Author: Adi Sathe

  • गजांची खिडकी

    गजांची खिडकी

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    Painting by Snehal Ekbote

    या बंद कोठडीला आहे एकच खिडकी,
    वर उंच, आणि गजांनी बंद असलेली.
    दिसत नाही काहीच मला त्यातून, पण…
    ऐकू येतात मला आवाज अनेक.
    दिवस सुरू होता होता कोठडीतील अंधार पालटायच्या आधी
    मला जाग येते ती किलबिलाटानी,
    बहुदा कोपऱ्यावर एक डेरेदार वृक्ष असावा
    ज्यावर असावीत बांधली घरटी असंख्य पक्षांनी.
    थोड्याच वेळात किलबिलाटाची जागा घेतात ते मोटारींचे आणि दुचक्यांचे आवाज नि कर्कश भोंगे.
    मग इथलाही दिवस सुरू होतो आणि
    जणू आकाशवाणीचे सभा संपावी तशी या रेडिओ पासून आमची ताटातूट होते, ती पुन्हा संध्याकाळच्या सभेत भेट होण्यासाठी.
    वाहनांचे आवाज कमी कमी होत जातात आमची जेवणं उरकून दिवे मालवले जाई पर्यंत.
    आणि उरतात माझ्या सोबतीला रातकिड्यांचे, दूर भुंकणाऱ्या कुत्र्याचे आणि वटवाघळांच्या फडफडण्याचे आवाज.
    आणि आलीच तर चंद्रप्रकाशाची एखादी तिरीप.
    कारण, माझ्या बंद कोठडीला आहे एकच खिडकी,
    वर उंच, आणि गजांनी बंद असलेली.
    ज्यातून दिसत काहीच नाही, पण ऐकू येतं, बाहेरचं सारं जग…
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    आदित्य साठे
    १३-०५-२०२०

    गजांची खिडकी, Adi’s Journal च्या YouTube Channel वर

     

     

    ही कविता मला सुचली ती स्स्नेनेहल एकबोटे या माझ्या चित्रकार मैत्रिणीच्या या चित्रावरून. स्नेहल एक उत्तम छायाचित्रकार देखील आहे. तिची चित्रे व छायाचित्रे तुम्ही तिच्या instagram handle वर जाऊन बघू शकता…

  • ठरलेच होते…

    ठरलेच होते…

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    वेगळे हे चालणे ठरलेच होते
    आपले हे वागणे ठरलेच होते

    केवढी ही शांतता दोघांमध्ये या
    अंतराचे वाढणे ठरलेच होते

    जाहली लाही किती ही अंग अंगी
    रात सारी जागणे ठरलेच होते

    काय सांगू मी कहाणी आज माझी
    शेवटी मी हारणे ठरलेच होते

    चालली होती विजांची तानबाजी
    ती समेवर थांबणे ठरलेच होते

    ठेवला विश्वास मी बोलांवरी त्या
    तो मला मग टाळणे ठरलेच होते

  • Starting a new

    Starting a new

    86272169_10156732813596056_5804646281909370880_nIt has been days for me turning that page. I put the full stop on our relationship. You know how difficult it is to move on and start a new life. When there is no further page to turn, you have to accept the end. We had such a good time together. But alas, the journey has its destination. Wait, wasn’t I aware of this destination since the beginning? Ever since I took that first step with her, back of the mind I was always staging for the moment when we reach the end of this road.

    Isn’t it obvious for a book? If you open the cover and dived in the amazing world created by an author, there is always “the end” written on the last page of the book. Have you ever felt that you are in the same world with those characters? Witnessing those scenes written on pages in your hand, hearing voices of characters speaking dialogues scripted for them? There are a few books which have taken me in their world. And I must say, they are magnificent. Valentia created by Rajamayyoor Sharma is on top of my head as far as Indian fiction is concerned while James Clavel has taken me to medieval Japan. I have roamed in London with Sherlock and Poirot. 

    However, the journey in those realms, started from the cover page, has its end marked. The author takes the characters by hand and takes them to their destination by the end of the book. They fulfill their destiny. If a writer chooses to give happy moments at the end, we enjoy them. If it’s a tragedy, characters at least get closure at the end. But hey dude, you forgot to write something for me? What about my destiny at the end? What about my share of the closure? Haven’t you thought about me as an uninvited traveler of this journey when you wrote a book?

    This is my condition when I turn that last page of every fascinating book. I need more time to come out of the world between those covers. I know it’s crazy to some other level, but hey my fellow bibliophiles, aren’t we all crazy in the same way? Just like some love yearning person, I fell for a new world. I get pulled to the bookshelf. Aroma of those printed pages always fascinates me. It entices me to pick up a new book and start anew.

  • मन आज़ाद है…

    मन आज़ाद है…

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    Sunset colors, Photo by Aditya

    मन आज़ाद है।
    भलेही पैरोमें पड़ी है बेड़ी, वास्तविकता की,
    फिरभी वह आज़ाद है।

     

    अपने आपको सूक्ष्म करके, खिसक जाता है,
    इस जालीदार पिंजरेसे,
    ऊंचा उड़ता है, किसी बाज़की तरह।
    अपनी पैनी तीखी नजरे नीचे जमींके हालतपर जमाए हुए घूमता रहता है।

    कभी अचानकसे एक मंझे हुए गोताखोरकी तरह झपट्टा मारता है, और फिर उड़ जाता है अपनी शिकार को पैरोंमें फसाए हुए।
    कभी यह शिकार होती है किसी हदसेकि जो कोई कहानी बनके उतर आती है कागज़पे,
    तो कभी कोई बेचैनी पकड़ी जाती है उन मजबूत पैरोंतले जिसका दर्द कोई कविता का रूप ले लेता है।

    जब सांझ होती है और आसमान हल्का गुलाबी, केसरिया हो जाता है, तो बाज़ लौट आता है।
    इसी जालीके पिंजरेसे होते हुए जब अंदर आता है,
    तब वहां, सिर्फ एक मानवी शरीर मिलता है, भावनाओसे सराबोर…

  • A table for two: Photo Series

    A table for two: Photo Series

    Food and drinks have always been a major factors for people to have intimate one on one conversations. Relationships bloomed between friends, colleagues, partners and even formal business associates over a cup of coffee, shared plate of snacks or a couple of drinks. Amazing and cozy cafes and hotels around town help to create these experiences. I thought of sharing such cozy places through this photo series with the hashtag of #ATableForTwo. Hope you will enjoy these cozy corners and visit them to enjoy the vibe.

    1. The Fat Labrador Cafe, Bavdhan, Pune

    2. Chai Tapri, Thatte Nagar, Nashik

    3. Tayo Cafe, Indore

    4. Krozzon, Indore

    5. The Farm Life – Cafe & Store, Off S B Road, Pune

    6. Namgay Artisanal Brewery, Paro, Bhutan

    7. Citrus Cafe, Lemon Tree Hotel, Siliguri

    This series ignited a spark in one of my dear friend Deep Kandekar, who took some pictures following the same theme which she shared with me and allowed me to put them in front of you. So here is a couple of those pictures.

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  • Only a limitless now

    Only a limitless now

    PicsArt_09-10-01.06.37It has been more than two years since I finished reading “Shogun“, the first book of ‘The Asian Saga’ series of James Clavell. It introduced me to a feudal systems of Medieval Japan. The book revolves around the first British sailor – pilot who crashes on Japanese coast and a very powerful daimyo Lord Yashi Toronaga who is a main contender in a race to the Shogunate. Japanese philosophy is scattered throughout the book in a form of various quotes and dialogues between various characters. However one particular thought stayed with me the most.

    “How beautiful life is and how sad! How fleeting, with no past and no future, only a limitless now.”

    Lord Toranaga, thinks when he is pondering about his situation in whole feudal system and a race to the Shogunate, the arrival of  the Englishman in his province, possibility of clash between the Englishman and the Portuguese Christians at the same time. 

    “Live in the moment” is what we have always been told when one starts to dwell in the past or is daydreaming about the future. Brooding over what we missed in the past is not going to help us unless and until we learn from it and move on. At the same time, thinking about the future just enough to plan for our today’s action is perfectly alright, in fact, is necessary to be successful. However, dwelling either in the past or in future always make us lose the joy of the present.

    I remember a very heart touching scene from an animation movie Kung Fu Panda where Master Oogway gives his last and best teachings for Po, the Dragon Warrior. “There’s a saying, “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why it’s called the ‘present’”. Teachings of Master Oogway and the pondering thought of Lord Toronaga share the same belief. 

    We have always been taught to keep working on your job in hand, neither think about what fruits our efforts will bear nor worry about if we have missed something in the past. Unnecessary worry of future and regretting the past will only make us lose the moment in hand. In a way just like Clavell said, life is a very sad thing which lasts only for a moment. We can’t control the future nor can we change the past. But at the same point, it is very beautiful if we enjoy that moment. The only thing in our hand, is to live in “a limitless now”.

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