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."
( 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.)
courtesy: Cosmo Wenman and Slate
विंदा करंदीकर:
"घेता घेता एक दिवस
देणा-याचे हात घ्यावे!"
अनामिक:
"बघता बघता एक दिवस
काढणाऱ्याचे हात घ्यावे."
Virginia Postrel writes for Slate on May 1 2015:
"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.)
Courtesy: S D Phadnis
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