Soliloquy of the Sea
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Mumbai stands in front of
me like a chimerical paradise. I have seen it grow from a little suburb to
a big metropolitan. People come here with potpourris
of aspiration, and leave behind a trace of their existence. Like limericks of
childhood, a few indelible life-stories dwell within the depths of my
soul. Let me share it with you today.
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In this insomniac kingdom of dreams, lives a little girl who comes to my shores everyday.
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She lives near that
promenade dotted with Mumbai's fitness freaks. Splashing her feet in my
rippling waves, Choti sings many a songs with her little brother.
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Bholu - his only dream is
to fly with the birds that flock Girgaum Chowpatty. They call him 'The Bird
Boy'.
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At times I feel responsible for the death of the
parents of these little children. Indeed, I am guilty. I brought those
murderers to shore... the murderers who killed my Bholu's Aayi and Baba. From CST to Marine Drive, Choti's journey hadn't been easy.
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On a cold November evening, life was hacked to death...and within
minutes women were widowed, children were orphaned. I witnessed it all, yet
could do nothing. My water was bloodied by the baseness of those terrorists as
innocence was crucified.
Every evening before the sun goes down, armed with toy guns, these little kids
hatch new strategies to kill Ajmal Kasab. I look at them and cry silently in
painful agony.
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"Is baar nahin
Is baar jab woh choti si bachchi
mere paas apni kharonch le kar aayegi
Main usey phoo phoo kar nahin behlaoonga;
Panapney doonga uski tees ko
Is baar nahin...
Is baar ghawon ko dekhna hai
Gaur se thoda lambe waqt tak
Kuch faisley aur uskey baad hausley
Kahin toh shuruat karni hi hogi;
Is baar yahi tay kiya hai "
~ Prasoon Joshi
(This time when that little girl comes to me with her bruises, I will not blow gently at her wound, nor distract her, I will let her pain grow.Not this time... This time the wounds need to be watched/ Carefully/ For a long time/ Some decisions are needed/And then some brave moves to be made.We have to begin somewhere… /This time this is what I have resolved)
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48 comments/suggestions:
Brilliant Anukriti:) These pictures speak more than a thousand words:)
The pictures are just so visually stimulating. The narration too is powerful and in the end the poetry is like putting the cherry on top of the birthday cake. Superb post Anukriti.
Keep posting ;)
Matchless pictures and descriptions..loved it..
@Rahul Sir,
Your comments have always encouraged me. Thank you so much. Can't thank you enough.
@Jay Singh
Thank you for the brilliant comment. You just made my day! :) :)
@Tomz
Loved your comment. Thanks a ton! :)
OH god. Brilliant.Brilliant.Brilliant.
Thought provoking indeed.
Excellent photography!
Only someone special can click thoughtful pictures through their lens and you did an awesome job.. The narration is too powerful! Keep writing and clicking Anu...
Someone is Special
Thanks for transporting me to a different world, Anukriti.
The words were framed in a manner that made the whole incident vivid and powerful.
Thanks, Stephen, for giving me the link to this blog. I LOVED what I read. :)
Keep posting.
Fabulous!! Very well written and the photos have a very haunting effect!
Perfection and these pictures speaks for itself....Loved the little girl and the last one my personal favorite... How profound and beautifully you have penned it...and the poem just adds beauty to the post. Amazing work Captain :) Bloggywood rocks!!
Wa-re-wah :)
Why is it that we so often go out with a camera, go click-click-click and then let those shots sleep in some folder in the PC?
And then while putting up a post we hurriedly sew up some text and let the combo out in the virtual world.
And I'm not talking of just this post... I'm talking of a seriously alarming trend that is discernible in the Indian blogging scene today.
Guys, stop patting each other's back and start doing something world-class.
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www.passey.info
i loved the theme and the pics r just amazin sply the one wid so many pigeons...beutiful brilliant entry...:)
That was just touching!!
Anukriti Have no words to explain!! Kudos n all the best!!
Fantastic Pictures - simply superb
The first picture is my fave but all are Jhakaas. Best of luck~
this was beautiful as always Anu.. And the pictures definitely speak for themselves :)
super write up - what a melancholy of emotions ... i can imagine born and brought up there i feel the pain ..
The story is beautifully told, and absolutely heart-touching. I particularly liked Prasoon Joshi's words at the end of the post. Great job!
Best wishes from Kolkata Knight Writers. :)
Just the pictures are awesome... the write up adds volumes to it! Well written!
Anukriti, this was simply superb. The pictuure story so carefully and beautifully woven into a story touched my heart :) you have done a great job :)
All the best :)
@Aditya Kasavaraju
Oh God! Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
@Karthik
Thank you so much. Keep writing. :)
@Someone is Special
Only special people can write such special comments. Thank you for making my day! :)
brilliant shots !
You have painted so vivid a picture with your words, it would have touched my heart even without those pics. In fact after one or two pics I scrolled down fast so as not to interrupt that mesmerizing opus.
Well done.
This is brilliant stuff! Right from the pictures to the way it's been written! Outstandingly amazing Anukriti! You're the pride of Team Mumbai! :)
Brilliant...
Lovely Pictures Anukriti and the description is making them even more poignant.
Awesome pictures and narration.. simply beautiful and moving .. Just Brilliant..
Brilliant pictures....and thought provoking narration..all the best!!
The picture narrates the gloomy side of this wonderful city, Sad but thats the truth .....brilliant narrative through such thought provoking pics :)
Brilliant job Anu! I lack vocabulary to justify this beautiful work! Awesome and as always.. heart touching.The pictures indeed are matchless and takes the reader to another world! Love your work, class apart. :)
Good pics and touchy writeup
I am afraid.......don't know how many choti & her brothers would have been surviving this lifestyle because of that dreaded carnage.....
pictures speak a lot!
as you mentioned......really! it would be very painful to see those tiny-tots maligning on the dust.
The page shows how artistic you are...amazing presentation and clicks!!
All the best...
The picture of the bird boy among the birds is my fave.
Loved the poem!
You could have added more lines i felt on how you would or want others perhaps to help them?
Just a thought
These are just fantastic! =)
beautiful post,,, love the mix of pics and ure eloquent writing style
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Brilliant !!!!!
very well done with your images, great work
It's amazing how blogs are an art form of their own. Nice work.
brilliant!!!
you know,,ive lived in bombay all my life,,but have never seen it the way you have, through your lens
Just the pictures are awesome... the write up adds volumes to it! Well written!
Captures are awesome. They speak. They have a story....
I am so in love with the pictures!! Your newest follower here..
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