Nirzara Verulkar

Thursday, October 3, 2019

I thank you God for this amazing day!

I thank you God for this amazing day!
For the leaping amazing spirits of the trees
and a blue true dreams of the sky.
And of everything that is natural and infinite! :)

- Corita Kent

Beautiful lines! :)

नाभाचा भरोसा जसा,

तसा हा दिलासा तुझा,

तरी एकदा सांग ना

आहेस ना?!

कधी शारदा तू, कधी लक्षुमि तू,

कधी भाविनी, वा रागिणी,

सहस्त्रावधी सूर्य झुकतात जेथे,

स्वयंभू अशी दिव्य सौदामिनी,

तुझ्यावाचूनी शुन्य अवघे चराचर,

अशी सर्वव्यापी तुझी चेतना,

तुझी थोरवी काय वर्णेल कोणी,

तुला द्न्यात उमलयच्या वेदना

- आनंदी गोपाळ

Wednesday, October 2, 2019

Use your heart!

When you handle yourself, use your head!
When you handle others, use your heart!

Poem I wrote after reading the book Anandi Gopal! :)

स्तब्ध धरेचे निवांत अंगण
अलगद वारा स्पर्शुनि जातो
कणकणातून होते रिंगण
रंग ताम्बडा नभी सांडतो

निळ्या नभाची अफाट मखमल
मातीला मग भुलवुनी जाते,
धूसर, इवल्या, रुक्ष कणातुन,
ताम्बुस ओले स्वप्न जन्मते

- निर्झरा

Anadi Gopal is a dream conceived and
fulfilled out of all odds and in a difficult time!

Waata Waata Waata Ga | Anandi Gopal | Lalit Prabhakar & Bhagyashree Mili...

I had written a poem after I read Anandi Gopal! Will share the poem sometime!

I love this sweet song! :)

I am the Rose!

And when the thorns pierced her,
and the pain was excruciating,
at one decisive moment,
she made her mind to not give in.

Lifted herself gently and
carefully above all the spines,
and whispered to herself
"I am still a delicate, tender, fragrant flower!
I am the Rose!"

- Nirzara

Since then this magnificent flower
has climbed her way above the thorns,
is been sitting on the top,
holding herself high in the wind :)

Tuesday, October 1, 2019

One of the poems from Marathi Little Women!

भर भर वरती फेस उसळतो
खळखळ हसते साबणपाणी
धूणी धुते मी लख्ख पांढरी
आणीक गाते मजेत गाणी

चुबकुन पिळुन घड्या घालूनी
हळूच टाकते तारेवरती
मजेत झूलती कपडे सुकति
ऊन तळपते वारे फिरती

मनामनांवर कपड्यांऐशी
धूळ साठते, डागाही पडती
कसे उरावे कलंक परी ते
निळ्या नभातील तेजापुढती

उद्योगी रत असता मानव
शोकाला न च मिळतो थारा
पहले फूलवती हसून तयाला
आणि उजळती लख्ख धारा

डोके करूदे विचार आणिक,
सूखदुःखाने हृदय भरावे
एक मागणे देवाजवळी
हातानी पण काम करावे :)

Jo writes this poem one day...when she feeling depressed.
Her father has fallen ill on the warfront and her mother has gone
to look after him! She misses her parents and happy days spent with them.

But after all decides to shake all the dullness off, while washing the clothes
and writes this rather quirky poem :)

About how like clothes human minds get stained and dull too....
but the gloominess does not stand a chance in front of the
bright sunlight and the clear blue sky.

when a person keeps himself or herself busy in some or the other work,
there is no time to ponder upon the tragedies of this life.
And then the mind blooms like a flower and the sun illuminates the being!

She almost prays than wishes, that let the mind be engaged
with productive thoughts!
and may it be filled with joys and sorrows of everyday life.
But O'Lord these two hands of mine, may they always be engrossed in working!

So very well translated by my dearest Shanta Shelke :)

This book is filled with such beautiful poems! and I have them by heart (most of them)
will post some more in coming days!

A good poem for me right now!
For past few days I am not finding the pace with which
I usually work. Feeling a lethargy all day!
Not been able to focus....but I must gear up!

So thought of writing the blog today...
hope this writing will help me clear my mind
and bring up the much needed enthusiasm to finish the deadlines!

More to come...until I feel better!

LITTLE WOMEN Trailer (2019)

Can't wait for this!

I read Little Women right before my 10th exams and could not put it down until
I was finished. I read the Marathi translation by the great Shanta Shelke.
And I fell in love with the March sisters and Laurie :)

I remember in one of the major interviews in my life I was asked
'what would be your dream project?'
and I had replied to illustrate Little women!

Someday would it not be great if I got to illustrate some edition!
Just the cover is fine too :)
It really would be a dream come true!
But until then waiting for this great looking movie! :)

A place within yourself!

There is a place in you that you should keep inviolate, pristine, clean!
So nobody has the right to treat you badly!
Because that is the place you go to when you meet God!

And that learn to say NO when its a 'NO'!
Because that place has to remain clean, a place within yourself!

When someone comes with a bad message or invasive language to you,
you should be able to say
"Not me you know! Do you not know I am a child of God!?"
Build that courage. Learn to be assertive and firm!

Have faith!

Copywriting or poetry?!

Food should be good!
People should dance!
Strawberries should sing,

Good bread makes a sandwich,

Good soil makes a salad,

lettuce should be dirty!

(salad) Dressing clean!

Sweet should never be fake,

Manners never minded

Debates should be healthy,

Pacts buried.

Forks on the left, knives on the right

Hands should be used regardless!

Bellies should be rubbed!

tables should be full!

and good food should be good for you!

We are not saying these are rules you should live by

But its a good place to start!

Had written this down the first time watched this ad..

Copywriting can work magic!

Planning to illustrate this sometime!

Music of the Heart | ‘Discipline’ (HD) - Meryl Streep, Angela Bassett | ...

Music of Heart! :)

This wonderful film based on a true story.
As I said some movies stay with us forever..
First I had shared 'Fly Away Home!' this is the second one
that I absolutely cherish! :)

'She gave them a gift they could never imagine,
They gave system a fight it could never forget!'

Inspiring! :)

Hoping this is on Netflix! :)