Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Photoblog : Surrender
Surrender
Somewhere around home
Boston, Massachusetts
Once in a green time a flower,
Oh, fell in love with the sun.
The passion lasted for an hour,
And then she wilted from her loved one.
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One word - WOW.
I surrender too!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:41 AM
- John Whittier.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:46 AM
Wow!! Simply stunning! Striking colors, lovely texture and a beautiful thought. Sudo’s kudos!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:55 AM
Megha , chala bagundi love the vibrant color
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:56 AM
Once long ago a site,
Ruled with her glorious might
Now she lies much diminished
Forlorn, but not yet finished!
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 12:03 PM
Trust Joplin to come up with something so cathartically beautiful and your macro lens does justice to her words, but tell me something. Was the sun really shining at the time? Somehow, the gray background and the localized shadows are trying to convince me that the source of light was a flash. Nice lighting though.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 12:24 PM
To the exotic girl with flowers,
Sports. Whees. And now pictures! Impressed.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 12:55 PM
Brings back so many sweet memories
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 2:08 PM
And here we thought you were going to do the tag next and prove your detractors wrong.
That said, nice photo and nice post. Seriously, which camera have you got?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 2:13 PM
<sigh>
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 2:38 PM
[anantha] Thank you! :)
[JB] Mm .. lovely. And so true. A spot of color is just what we need on a gloomy winter day.
[Sudo Nimus] Thank you! Glad you liked.
[sreelu] Glad you liked! Incidentally, you posted the comment, I followed your link to your blog, saw the picture there, and long story short, I’m making aloo parathas for dinner tonight. So thank you :)
[Princess Stefania] Uh oh. If I neglect her request for even a moment longer, she is going to kill me softly with her fancy prose and poetry, I think. Yes, shall look into the Blogchaat design issue very soon. From what I can tell, the issue only happens on post pages, not on the main site. Is that what seems to be the problem at your end too? Or is there something else, as well?
[ArSENik] Firstly, thank you. Secondly, agree about Joplin. Thirdly, yes, the light is beguiling, but there’s nothing but sunshine at work. The flowers were in an interesting mix of light and shadow, and at the moment of the picture, the subject was basking in a spot of blinding sunshine while the rest of the flowers (there were more) and the background were dulled by the shadows. Hence the intense light that appears like the handiwork of a flash. Hope that explains things a bit? :)
[A fan of my whees]
Thank you thank you!
We cannot help have a soft spot for someone who appreciates our whees and tops it by quoting poetry to us.
[Mythili] Sigh. Lovely. Sweet indeed :) Your mention of this song and the flower itself reminds me of lines from another song from Bazaar - that heart-wrenching number by Jagjit Kaur -
[Fleiger] Thank you. Glad you liked. A Canon PowerShot S3 IS, I use. And naah. I thought about it and realized that doing the tag next would involve selling my soul to the detractors. Couldn’t bring myself to do it :)
[Zz] <smile>
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 3:24 PM
YAY! Thankyou. Thankyouthankyouthankyou. > :)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 3:39 PM
i never thought i would be commenting on an abominable senior’s blog..but you rock ,… :D
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 5:06 PM
[Princess] So much sugar-induced happiness and she still doesn’t tell me if that is indeed the problem that needs fixing :) I’ll assume it is. If not, tell me, hm?
[sandeip] Thank you. Good to know that I am a rock :) But pray explain why I am a senior? And that too an abominable one? I am all for being abominable, no doubt, but I usually like to know the why of things. So pliss explain?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 5:16 PM
Great picture. I especially like the way the ‘exposure’ is very uniform. There is extra light on the yellow but even that looks so natural.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 5:20 PM
Gibran’s Song of the Flower.
Lovely, innit?
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 5:23 PM
so puhrty..
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:21 PM
also, glad you seem to be back :)
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 @ 11:23 PM
i have a question. why would i post it in the opinion space - maybe because it would go directly to your inbox, and you would read this. and might - reply.
i need a translation of the song ‘hum kisise kum nahin.’ could you/would you translate? please.
note - i’ve taken your advice - not ‘pleeeeeeeeeeeeeez.’ just please.
i was searching online for a translation - that’s how i virtually landed here.
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 12:13 AM
[Bhanu] Its interesting how when I try to artificially light a subject it comes away looking patchy and here I use natural light and if I hadn’t been the one taking the picture, I could have sworn that this was taken in indoor studio lighting. The tricks that light can play! And yes, I quite like the extra light on the yellow. Makes it seem like the flower is lit up from the inside. Glad you liked!
[JB] Beautiful, simply beautiful.
Profoundest of truths in the simplest of things. Such be the lessons of life.
[nimpipi] Thankee! And yes, I hope so :)
[zenwat] We are not in the business of providing translations usually (without butchering them in some way for entertainment, at least) but seeing as this is an R D Burman number, one is willing to give it a shot. Just to make sure, you are referring to the qawwali title number from the movie Hum Kisise Kum Nahin (1977), yes? The one that goes -
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 9:23 AM
Yeah… that would be too predictable, too prose. Right?
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 9:48 AM
[Fleiger] Yesh. People expect us to renege on our promises. We cannot fail and disappoint them by doing frivolous things like keeping our word. That’s just wrong. Immoral, even.
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:45 AM
But then, you can be more unpredictable in once in a while, you keep your promises. That way you can keep both, people who
are fool enough tobelieve you keep them and those believe you break them, in suspense.Yes… second cup of coffee and I can brimming with circuitous logic :D
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:11 AM
For some reason, I read it as Surinder first. For a second I wondered who it was.
Great shot, btw!
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 11:11 AM
Thursday, February 21, 2008 @ 10:18 PM
AWESOME!!!
Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 4:34 AM
beautiphool! the phool, the picture, the eye, the thought and the heart.
baanchaan.. maaku tavikal, paityaalu ekkai.. maa level tavikal ivi
seriously, reminded me of the following
Friday, February 22, 2008 @ 1:34 PM
Beautiful photo! Lovely poem! I truly enjoyed the incredible combination of poetry and photo!
thanks for sharing
Saturday, February 23, 2008 @ 1:27 PM
The ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ links are missing. So at any given time, you can access only the five latest posts. (Yes, that happens, but this is most important). Thank you. And thank you and thank you and thank you. :)
Sunday, February 24, 2008 @ 8:37 AM
You gots an opinion, precious?
Sure, got one, comrade. Actually,more than one. First up, nice photo. Checking out your blogs, I can see that you got a nice concoction going here. A good mix of bollywoodism, a dash of cynicism without sounding too bitter, some nostalgic hindi lines, a good dose of comedy while ensuring that the ‘cool’ meter always reads positive. A neat mix of entertainment and comedy. All this, I guess, while doing whatever it is that you have to do to put bread and butter ( Oops… Bread & Mutter, in your case) on your plate. Meg(h)alomaniac or not, you are a cool dudette, comrade!
- BBG
Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 7:17 PM
Nice one! And lovely description.
Monday, February 25, 2008 @ 11:19 PM
Too good.. Yellow and the sun together.. The connotation of the poem to life is perfect… Keep photobloggin… :)
Sunday, March 2, 2008 @ 2:25 PM
Beautiful !
First thing which came into mind is this line somehow
“పూచిన ప్రతి తరువొక వధువు” from “ninnaleni andamedo -PoojaPhalam”
Monday, March 3, 2008 @ 2:53 AM
Simply breathtaking!
Monday, March 3, 2008 @ 11:24 PM
sorry for the late response..
okay…very late response..
senior..well if u r who i think u r,u are probably my senior..or super super super senior..or ancestor..whatever..i dont know what u call someone who graduated from ur college some 30 years ago…
what…did u say..less that thirty?okay..even 5…i am not very sure..
but the college….were u ever in xl?if yes,u can not escape the charge..if no…well..i am sorry,must be a case of mistaken identities :) and you still (are a) rock..
Monday, March 10, 2008 @ 2:37 PM
Excellent photo !!! WOW
Monday, March 10, 2008 @ 9:38 PM
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Tuesday, March 11, 2008 @ 12:09 PM
can i copy ur writing ishtyle for a few posts? is it plagiarism? i tried to write a post on my blog the way you write and have been accused of plagiarism or sum such big word…puhleeeez permit us :)
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 @ 12:29 PM
gorgeous!!
Friday, March 14, 2008 @ 12:12 PM
I did a Google search for “aake teri baahon mein — Vansh” and this blog was one of the links that came up. Looked around a bit; it’s entertaining. Only one thing to say: there’s no way you’re single. In real life I mean; I saw all that Viktor and Bhuvan spiel. Keep up the good work. God bless you.
Sunday, March 16, 2008 @ 2:35 PM
Its still cold and freezing here in Boston. Not yet time for such awesome blossoms in February, no?
Btw, I had no idea you were in the Boston area, Megha. I may have left a comment or two over the years but let it be said again — I am yet to find another blog online that has had me laughing and almost in splits, like your blog. The Great Bong comes a distant second. Like a Charlie Chaplin movie, your blog amuses me every time - no matter what the mood.
That said, I do not get to your blog often enough. I wish I did.
I better stop here before you get creeped out with my fawning… :)
Monday, March 17, 2008 @ 5:21 PM
Me getting old, me tell you. I scrolled down and saw a post about the Red Sox winning. I remembered reading that post the last time I was here. And interestingly, I find I have left a comment at that post too. So, that means, I probably knew you were in the Boston area too. Or I had known then and had forgotten since. I AM getting old, I tell you…. unbelievable!!
Monday, March 17, 2008 @ 5:31 PM
Nice pic!
This should actually go as a comment to your post titled “one hundred and sixteen moonlit nights”.
Read this in the Hindustan Times today, and was reminded of your post.
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Lyricist Gulzar has pointed to a strange coincidence in a new anthology of songs, Qatrah Qatrah, which comprises lyrics written by him for composer RD Burman.
Says the poet-lyricist: “In one of Pancham’s (as the composer was known) most beloved songs, Mera kuch saamaan tumhare paas pada hai in the movie Ijaazat, I had written ek sau solah chaand ki raatein, ek tumhaare kaandhe ka til. Those 116 moonlit nights that I wrote about proved prophetic.
“When these two anthologists Vishwas Nerurkar and Biswanath Chatterjee got together to prepare this anthology Qatrah Qatrah for Sangeet Kala Kendra, they realised that exactly 116 of my songs were set to music by Pancham. I unconsciously wrote about it in the song,” the lyricist recalled.
Indian classical literature incidentally lists 116 phases of the moon.
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You can read more on this link:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/StoryPage/StoryPage.aspx?id=b3a4a930-f088-466f-9d77-18f31caefb81&&Headline=EMIjaazat/EM+song+was+prophetic+for+RD+and+me:+Gulzar+
Tuesday, March 18, 2008 @ 8:14 AM
Amazing photo
Sunday, June 22, 2008 @ 7:21 AM