My pre Holi dhamaal celebration!

 Huge huge platter silver moon this pre dawn...sudden change in birdsong..pitch change...fervent 

Shining serenity.... 

 Basant is here!

This beauty sang out...a song of such purity..such joy...

 Just this infinite largesse of colors....

 These two were the result of a boring zoom call.

Which I attended anyway. 

We are polite that way.

 a new year , or something like it

 Wanted to do one with a glow, but this got made instead...

watercolors, 170 gsm paper.

Matisse, modified

 Not quite sure how to upload an image here... seems you can't,not from a phone...had the greatest fun adding bits n pieces to a masterpiece...aha the sacrilege! 

hat tip and apologies to Mr Matisse!

Taking credit finally!

 Added my books to LinkedIn today...ten years after the first translation was published. 

Finally.

Feels good!

 Brisk night walk, gaping at the moon.

You overhear snatches of a song and stop short.

You still remember every line  every riff. 

(The Things We Said Today.)

You remember the person you once were.

The moon looks down....

 The full moon looked down upon lit skyscrapers,  calmly.

Shimmered over sleeping sand dunes, so distant.

Tucked away in the cold.

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 A cold breeze wafts from the desert, winter finally, or something like it.

The evening sky is a delicate peach amber....

The mukhda I somewhat remember... the antara I don't ...scrambling for words after 36 years...mil gaya, thanks google!

 Your 10th DA today, Baba. That dawn never to be forgotten.

Somewhere i am still the bawling two year old demanding to see light dancing on water st two in the night.

I miss you. 

 A sliver of a moon... and then it was gone!

 Uttarayan! 

A sky full of kites..

in the sunshine, a young kid with a friends cap, jumping about... eternity

the sun gets into my eyes

  Prisha, age 4,asks "Aunty, how long does it take to comb your hair?"

"Ten minutes..."

"But so long..." she says

"Yes, it is long." I say

"Like Rapunzels.."

"But mine is all silver.. see? She had golden hair.." I say

"Put black color" says Prisha, age 4.

L'Oreal,  a legacy business for all time.

 And before you know it, a new year, a year of miracles and amazing surprises....

 The secret to a perfect daal now is to sprinkle stardust,  admix soul breath to a blend of spices, mix gently.

sunshine lazes

On silver mane

Winter morning