Coming up on July 29 2015, Wednesday, is 90th Birthday of S D Phadnis (शि द फडणीस)
विंदा करंदीकर:
"घेता घेता एक दिवस
देणा-याचे हात घ्यावे!"
अनामिक:
"बघता बघता एक दिवस
काढणाऱ्याचे हात घ्यावे."
"The Venus de Milo is a paradox: the embodiment of
beauty, yet disfigured. And she is a puzzle, gazing serenely at something we
cannot see, something once held, we assume, by her missing arms...
...speculation
about the statue’s original pose was a minor industry. She was imagined
standing beside a warrior—Mars or Theseus—with her left hand grazing his
shoulder. She was pictured holding a mirror, an apple, or laurel wreaths,
sometimes with a pedestal to support her left arm. She was even depicted as a
mother holding a baby..."
Now Mr. Phadnis is not interested in the original pose instead he imagines what pose she may take with some help!
( By the way, this is one of the best cartoons I have ever seen. This could have been easily printed on the cover of a bumper issue of
The New Yorker.)
After borrowing the hands from Indian goddess, Venus can return to what she was supposed to be doing earlier: Spinning thread...
courtesy: Cosmo Wenman and Slate
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