We, Made of Bone

These days, I refuse to let you see me
the way I see myself.

I wake up in the morning not knowing
whether I will make it through the day;

reminding myself of the small, small things
I’ve forgotten to marvel in;

these trees, blood-free and bone-dry
have come to rescue me more than once,

but my saving often requires hiding
yet they stand so tall, so slim and gluttonous

refusing to contain me; even baobab trees
will split open at my command, and

carve out fleshless wombs to welcome me.
I must fall out of love of the world

without me in it, but my loves have
long gone, and left me in a foreign land

where once I was made of bone,
now water, now nothing.

--- Mahtem Shiferraw

I am not done yet

I am not done yet
as possible as yeast
as imminent as bread
a collection of safe habits
a collection of cares
less certain than i seem
more certain than i was
a changed changer
i continue to continue
what i have been
most of my lives is
where i’m going

--- Lucille Clifton

Alif Laila - Title Song Lyrics - Doordarshan

अलिफ लैला ओ ओ…

अलिफ लैला, अलिफ लैला, अलिफ लैला ओ ओ

अलिफ लैला, अलिफ लैला, अलिफ लैला

हर शब नई कहानी

दिलचस्प है बयानी

सदियाँ गुज़र गयी है

लेकिन न हो पुरानी

परियों को जीत लाये

जीनो को भी हराए

इंसान में वो ताकत

सब पे करे हुकूमत

अलिफ लैला ओ ओ ओ….

Additional Sessions Judge Amitabh Rawat - Poem

“Babu pleading for his bail;State opposing tooth and nail.
Summers bygone, winters have arrived;
But crime you did, and Rahul cried.
I am not the one, I am not the one;
Too grave the charge, don’t pretend.
Whom did I attack, where is he;
Oh! That we know, in the trial we will see.
You say I have said & I deny from the first blush;
Rahul may be gone yet Satish said.
Didn’t we say; don’t rush;
Let me go, let me go, even Imran is on bail.
Even then, even then; it wouldn’t be a smooth sail.
Stop! Stop! Stop! Stop;
I have heard, heard a lot.
Mind is clear, with claims tall;
Its my time to take a call.
Babu has a sordid past;
proof is scant, which may not last.
His omnipotence can’t be assumed;
Peril to vanished Rahul, is legally fumed.”
Take your freedom from the cage you are in;
Till the trial is over, the state is reigned in.
The State proclaims; to have the cake and eat it too; The Court comes calling ;
before the cake is eaten, bake it too.

--- Judge Amitabh Rawat

Baje sargam har taraf se goonj bankar...

बजे सरगम हर तरफ से, 

गूँज बनकर देश राग, देश राग। 

ताल कदमों पे जागे जाय, 

लब पे जागे गीत ऐसा, 

गूँजे बनकर देश राग।

इस गीत का मतलब है कि देश की समृद्ध सांस्कृतिक विरासत की धुन हर तरफ बज रही है, जो सभी को जोड़ती है और आगे बढ़ने की ताकत देती है। इसमें भारत के मशहूर गायक, वादक और नर्तकी देश की मुख्य परंपरागत कलाओं का सुंदर प्रदर्शन करते हैं। राग जो कि शास्त्रीय संगीत की आत्मा है, के साथ तबला, संतूर, सरोद, सितार, कथक, भरतनाट्यम, मणिपुरी और ओड़िसी जैसे कई नृत्य और संगीत शैलियाँ इस वीडियो में एक ही संगति में भारत की एकता और खूबसूरती को दर्शाती हैं।