Monday, January 31, 2011

Sadanand Rege on Leo Tolstoy

As mentioned earlier, this is the death centenary year of Leo Tolstoy.

On January 31, 2011, I came across this poem of Sadanand Rege (सदानंद रेगे).


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courtesy: 'Akshar Gandharv' (अक्षर गंधर्व) by P S Nerurkar (प्र श्री नेरुरकर), 1987

"...
मला काहीच ऐकायला येत नव्हत.
मीच एक फांदी झालो होतो
नि तिथल्या वार्याबरोबर आंदुळत होतो."


Location: Yasnaya Polyana
courtesy: AFP