tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-295218152024-03-26T16:04:52.926+05:00austereseekerthe next version of "version 2/why blog?".. previously austereseeker.rediffblogs.comausterehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1100125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-75701569010780241422024-03-26T06:27:00.005+05:002024-03-26T06:27:43.611+05:00 My pre Holi dhamaal celebration!austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-58598303055672534932024-03-26T06:25:00.004+05:002024-03-26T06:25:52.543+05:00 Huge huge platter silver moon this pre dawn...sudden change in birdsong..pitch change...fervent Shining serenity.... austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-28884362101096442142024-03-14T20:20:00.002+05:002024-03-26T06:32:46.965+05:00 Basant is here!This beauty sang out...a song of such purity..such joy...austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-54189468869189848312023-08-07T12:12:00.002+05:002023-08-07T12:17:05.102+05:00 Just this infinite largesse of colors....austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-5848282306242414312022-01-11T20:06:00.001+05:002022-01-11T20:06:50.980+05:00 These two were the result of a boring zoom call.Which I attended anyway. We are polite that way.austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-21369414532136387122022-01-02T19:10:00.000+05:002022-01-02T19:10:06.447+05:00 a new year , or something like itausterehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-86514090793318231322021-12-17T19:06:00.002+05:002021-12-17T19:06:47.886+05:00 Wanted to do one with a glow, but this got made instead...watercolors, 170 gsm paper.austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-2368227587840452522021-12-12T18:18:00.003+05:002021-12-17T19:10:19.524+05:00Matisse, 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!austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-9373653513575367802021-06-21T10:51:00.001+05:002021-06-21T10:51:36.654+05:00Taking credit finally! Added my books to LinkedIn today...ten years after the first translation was published. Finally.Feels good!austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-26518743022284487612021-01-30T09:45:00.001+05:002021-01-30T09:45:30.129+05:00 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....austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-47826298736202201762021-01-29T08:54:00.004+05:002021-01-29T08:54:47.272+05:00 The full moon looked down upon lit skyscrapers, calmly.Shimmered over sleeping sand dunes, so distant.Tucked away in the cold..austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-39285347729610261352021-01-26T17:41:00.002+05:002021-01-26T17:41:34.502+05:00 A cold breeze wafts from the desert, winter finally, or something like it.The evening sky is a delicate peach amber....austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-73557676222744307372021-01-25T11:23:00.004+05:002021-01-25T11:23:32.937+05:00The mukhda I somewhat remember... the antara I don't ...scrambling for words after 36 years...mil gaya, thanks google!austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-80420413123314719272021-01-19T09:01:00.001+05:002021-01-19T09:01:15.664+05:00 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. austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-91476312019060564942021-01-17T18:37:00.003+05:002021-01-17T18:37:52.176+05:00 A sliver of a moon... and then it was gone!austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-41453930212414265292021-01-14T09:43:00.003+05:002021-01-14T09:43:53.896+05:00 Uttarayan! A sky full of kites..in the sunshine, a young kid with a friends cap, jumping about... eternitythe sun gets into my eyesausterehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-23142586713561511772021-01-10T18:15:00.001+05:002021-01-10T18:15:19.328+05:00 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.austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-18191173807279260802021-01-01T18:36:00.005+05:002021-01-01T18:36:46.298+05:00 And before you know it, a new year, a year of miracles and amazing surprises....austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-18178560482260224532020-12-18T16:52:00.000+05:002020-12-18T16:52:16.181+05:00 The secret to a perfect daal now is to sprinkle stardust, admix soul breath to a blend of spices, mix gently.austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-78329074027938445632020-12-17T11:07:00.003+05:002020-12-17T11:07:56.628+05:00sunshine lazesOn silver maneWinter morningausterehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-4394608917217799532020-12-14T11:26:00.003+05:002020-12-14T11:26:35.724+05:00 Unseasonal rains again. The banyan tree has fruited.The badam sprang to life with new flowers. The panchang, almanac, has an extra month but they didn't get the memo.Rain drizzles, manna from the heavens. Like a prayer, answered.2020. Anything can happen.austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-13579702043856747912020-02-04T13:14:00.003+05:002020-02-04T13:14:44.285+05:00
Something I was waiting for very keenly, didn't happen. At the back of my mind I knew the work was good, but not good enough, not great, and it may have used a few more tweaks and turns.
So why am I upset at the result? Perhaps I miss that "soaking in the pit of morose sentimentality".
Amusing, all.
austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-7485314489740914382019-05-11T07:26:00.001+05:002019-05-11T07:26:23.004+05:00In The Deccan Herald!
My first ever opinion piece. Whoever thought it would be about politics.Still reeling.
https://www.deccanherald.com/lok-sabha-election-2019/opinion-who-is-the-most-arrogant-of-them-all-733145.html Amazing turnaround time.
Much gratitude.
austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-89386952705758119442019-04-08T19:20:00.001+05:002019-04-08T19:24:31.196+05:00
At the SWA event yesterday, Uri writer director Aditya Dhar interviewed by veteran screenwriter Robin Bhatt.
A full house. Standing space only.
So much energy in the room you could send a spaceship to the moon.
Long time tryers. Freshers with stars n hope in their eyes. Several one of a kind..Like the Amritsar businessman who had ideas but no time. Or the tall, muscled Uttarakhandi with flowingausterehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29521815.post-87490939269845662292019-03-31T20:00:00.000+05:002019-03-31T20:00:14.632+05:00The yatra of many lifetimes...
Registrations for the Kailash Mansarovar Yatra have begun.
SEE: kmy.gov.in
Trek the Lipulekh route, to know how the ancients went. Govt. takes diligent care of each batch, each yatri.
Yet you may reach the final pass into Tibet and not make it. Or you might, leading from the front, like our Bajpaiji, the oldest in our batch.
Jaisi Bholenath ki marzi.
If you've ever dreamt about it, austerehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16839224877080864005noreply@blogger.com0