Friday 30 August 2013

माय


प्रिय लेकरा, 
अस्तित्व शून्य असता 
तू हाक का मारिशी?
झिडकारीशी,विस्मरशी
परी मी सदैव तव उराशी ||१||

असते तुझ्याचसाठी 
सारेच माझे जीणे
झिजणे आयुष्यभर अन 
मरणे तुझ्याचसाठी ||२||

काटा  तुझ्याच पायी
परी विव्हळ देरे मजला 
भगवंत चरणी नमता
आयुष्य माझे तुजला ||३||

अश्रूत मात्र तुझिया
प्रतिबिंब आज माझे
अभिमान सार्थ मजला
परी दुःख तव अश्रुंचे  ||४||

बेधुंद मनाची नाती 
या अश्रूंतून जी फुलती
ती इवली पाउले स्मरती
मज "माय-माय" जी म्हणती ||५||

प्रिय आई,
मी तुझा,तू माझी
मी प्रतिपदा,तू पोर्णिमा माझी
मी याचना,तू  पूर्तता माझी
मी तहान,तू सरिता माझी  ||६|| 
मज जन्म आर्द्र हा आहे,
मायेने, प्रेमाने तुझिया.
तू कवेत घे मम क्षितिजा,
मज जन्म-सार हा आहे. ||७||

मज शब्द्सागरालाही 
सीमा येथेची मिळते.
मी शब्द लेखिता " आई ",
ती लेखा तेथीची थमते. ||८||
आई सागराची माझा 
आकंठ बुडलो जेथे 
लिखाणे उद्देश्य तेथे 
विरू लागले ||९||

                                          -मुकुंद.

शतजन्म शोधिताना.....

ठरवून मुलुख सारा,भिजवून परतलो मी
कळ आतल्या जीवाची,चेतवून परतलो मी | 
अतृप्त आर्त वारा,त्रासून प्राशिला मी 
मर्जी नसे मनाची,भिजवून चाललो मी ||

बेरंग या जगाला, रंगून टाकताना 
रुधीरार्त आर्त  माझे हलकेच सांडताना |
तुज रंग रंजीताचा,रक्तरंज हा दिसेना 
मनी माझिया सखी हे,काहूर हासवेना ||

न्हावून घे बरे  तू ,आसुसल्या सुखाने   
दुखवू कसा पुन्हा मी बोलू कुण्या मुखाने?
कोंडून दुःख सारे,विस्फोट आज व्हावे
हे देह संचिताचे,भेदून लखलखावे || 

येशील का जगी तू,बनुनी पुन्हा धरा ती
मी मूक (कि मुक्त )मेघ नभीचा,बरसेल बेहीसाबी |
सोसून वेड सारे,रुजूदे पुन्हा मलाही
समजू नकोस काटा,मी पुष्प ते गुलाबी ||

रुजुनि तुझ्या ऊराशी,इकवार जन्म घ्यावा
हर याक्ष-प्रश्निकाला,जगुनी जवाब द्यावा |
ते मूक प्रेम माझे,स्पर्शून सांगताना 
देईन साथ तुजला,शतजन्म शोधिताना.... || 

व्यथा कधी न कळली हि कथा असे कोणाची?
"नभ-आर्त धरित्रीची" वा "प्रेम-प्रेमिकांची"  |
मज पामरे बळेची इतुकेच फक्त झाले 
                              ते दिव्य प्रेम त्यांचे, मी शब्दबद्ध केले    ||                   -मुकुंद.

रंगपंचमी

                रंग मनाचा,रंग क्षणाचा,
क्षणाक्षणाला विरघळणारा.
क्षणात हसरा,क्षणात हळवा,
डाव्या गाली ओघळणारा.

                  पुसता अश्रू आवेगाने,
                     रंग काजळी विस्कटणारा.
                     अंमळ उसासे स्फुंदत असता,
                     रंग बोचरा गहिवरणारा.

मित्रांची ती चौकट जमता,
रंग खुशीचा खळखळणारा.
कातरवेळी काहुरणारा,
पिंग गुलाबी रंग बावरा.

                     रंग कोणता शौर्येन्द्राचा,
                     निधड्या छाती वार झेलता?
                     रंग कांतीचा गौर वेगळा,
                            चाहुलीसरशी थरथरणारा.

अवखळ,चंचल,शुद्ध-कांचनी,
बालमनाचा रंग निरागस.
तारुण्याचा रंग अंध परी,
समर्थ,पामर,रसरसणारा.

                      अनुभवाने रापून झाला,
                     प्रौढ मनाचा रंग सावळा.
                     समाधानी नि शांत,विचारी,
                     वैराग्याचा रंग पांढरा.

रंग उदासी,रंग कुतुह्ली,
रंग लाजरा,रंग विचारी.
रंग आळशी,रंग जहरी,
रंग उद्यमी,लुसलुसणारा.

                     जीवनभर हि अशी चालली,
                      मनरंगांची "रंगपंचमी".
                     शब्द बापुडे,पडे तोकडे,
                     वर्णन करिता रंगपसारा       -मुकुंद


प्रेम

                       प्रेम म्हणजे साला ,
                       अंधार झालाय  अंधार .
                       अब्रू वेशींवर टांगलेली नि,
                       भावनांचा चाललेला व्यापार .

                                                    नजर वखवखणारी असूनही येथे,
                                                    कोवळ्या कळ्यांना धुमारे फुटू लागतात.
                                                    अन प्रेमाचा पाऊस पडला तरी कुजण्याइतकी,
                                                    नात्यांची बीजे भिकार असतात.

                       पैशाच चामडं पांघरून इथ ,
                       वासानेच कोल्हं सोकावत.
                       संस्कृतीने झाकलेल सार मग,
                       पेपरातन डोकावत .

                                                     माग चालताना पश्चिमेच्या ,
                                                     कोवळी उन्हं पोळायला लागतात.
                                                     महागड्या सिगरेटच्या ठिणग्या ,
                                                      गरीबाची घरं जाळायला लागतात .

                       प्रेम-बीम काही नाही ,
                       हि मायबापांच्या अपेक्षांची होळी असते.
                       पोरं नागवी नाचून मोकळी.अन ,
                       मायबापांच्या हाती झोळी असते .

                                                    आपली कामं नीट न केली कि
                                                    हि नसती थेरं सुचू लागतात. अन ,
                                                    ऊसाला टाकलेल्या urea ने,
                                                    गाजर-गवताला पेरं फुटू लागतात.     -मुकुंद

Thursday 29 August 2013

"ATTA DEEP BHAVA"(The Photo Exibition)





"Atta Deep Bhav ", An Exhibition was showcased in Balgandharv Kala Dalan, Shivajinagar from 14th Augest to 23rd Augest 2013 has got appreciation from all levels of art lovers, experts and critics. The exhibition was all about immense hard work done by Pune’s native research photographer Pradip Pawar for digital restoration of the sculptures and paintings in Ajanta caves.

The exhibition was about Ajanta caves situated few kilometers outside the city Sambhaji Nagar in Marthwada Region of Maharashtra. The World heritage site consists of sculptures, carvings, paintings depicting cultural heritage from period before Buddha’s ‘Dyan-Prapti ‘(Illumination), During Buddha’s legend and ‘Mahapariniravana’(Demise of Lord Buddha) along with JATAK ’ Lok-Katha’ (Stories).

The Ajanta caves are divided by the life work of different king and prince’s names from Siddharth bloodline namely Mahasudarshna, Sibi-Kapota, Sudhana ,Sankhpala,  Janka, Kalyankarin, Sumagadha-Mahosadha, Marvijya, Mahapratiharya Among which most of them are lost completly .

The actual journey started in 1989, when he went to see the caves first time along with his mentor from city based art school Abhinav Kala Mahavidylayaand have seen patch on the world known painting of ‘Bodhisatva Padmpani’ was missing. First reaction of the young student was a series of question. Where is the part of painting? What happened? In Hindu culture it is considered that broken idol or photo frame is bad omen and should be replaced with new one. So, he asked his mentor that cant they replace the paintings too. The answers from mentor didn't satisfy the young man’s curiosity and there born the desire to save the heritage at any cost.

Beyond regional politics, the art lover persistently tried to get the required permissions from Archaeology Department of Government of Maharashtra for the research. Eventually after getting these permissions in 2007 the artist tried hard after approaching Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) get the work started and which is still continued. Though the site was declared as world heritage still he had to struggle for 18 yrs to get permissions for research which is clear proof of our system’s failure. The artist along with his team so far has been successfully restored around 14000 sq inches of work in caves digitally.

The restoration process is divided in 3 steps:
  • PHOTOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTATION.
  • COLOR CORRECTION.
  • DIGITAL RESTORATION.
Although the technology is advanced, the restrictions at the site made it needle in hay stack efforts to get the work done. He says, ”The initial phase i.e. documentation” was not easy one , the most of the caves have no proper light. We were not allowed to use flashes, as it may damage the colors so we have to depend on Fiber Optic focuses and Natural light”. It is hard to get the clear shots of Jatak paintings on high ends of walls and they are obligated to use some low height traditional wooden stools kept in caves by archaeology department and nothing else hence Pradip  has to develop 22 feet tripod himself for the work.

You can understand Pradip’s dedication from the fact that he waited around 1 year to get perfect shot of Buddha sculpture in cave no 19.”I wanted the lighting which could have added meditative pose of the sculpture” the artist said in article from Indian Express.

Relatively, being a commercial Photographer, the next steps are much easier. The artist explained astonishing color changes due to environment, water damage and events like special coating given in Nizam period to protect the drawings. Digital restoration takes between 3 minutes to 11 hours of time to restore every sq inch of art work. For instance, he color corrected and digitally restored Sibi Jatak painting which was almost 60% lost.

The exhibition displayed 7 ft by 36 ft photograph of the site from cave number one to 28, spread across a kilometer. Pawar claims it to be the largest photo ever clicked of Ajanta Caves. The Exhibition showed model of concave shaped line of caves along with labeling where the artist showed light orientation and worries about lost caves. There was also a kaleidoscope showing 360 degree view of cave no 4 which gave the illusion that the viewer is present at the site himself.

It was delight to visit the exhibition, hear from artist himself about how the art depicts heritage, emotions, lifestyle, means of comfort, challenges and satisfaction.It was great to see that in this great work his family is standing proudly with him in all evens and odds. 

The Pradip Pawar foundation needs much more time and funding to complete the work so, you can give any kind of help to the foundation.For contact, mail at: sendprasadpawar@gmail.com. 

Mr. Pradip, Wish you very best for further work.....! 

Friday 16 August 2013

INFERNO (The Book Review)


Inferno, the long awaited novel by American author Dan Brown was released on 14th May 2013 by Doubleday.Its the fourth novel in the series of suspense thriller starring foreknown star character Prof. Robert London.

Being an Indian with no connection to christian background it was very cliche to understand the concepts of hell and references to Italian genius Dante Alighieri but the fluent story line increases the adrenaline enough to make the hour without reading an anxious one and  nights sleepless.But it is a mere time concern that you start to trust the instincts of Robert and picture the whole scenario as movie marathon. 

The narration of details of architectural intelligence and iconography in Dante's work leaves no barrier between a pro and common man to understand the significance.Along with focus on old learning strategies of art by Robert, writer also succeeded in maintaining fascination about secrets hidden in master pieces, which maintains legacy of Da Vinci Code, Angels n Demons and lost Symbol .  

The fact based fiction revels the relation between factual world existing physically around us and Dante's Hell described in his world famous creation The Divine Comedy.The continuous introductions of new characters before reveling the precision of previous once keeps the pace of story line.

The complex introduction sequence and concurrent flashbacks create a curiosity for what its wise to call Dan Brown a Master of Macabre. Although the story goes predictable at the end chapters due to real time analogy but still recurring twists are worth the reading.Hence here is another gift for Dan Brown Fans
with lots of curiosities:

Who was Dante Alighieri?
What does he have do with all  this?
What Happens when Robert loses memory?
What is Real time Hell?
Does he succeed in his conquest? 

Enjoy the Treat.The book is available all over the world, with price around Rs.750 in money saver editions along Asia. So visit your nearest book shop and ask for your own copy....








Thursday 15 August 2013

अन..

काच तडकली चष्म्याची अन ..
रंग पसरले जीवनी
राजा रंगांचा चाचपडे अन..
अंधार माझ्या जीवनी

अंधारी रंगला राजा आता
उजेड नको मज वाटतो
उजेडा ठेवतो नवे अन..
वाट मी मिलनाची पाहतो

काळाची बाहुली मीही
तुज आणखी काय ते सांगायचे
सावरू शकेना स्वतःला अन..
वचन तुज आधाराचे द्यायचे?

रंगहीन जुने ती स्वप्ने
आता डोळाही न लागे माझा
आस नव्या घावाची अन..
पूर्वीचा तो आजही ताजा

जोडूनी कळीजे मृगनयनी
मित्रानो आत्मदाह करू नका
जालीम जगी हि स्त्री मदिरा
जिये स्पर्श तुम्ही कच करू नका

तो घाव कोरूनी रुधीराने
मी आर्जव आज हि केली असे
मृगजळे पसरली जगती अन..
प्रेमाला येथे ठाव नसे
प्रेमाला येथे ठाव नसे........  -मुकुंद.

आरंभ

ओंकाराने यावे ,विघ्न हरावे,
विकार निवारावे, आयुष्यभराचे.....

अखंड रहावी प्रीती,
उन्नत व्हावी कीर्ती,
अक्षय्य राखावी समृदधी ,
जना - मनाची.....

विघ्नहरा, त्वरा करा,
विद्याधरा, करूणा करा,
सत्कार्ये सिद्ध करा,
या मुकुंदा.....!!! 

                                                     मुकुंद