am not a writer or a blogger in its true essence. Means I am not very tech savvy, word savvy or English Savvy.  I still struggle to express my thoughts with my Not-So-Good-English and find ways to improve it every day.  I just write as If I am writing in a digital diary. Absolutely have no idea about the blogging ranks, like mozo rank, Alexa Ranks …you know. I don’t even know how these ranks are generated. Blog traffic, ads…and all such stuffs… I have absolutely no idea about them.

You must be thinking…then “Why the hell I am here being a part of this activity by Blogchatter?”

Well…even I had this question.

Let me tell you, I had heard about this #MyFriendAlexa activity last year. That time I had thought I should explore it. In August, when some of my friends shared in their SM handles that they’re going to be part of it, I thought I shouldn’t be a part of it, this year. Let me understand it first. Then at the end of the month, my curiousness and

Excitement got better of me. So without any prior preparation I got into it.

Now, I am feeling I have just jumped into a deep sea.  

I don’t know if I will be able to complete it or not. I have no clue if my blog ranks will go up or not (in that way, I am bit less expectant though) However, there are certain good things which I have already observed. Within this few days, I felt

It Makes You Read a lot

It’s great to be a part of this Campaign since “reading list” is a compulsory part of it.  I read blogs of different genre which I wouldn’t have known about otherwise, let alone reading them.

Making Blogger Friends

As we read about lots of blogs, we come across so many bloggers. We find an avenue of making new friends.

It Helps In Polishing our Technical Skills

Yes, it helps in boosting our technical skills…since we are just a query away from receiving answers from many skilled and experienced bloggers.

Till now…I am just struggling with accommodating the “Reading List” in my already too tight routine. However, I am enjoying it too. Hope, things will more smooth as proceed with everyday.

One thing I must say…Its Time for me to come up with a self Hosting Blog. At least I realized the importance of it in this few days of #MyFriendAlexa campaign Hope I will have one within few months.

I have just dived into the Deep Sea of Blogging World. Let me learn SWIMMING in it….:)

-Tina Acharya @tina_acharya

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A BEST RAKHI GIFT!!!

Raksha Bandhan is a festival of Emotions like love and the sacred bonding between brothers and sisters. I love this festival because the celebration of this festival is all about paying veneration to sentiments and the feelings attached between siblings. Another reason, the one that is most unique about this festival for which I love it most is its “simplicity”…I mean no hard core rules are needed to be observed in this festival.

 And the most exciting reason that every sister look forward to this festival is the “GIFT”….. As a part of tradition, a brother presents his sister exciting gifts and promises to guide and protect her throughout the life. I must say a gift plays a prominent role and denotes gestures of love and affection. 

I’m really lucky as I have four brothers…..three elders and one younger (it’s a different thing that the younger one also behaves as an elder brother). It really feels like a princess when there’re four brothers to protect you. In my upbringing years I was often envied by some of my friends. Especially at the time of Raksha Bandan as they used to say” Tina…tera to achha hai. You’re going to get FOUR gifts...Ahwah!”

But they didn’t know in fact nobody knew, at my  home the scenario was completely different

There were never FOUR gifts. In fact after tying the Rakhis to the wrists of four brothers, my eldest brother used to actually give the GIFT and other three would say “it’s the gift on behalf of all of us”. I used to wander why can’t they follow “each one, gift one” where all of them can afford to buy one. But still I was happy as GIFT being the reason of it.

However after my marriage I never had any opportunity to tie Rakhi as I could never present at home in this occasion. All what I do is, I send Rakhi – through speed post or courier - and just pray God that it should reach in time. Now I understand the “Happiness of “tying” the Rakhi” on the wrists of my brothers. I never think of Rakhi Gift these days though my brothers never stop gifting me. 

Few years back a small thing happened that totally changed my perception of a “Rakhi Gift”. During a talk with my eldest brother over phone once he shared an incident. He told how he generally manages to tie my Rakhi” once it is delivered at their place.

On the day of Rakhi Poornima he often he looks for a sister like person and asks them to tie the Rakhi on his wrist. But one particular year he couldn’t find any one and took the Rakhi in his pocket and went to his site, a construction site (he is a construction professional…Civil Engineer). In his site - an under construction bridge - there were many women workers work on daily wages. That day he saw a small girl – around 8-9 years, the daughter of a woman worker - taking care of small baby. He stopped there and asked the girl to tie the Rakhi and then gave her The GIFT….

The mother of the girl noticed that and came rushing as she felt might be something wrong the girl might have done. She was afraid of BADA BABU (My brother used to be addressed by all the workers that name) and started apologizing on behalf the girl. My brother calm down her and made her understand about the real fact. After that I don’t know what he did but while narrating this incident, at last he said to me “It was really heart touching to see that girl SMILING and …..” then he said nothing.

But sometime silence says everything. Isn’t it? I knew after seeing that HEART TOUCHING SMILE on the face of that girl my brother must have prayed to ALMIGHTY to bless that SAME BLISSFUL SMILE on my face and I could see the other three brothers saying, “The same SMILE on behalf of all of us”.

Now a day whenever I visit to the Rakhi stalls I love to see the different Rakhis. I feel them as a bunch of smiles looking at me and saying me that every brother anywhere in the world always wants to see A SMILE on his sister’s face for which he can go to any extent. Every Rakhi is made to bring SMILE, LOVE and Bond.  Nothing can be a more than a GIFT OF SMILE because this is the BEST GIFT!!!!

Let the Freedom Sing The Choirs Of Illuminated Destiny!!

MY PHOTO STORY ON TODAY"S MUMBAI MIRROR, STORY BEHIND THE PHOTO 

Let the Freedom Sing The Choirs Of Illuminated Destiny!!

As I passed by unmindful,

Lost In my Own Thought World

This toddler broke into it

With is adorable laughter

Shaken to the reality from my trance

I paused and watched its impeccable innocence

Half naked, as it offered the passersby

With its little hand, Independence Day badges

With a mixed bags of feelings, hurt a bit and delighted too

As a part of me moved by its charm, twinkling eyes & heavenly mirth

One side of my heart sang a melancholy song of grim reality

While the other side rippled, with the show of its 
tiny pearly whites

Dear Freedom, if you are not just a Myth

If You Really Bring Light

If You Really Illuminate Destinies

My hearty urge is...

Sing the Choirs of Brightened Lives, This Time

Keeping intact the innocence smiles

On The Faces of Those who are yet to overcome darkness

But Dare to face them, head on with  nerve!

This Toddler trace-passed my heart  with its impeccable innocence...No words to describe The Feel. Yah!! Lets Ponder over the grim reality which must be having a sweet reality lost somewhere.....

Happy Independence Day To All!!  

Chita Lagi Amavashya – An Auspicious Day Adorning Lord Jagannath with A Golden Mark On His Forehead!!

Chita Lagi Amavashya – An Auspicious Day Adorning Lord Jagannath with A Golden Mark On His Forehead!!

Odisha is state of profound traditional cultures and rich heritages. In Odia we have a saying “Bara masare tera parab” which literally means in 12 months of a Calendar there are at least 13 major festivals. It actually means that Odias observe many festivals apart from major festivals like Holi, Dasserah, Diwali etc. Another thing is in Odisha many festivals are associated with Lord Jagannath whose divine abode is Neelachal Dham i’e. Puri Jagannath Temple. Chitalagi Amavasya or Chitou Amavasya  which falls on the new-moon day of the shravana is one of such festivals dedicated to the Lord Jagannath.

Actually Lord Jagannath is not only the presiding deity of Odisha but also the LIVING GOD of it. His every activity, small or large, is celebrated as a festival in Odisha.  

Today is Chitalagi (Chitau)  Amavasya observed in the Shraban or Shravan month in Orissa. It is associated with the Jagannath worship in this eastern state of India. On the Chitalagi Amavasya day, a special ritual is performed at Puri Jagannath Temple. The forehead of the Lord  Jagannath along with his elder brother Balabhadra and younger sister Goddess Subhadra is adorned with a Golden Mark known as Chitta.

As I have already stated that every activity of lords celebrated as a festival, this is also an activity of the lords.  During Rath Yatra,  when the Lords travel on the Raths (Chariot) on public roads  for nine days of visit to Gundicha temple (Their AUNT’S place) the golden semblance on the forehead of Lords are taken out. Then again the Golden Mark is decked to the forehead of the Lords on this auspicious day of Chita Lagi Amavashya.

No Odia festival goes by without a dish or delicacy exclusively associated with it.  How come this Chitta Lagi Amavashya be an exception!! A special delicacy known as Chitau Pitha is offered as prasada/bhoga for the Deities at SriMandir this day. 

It is also prepared on the day at almost all households and homes. It’s a simple delicacy made out of a batter of soaked rice and coconut and served with toppings of caramelized grated coconut, jaggery or just grated coconut. But it symbolizes a great culture of Odisha. And trust me it tastes great too. 

In rural areas this is more or less observed as an agricultural festival. On this occasion the farmers worship the paddy-fields. After a purifying bath in the morning they go to their respective paddy-fields with Chittau Pitha (Pan Cakes made out of the batter of Soaked rice and grated coconut), flowers, milk etc and pray the fields to yield a good crop.

However it is an important festival in Puri Jagannath Temple.  ‘Chita’ or decorating Lord Jagannath’s forehead with a golden mark is the main ritual of this Amabasya in Puri Jagannath Temple. Chitou Pitha’, a special rice recipe, is offered to Lord Jagannath on this day.

On the other hand Chitalagi Amavasya is observed as Hariyali Amavasya in North India, Chukkala Amavasya in Andhra Pradesh, Gatari Amavas in Maharashtra, Bhimana Amavasyaor Diwasi Gauri Puja in Karnataka.

The Unspoken pain!!

If you can hear the whimper  

Of these suddenly amputated trees

Or the sobs of the cut and separated

Branches that are lying under it

I’m sure you can never cut any relationship, abruptly

That might tear and split the hearts

That remains clueless in the other end

Hurt, broken and ruined, unfortunately!!

ONLY HUMANS CAN HAVE INHUMAN ATTRIBUTES...AT TIMES!!

I know, its a compulsion to cut the wild branches of trees that are grown in and around the human dwelling places given to the risk that the branches can be life threatening at times especially in rainy season when sudden wind and storm is rather expected, but from the point of a TREE,  its one of the most unfair things that's done to it. 

Moreover they are cut suddenly. Isn't in life when we are cut of from some relationships, no matter they are needed or not, we get hurt terribly especially when we are clueless about it?? 

Just Wondered !!!