Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Kiss of Dawn

As my wife foraged through ancient papers and other paraphernalia, she found among things from my childhood, some photographs which I had taken, actually was forced to take, with some friend's box camera. It looks like the photographs have been preserved more than the subject/object material, not to mention the photographer/writer himself.




"Kiss of Dawn" -- Tiger Hill, Darjeeling (1948)


Burmese Pagoda, Eden Gardens, Calcutta (1948)


Gandhi Statue from window of the police chowki,
Juhu, Bombay (1953)



With nostalgia, my wife has written about them on her blog.
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Anonymous commented:

Old film title:
Phir Subah Hogi / Dawn will return (morning will come sounds a bit prosaic as title)

Now running as:
Phir Subah Huyi / Dawn has returned 

kaali sadiyon key sar sey /
raat ka saaya sarka to
Pal bhar key liye hi sahi
kirnon ka aanchal faila to

The shadow of night has slipped from off the dark ages
The raiment of rays has spread albeit briefly 

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my response:

Voh subah kabhi na ayegi,
Voh subah KABHI na ayegi.
Sarkar ko pucho; Lok Sabha ko pucho;
Aam janta ko pucho; NDTV aur baaqi saari media ko pucho; Priyanka ko pucho; Amitabh ko pucho; Bipasha ko pucho:

That dawn will never come
Ask the govt, ask the parliament, ask the people, ask media outlets and ask our BIG stars
Kya voh subah kabhi to ayegi?
Nahin ji: voh subah kabhi na ayegi.

Will that dawn ever come?
No sir that dawn will never come.
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The lines stuck in my mind forever are:

Faqon ki chitaon per jis din insana jalaye jayenge, Jhino ke dahakte dozakh main aramana jalaye jayenge, yeh narka se bhi gandi dunian jab swarga banai jayegi, woh sbaha tabhi to aayegi...

Three tears for Sahir for writing
this verse.

Bhupen
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Michael wrote:

What precious memories, captured so beautifully, from your childhood.

Like so many things related to the Internet, I'm not entirely sure how I wound up here. But I'm so pleased I did. Your photography is stunning.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Old film title:
Phir Subah Hogi

Now running as:
Phir Subah Huyi

kaali sadiyon key sar sey
raat ka saaya sarka to
Pal bhar key liye hi sahi
kirnon ka aanchal faila to

Anonymous said...

Not to argue with you sir but to humbly state that those that need the dark for their synthetic 'stardom' or for their dark deeds will naturally prefer it dark.

Others that need the natural cycle of light to sustain their ordinary lives will devise their own dawns.

Who knows like your frogs, they may already be assembling in order to initiate an 'underground' movement.

Please dont rule out the possibility.

Anonymous said...

PS

Since its all about dawn, it is to be an overhead movement but for purposes of safety and security and in order to maintain a 'low' profile we shall be referring to it as underground movement.

Anonymous said...

ramillThe lines stuck in my mind forever are:

Kathon ki chitaon per jis din insana jalaye jayenge, Jhino ke dahakte dozakh main aramana jalaye jayenge, yeh narka se bhi gandi dunian jab swarga banai jayegi, woh sbaha tabhi to aayegi...

Three tears for Sahir for writing
this verse.

Bhupen

michael said...

What precious memories, captured so beautifully, from your childhood.

Like so many things related to the Internet, I'm not entirely sure how I wound up here. But I'm so pleased I did. Your photography is stunning.

Hemantha Kumar Pamarthy said...

...Subah aati hai raat jaati hai
Subah aati hai raat jaati hai Yunhi
Waqt chaltaa hi rehata hai rukata nahin
Ek pal mein ye aage nikal jaata hai
Aadmi theek se dekh paataa nahin
Aur parde pe manjar badal jaataa hai
Ek baar chale jaate hain jo din raat subah o shaam
Woh woh phir nahin aate Woh phir nahin aate

Zindagi ke safar mein guzar jaate hain jo makaam
Woh phir nahin aate woh phir nahin aate...

Haan zaroor afsos ki baat hain lekin haqueeqat bhi yahi hai.....