November 12, 2021

āωāĻĒāϞ āϏ⧇āύāϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ

āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻž āĻĨā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻĄāĻŧāĻž ā§Šā§Ž

āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āύāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻ›āĻŦāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻ°ā§āϟ⧁āύ, āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰāĨ¤ āĻ…āĻŦāĻļā§āϝ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ— āϕ⧇āύ, āĻĨāĻžāĻ•āĻŦ⧇ āĻšāĻŋāĻšāĻŋ, āĻ–āĻŋāϞāĻ–āĻŋāϞ, āĻ ā§‹āρāϟ āϟāĻŋāĻĒ⧇ āĻŽā§āϚāĻ•āĻŋ, āĻāĻ•āϞāĻž āĻĻā§‹āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āϞāĻž āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻŦā§āϝāĻ™ā§āĻ—āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻšāĻŦ⧇ āĻŦāĻ™ā§āĻ—-āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ, āĻ•āĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻ¸ā§āϰ⧇āĻĢ āϤāĻŋāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ• āĻĻ⧃āĻļā§āϝāĨ¤ āϛ⧋āĻŸā§āϟ āĻĢā§āϰ⧇āĻŽ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāύāĻ­āĻžāϏāĨ¤

āϜ⧟āĻ¨ā§āϤ āϏ⧇āύāϗ⧁āĻĒā§āϤ

āĻšā§‡āρāĻļ⧇āϞ⧇āϰ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸ā§â€ŒāϏāĻž: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ⧝

‘āĻŦā§āϰāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻļ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻ“ āϰ⧇āϞ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻ¤ā§āϰāχ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ“ āĻĒāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻœā§‹āĻ—āĻžāĻĄāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϤ āϜāĻžāϤāĻĒāĻžāϤ āĻ“ āϧāĻ°ā§āĻŽā§‡āϰ āϛ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻžāϚ āĻŦāĻžāρāϚāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĨ¤ āĻĒ⧃āĻĨāĻ—āĻ¨ā§āύ⧇āϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āĻ“ āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āχ āύāϝāĻŧ, āύāĻŋāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻžāĻļā§€ āφāϰ āφāĻŽāĻŋāώāĻ­ā§‹āĻœā§€ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇āĻ“āĨ¤ āĻ¸ā§āĻŸā§‡āĻļāύ⧇ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āύ āĻĨāĻžāĻŽāϞ⧇āχ ‘āĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻĻ⧁ āϚāĻž, āĻŽā§āϏāϞāĻŋāĻŽ āϚāĻžâ€™â€” āĻšāĻžāρāĻ• āĻĒ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āϛ⧁āϟāϤ⧇āύ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰ⧇āϤāĻžāϰāĻžāĨ¤â€™ āϰ⧇āϞāϝāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻž-āĻĻāĻžāĻ“ā§ŸāĻžāĨ¤

āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻŸā§āϟāύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• (Devdutt Pattanaik)

āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āωāĻĒāĻžāϏāύāĻž

‘āĻŦ⧁āĻĻā§āϧ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻšāĻžāĻ‚āĻļ āφāϰ āϏāϤ⧀āϰ āĻĻ⧇āĻšā§‡āϰ āĻ–āĻŖā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϛ⧋āρāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āύ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻĒāĻŦāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻžāϰ āϝ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀, āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ§ā§āϝ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻŽāĻžā§āϜāĻ¸ā§āϝ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āύāĻžāĨ¤ āĻ āĻ•āĻžāĻšāĻŋāύ⧀āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻ•āĻŋ āĻāϕ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻŖāĻŋāϤ? āϏāĻŦāχ āϤāĻ°ā§āϕ⧇āϰ āĻŦāĻŋāώāϝāĻŧ!’ āĻĒā§€āĻ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻŽā§āϝāĨ¤

āĻ‹āϤāĻŦā§āϰāϤ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻĒāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝāĻžā§Ÿ

āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻ‹āϤ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ā§§ā§Ē

‘āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇ ‘āϰāĻŋāϞāĻ¸â€™ āĻ“ āĻ…āύāϞāĻžāχāύ⧇ ‘āϗ⧇āĻŽāĻ¸â€™āĨ¤ āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āϖ⧇āϞāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āĻ“ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāĻ“ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āϏ⧋āĻļā§āϝāĻžāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻĄāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧāĨ¤ āϝ⧇ āϕ⧋āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ⧇āϰ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āĻ­āĻžāĻ—ā§āϝāϜāύāĻ• āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϰ āφāϤāĻ™ā§āĻ•āϜāύāĻ• āϚāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻāχ āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŽāĻžāϪ⧇, āϏ⧇āϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻāĻ–āύ āĻŽā§‹āĻŦāĻžāχāϞ⧇ āϗ⧇āĻŽ āĻšāĻŋāϏ⧇āĻŦ⧇ āϖ⧇āϞāĻž āĻšāĻšā§āϛ⧇āĨ¤â€™ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻ“ā§Ÿā§‡āĻŦ āϏāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋ⧟āĻžāĨ¤

āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ†ā§Ÿā§‡āĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻžāϰ (Vikram Iyengar)

Danseuse and Genius

‘…When trying to identify the right dancer for the solo with Maharaj-ji, Ray remained unsatisfied with the many dancers he saw. He recalled a young student of Maharaj-ji who had performed at a film festival event at Vigyan Bhavan some years before. That was Saswati Sen, who at that point had no thought of becoming a professional dancer.’ One recital, a lifetime of memories.

āĻŦāĻŋāĻŽāϞ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϰ

āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻĻā§āϰ: āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻŦ ā§Šā§­

‘…āĻŦā§‹āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāχ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϝāĻ–āύāχ āĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰāĻžāĻœā§‡ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇-āύāĻž-āĻ•āĻžāωāϕ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āύāĻŋā§Ÿā§‡āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻāĻ•-āĻāĻ•āĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻžāĻ“ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇ āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ…āύ⧇āĻ•āĻĻāĻŋāύ āϏāĻ•āĻžāϞ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āϚāϞ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻ¸ā§āϟ⧁āĻĄāĻŋāĻ“āϤ⧇, āϏāĻ™ā§āϗ⧇ āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻžāĻ“ āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤ āĻ—ā§€āϤāĻž āϚ⧁āĻĒ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻļ⧁āϧ⧁ āĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāĻ‚ āĻĻ⧇āϖ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇ āĻŦāϏ⧇āĨ¤’ āĻāĻ•āĻžāĻ•āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻžā§ŸāĨ¤

āĻĻ⧇āĻŦāĻĻāĻ¤ā§āϤ āĻĒāĻŸā§āϟāύāĻžā§Ÿā§‡āĻ• (Devdutt Pattanaik)

Land of Body Parts

‘…One sees the similarity between Buddha’s relics and the different body parts of Shakti, making the land sacred and granting holiness to the land. Were they influenced by each other? That is a matter of speculation.’ Sacredness of shrines.

āϏ⧁āĻŽāύāĻž āϰāĻžā§Ÿ (Sumana Roy)

Uttarbanga Diary: Part 9

‘…Adurey thhanda, affectionate chill, or mishti thhanda, sweet cold – these phrases will annotate conversations, decisions around menus at home and picnics, and clothing. All of these will mark November as a season unto itself – a season of waiting for the real season.’ Of a secret season-in-waiting.