Friday, November 14, 2008
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
kavi-gan
JODI BHESTE JAITE CHAO
- Duel of Poets
If You Wish to Go to Heaven
SHISHWA (Disciple)
If you wish to go to heaven
Keep fear of Allah in your heart
GURU (Teacher)
If you want to be close to Allah
Keep love within your heart
SHISHWA (Disciple)
I'm just your daughter's age
I'll assume the side of shariah
And take an anti-Sufi stance
Don't take what I say to heart
You ignore the Holy Scriptures -
What kind of Muslims are you?
Why are the mullahs
always angry with you?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart
GURU (Teacher)
You need a measure of wisdom
to grasp the Koran and Hadith
How can half-read mullahs
interpret the intricate Scriptures?
They preach to others
without knowing the texts
The dogmatic mullahs
make
their living from deception
Well fed and fattened, they use
their strength to abuse us
Keep love within your heart
SHISHWA (Disciple)
You Sufis chant Allah's name
Ignoring creed and prayer
You smoke pot during Ramadan
With the excuse of meditation
What kind of Islamic creed
Sanctions this immorality?
Keep fear of Allah in your heart
GURU (Teacher)
Just showing off your rituals
Is that true namaz?
Namaz is meditation,
To attain tranquility
Fasting is self control
How many really follow that?
They skip their meals by day
And eat double by night
We don't lust for heaven
And have no fear of hell
Keep love within your heart
SHISHWA (Disciple)
You don't go on pilgrimage
You don't give charity
What do you have against
Ritual sacrifice?
Why should Muslims
Quaver at the sight of blood?
GURU (Teacher)
You're asked to sacrifice
Your dearest ones
Are these cows and goats
Your most beloved?
Nothing is dearer than yourself
The supreme sacrifice is self-sacrifice
If you can, restrain your senses
Control your passions
Keep love within your heart
SHISHWA (Disciple)
You roam around with women
Without wedding them
You sing and dance together
Without shame
The outside world is for men
The woman's place is at home
Keep fear of Allah in your heart
GURU (Teacher)
Woman is the seed of life
The source of creation
Those who believe in inequality
Lock women into marriage
Woman is the vessel of love
Woman is the Mother
Without Woman we would not
Come into being
(Together)
You need both man and woman
For procreation and creation
Keep love inside your heart
If you want to be close to Allah
Keep love inside your heart
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Thursday, September 25, 2008
just a smile away
"Life is just a breath away
To cry is a tear away
To know you is so far away
And happiness is just a smile away"
HAPPY HAPPY MILANN BIRTH DAY
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Blowin' In The Wind
How many roads must a man walk down Before you call him a man?
Yes, 'n' how many seas must a white dove sail Before she sleeps in the sand?
Yes, 'n' how many times must the cannon balls fly Before they're forever banned?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind, The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many times must a man look up Before he can see the sky?
Yes, 'n' how many ears must one man have Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, 'n' how many deaths will it take till he knows That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
How many years can a mountain exist Before it's washed to the sea?
Yes, 'n' how many years can some people exist Before they're allowed to be free?
Yes, 'n' how many times can a man turn his head, Pretending he just doesn't see?
The answer, my friend, is blowin' in the wind,
The answer is blowin' in the wind.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Friday, September 12, 2008
KALI
OM SARVA MAGALA MANGALE SIVE SARVARTHA SADHIKE SARAMNEY TRAIMBAKE GAURI NARAYANI NAMAHUSTUTE
OM SHRISTI STHITI VINASANAM SARBABHOOTE SANATANI GUNAASHRAYE GUNAMOYEE NARAYANI NAMAHUSTUTE
GANAPATI & SIDDHI
Ganapati with Siddhi devi blessing the on looker...
this terra-cotta work was inspired by a plaster replica of Orissa stone carving kept at Kalabhavan, Nandan Gallery, Santiniketan during my study there, but for some unknown reason the work is removed from the display since last year.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Friday, September 5, 2008
Thursday, September 4, 2008
AN ODE TO THE PROFHECY
surjya bhabche bose
ek kone nirabe
amar ki ar kaj ache!
emon alor kache?
ek akase duto surjya
seta kemon kore hobe?
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
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