tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.comments2021-08-29T00:16:04.965-07:00Hi! Nandini here...Nandini Basuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00390061584035889786noreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-66255935991963475472012-04-07T12:18:24.325-07:002012-04-07T12:18:24.325-07:00your words and cadenze are mesmerising. One can al...your words and cadenze are mesmerising. One can almost hear the 'scudding drifts' in the pic above. Thanks.nachiketahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610648644899004473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-91613788228955766162012-04-07T12:17:47.990-07:002012-04-07T12:17:47.990-07:00Your words and cadenze are mesmerising.One can alm...Your words and cadenze are mesmerising.One can almost hear the 'scudding drifts' in the mind.nachiketahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610648644899004473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-53077449264001170092012-04-07T12:16:23.362-07:002012-04-07T12:16:23.362-07:00your words and cadenze are mesmerising. One can al...your words and cadenze are mesmerising. One can almost hear the 'scudding drifts' in the pic above. Thanks.nachiketahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05610648644899004473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-58133162945258682982012-03-14T02:40:44.291-07:002012-03-14T02:40:44.291-07:00bohudin baade tomar blog e elam r eshei ki asadhar...bohudin baade tomar blog e elam r eshei ki asadharon pawa hoe gelo! durdanto!!! shonger chhobita ki tomar aanka??Susmitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011594144238940993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-89649606656529159442012-02-13T19:46:18.424-08:002012-02-13T19:46:18.424-08:00thanks so much for liking :-)thanks so much for liking :-)Nandini Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390061584035889786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-31788967070396062342012-02-03T17:05:23.660-08:002012-02-03T17:05:23.660-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-35773145653646525012011-10-28T14:59:25.884-07:002011-10-28T14:59:25.884-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-38670934005665472011-07-03T00:13:58.363-07:002011-07-03T00:13:58.363-07:00thanks for the interesting informationthanks for the interesting informationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-2217910060796046042011-06-13T09:16:03.396-07:002011-06-13T09:16:03.396-07:00Nice and thanks!Nice and thanks!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-45270192818896867132011-04-24T22:48:07.316-07:002011-04-24T22:48:07.316-07:00nice post. thanks.nice post. thanks.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-55720639091598324822011-04-06T14:27:23.038-07:002011-04-06T14:27:23.038-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-41368565010367628552011-04-06T07:11:08.929-07:002011-04-06T07:11:08.929-07:00let me congratulate you on presenting an interesti...let me congratulate you on presenting an interesting perspective on the serpent and its metaphor! Truly un-putdownable, if i may say so in the virtual world too :) hope to see more such exquisite delving into myths and meanings :)<br /><br />p.s. love the header image :)Susmitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011594144238940993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-68780414220362638012011-04-06T02:04:44.191-07:002011-04-06T02:04:44.191-07:00Dear Nandini, When we stayed at Budge Budge, whic...Dear Nandini, When we stayed at Budge Budge, which is about 20 kms from New Alipur, we had about 8 - 10 snakes in our house.There were cobras and other poisonous snakes. Finally we had to call a snake charmer to catch them.<br />In fact my mothers grandfather Dinesh Chandra Sen had a lot of unusual dreams when he was writing the book 'Behula'. Can tell you more when we meet someday.<br />SoumyenduSomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06408389387800669978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-65179131970877496802011-04-05T17:39:11.701-07:002011-04-05T17:39:11.701-07:00In some versions, the sunset and following darknes...In some versions, the sunset and following darkness, are considered to be Ra's daily defeat. It just shows the inevitability and strength of both the forces of good and evil, quite like Manicheanism.Nandini Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390061584035889786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-25826479394079798952011-04-05T16:18:05.683-07:002011-04-05T16:18:05.683-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Argha.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-67953790170026681842011-03-10T09:42:05.178-08:002011-03-10T09:42:05.178-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-28863546121349815842011-02-13T22:56:57.891-08:002011-02-13T22:56:57.891-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-1912037503079045162011-02-13T10:26:16.062-08:002011-02-13T10:26:16.062-08:00Another wonderful treat from you... true to your s...Another wonderful treat from you... true to your style! <br />It had everything in it, from the facts of the genesis of valentine's to how it has come to define a day for celebration of love (or notional love or whatever).... and, of course, with all the humourous facets thrown in-between. Ur piece spared a thot too for the hapless singles (can emphatise with them when i think of my college days)whose inferiority-complex was bound to double up on this day. It was a wonderful poignant way to conclude by remembering the deep and silent love, "moving beyond the rose and the red heart!!" <br />Truly wonderful!... NandiniRajivnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-74492303152650263892011-02-12T04:20:33.378-08:002011-02-12T04:20:33.378-08:00This wonderful piece of text comes on the sripanch...This wonderful piece of text comes on the sripanchami day (hopefully written before since traditionally we are not to exercise our 'medha' on that day. It inspires me to recall our Professor of Bengali who showed us how the Western Muse and our Debi Saraswati have equally been invoked by powerful poets like Milton and Michael Madhusudan:<br />"Instruct me, for Thou know'st;/ Thou from the first/Wast present, and with mighty wings outspread [ 20 ]/Dove-like satst brooding on the vast Abyss/......What in me is dark/Illumin, what is low raise and support;/" Invocation: Paradise Lost.<br /><br />"he barade, tabo bare cor ratnakar kabyo-ratnakar kobi/...gayibo ma, biir rase bhasi, mahageet; uri dase deho padochaya/" Invocation: Meghnad-badh.<br /><br />Request to the blother, in the next edition, please explore more in this direction. All the best and belated wishes on Sripanchami.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-22093095061930611982011-02-09T10:46:27.447-08:002011-02-09T10:46:27.447-08:00Am pretty certain that not many people could have ...Am pretty certain that not many people could have attempted an account on Saraswati in this fashion. Going beyond the archetypal mythological domain most of us are familiar with, the trans-culture / civilsation connection that u have tried to unravel is fascinating. Its difficult to imagine a more intense, deep and vast meaning of water than the way u have brought out. Fascinating... truly, fascinating!Rajivhttp://www.twitter.com/Rajiv_Paulnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-57157579370687139102011-02-08T22:05:36.009-08:002011-02-08T22:05:36.009-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-80453355205293634362011-02-07T04:11:29.011-08:002011-02-07T04:11:29.011-08:00possibly the post that truely is in your absolute ...possibly the post that truely is in your absolute domain, if i may say so :) very good read, truly so!Susmitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08011594144238940993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-83854958189601999072011-02-06T20:38:51.597-08:002011-02-06T20:38:51.597-08:00Thanks Rajat and Supratik :-)Thanks Rajat and Supratik :-)Nandini Basuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00390061584035889786noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-21189997725889508842011-02-06T11:59:38.911-08:002011-02-06T11:59:38.911-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.suphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18054491972977233356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6372275110637354008.post-66575212177450068762011-02-06T00:50:53.938-08:002011-02-06T00:50:53.938-08:00At this rate of new releases, racing with comments...At this rate of new releases, racing with comments become rather challenging!!<br />Still, the two metaphors and two similes in the first stanza set a powerful combination of tradition and individual talent. Relating 'heart' with 'meadow' and 'fog' with memory is latently traditional and blatently individual. The middle part is melodious, with a repetition of the sound /l/ in particular (11 /l/s in 11 lines to be specific). <br />The last stanza is conceitful: to Tagorize it in Bangla one can go on: diner gotTa surjoTai ache rater tarar gobhire. <br />Congratulations poetess.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com