Elegy for a Maestro: Rajeev Taranath
...Silent strings, once vibrant song,
Melodies hushed, where echoes belong.
A master's touch, forever stilled,
Rajeev Taranath's legacy is forever chilled.
Dancing fingers, now lie at rest,
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Categories:
sarod, celebrity, death, loss, music,
Form: Elegy
Don'T Forbid Or Forbid
...In the apathetic chest of grass
The open intercourse of autumn dew
Opening wings, the bees fly
With the beats of Rabindra Sangeet
Without moon in the neon lights
Fireflies sacrifice themse...
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Categories:
sarod, marriage,
Form: Free verse
The Shattered Sarod
...Locked lilac lips interweaved with the calypso of night,
for whom the seductive song of silence the stars write.
Oscillating yearning serenades the barcarole of heart,
transforms the tenor of me...
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Categories:
sarod, lost love, song,
Form: Rhyme
The Untold Story of a Sitar 2a of 3
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The Untold story of a Sitar 2A of 3
I was thinking
That during that long span of time
The Sitar would have lost
The remaining knobs and strings
One by one
Which control...
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Categories:
sarod, dream, music,
Form: Free verse
Twice Upon a Time
...TWICE UPON A TIME
two things clicked. A severed
evening parachuting down
on a hillock where a palace
hovered about. And coming
to terms with a cool perspective.
Kuchipudi there was. A...
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Categories:
sarod, culture, dance, music, perspective,
Form: Free verse