Veronica Lake@100

#VeronicaLakeAt100

Today November 14 2022 is 100th birth anniversary of Veronica Lake (1922-1973)

Veronica Lake in 'The Blue Dahlia', 1946

Nature to Kunti: MA'AM? YOU ACCIDENTALLY LEFT YOUR CHILD.

 महाभारतम्-03-आरण्यकपर्व-309:

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शिवास्ते सन्तु पन्थानो मा च ते परिपन्थिनः।

आगताश्च तथा पुत्र भवन्त्यद्रोहचेतसः ।।

पातु त्वां वरुणो राजा सलिले सलिलेश्वरः।

अन्तरिक्षेऽन्तरिक्षस्थः पवनः सर्वगस्तथा ।।

पिता त्वां पातु सर्वत्र तपनस्तपतांवरः।

येन दत्तोसि मे पुत्र दिव्येन विधिना किल ।।

आदित्या वसवो रुद्राः साध्या विश्वे च देवताः।

मरुतश्च सहेन्द्रेण दिशश्च सदिदीश्वराः ।।

रक्षन्तु त्वां सुराः सर्वे समेषु विषमेषु च।

वेत्स्यामि त्वांविदेशेपि कवचेनाभिसूचितम् ।।

धन्यस्ते पुत्र जनरको देवो भानुर्विभावसुः।

स्त्वां द्रक्ष्यति दिव्येन चक्षुषा वाहिनीगतम् ।।

धन्या सा प्रमदा या त्वां पुत्रत्वे कल्पयिष्यति।

यस्यास्त्वं तृषितः पुत्र स्तनं पास्यसि देवज ।।

कोनु स्वप्नस्तया दृष्टो या त्वामादित्यवर्चसम्।

दिव्यवर्मसमायुक्तं दिव्यकृण्डलभूषितम् ।।

पद्मायतविशालाक्षं पद्मताम्रदलोज्ज्वलम्।

सुललाटं सुकेशान्तं पुत्रत्वे कल्पयिष्यति ।।

धन्या द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुत्र त्वां भूमौ संसर्पमाणकम्।

अव्यक्तकलवाक्यानि वदन्तं रेणुगुण्ठितम् ।।

धन्या द्रक्ष्यन्ति पुत्र त्वां पुनर्यौवनगोचरम्।

हिमवद्वनसंभूतं सिंहं केसरिणं यथा ।।...

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(May all thy paths be auspicious! May no one obstruct thy way! And, O son, may all that come across thee have their hearts divested of hostility towards thee: And may that lord of waters, Varuna. protect thee in water! And may the deity that rangeth the skies completely protect thee in the sky. And may, O son, that best of those that impart heat, viz., Surya, thy father, and from whom I have obtained thee as ordained by Destiny, protect thee everywhere! And may the Adityas and the Vasus, the Rudras and the Sadhyas, the Viswadevas and the Maruts, and the cardinal points with the great Indra and the regents presiding over them, and, indeed, all the celestials, protect thee in every place! Even in foreign lands I shall be able to recognise thee by this mail of thine! Surely, thy sire, O son, the divine Surya possessed of the wealth of splendour, is blessed, for he will with his celestial sight behold thee going down the current! Blessed also is that lady who will, O thou that are begotten by a god, take thee for her son, and who will give thee suck when thou art thirsty! And what a lucky dream hath been dreamt by her that will adopt thee for her son, thee that is endued with solar splendour, and furnished with celestial mail, and adorned with celestial ear-rings, thee that hast expansive eyes resembling lotuses, a complexion bright as burnished copper or lotus leaves, a fair forehead, and hair ending in beautiful curls! O son, she that will behold thee crawl on the ground, begrimed with dust, and sweetly uttering inarticulate words, is surely blessed! And she also, O son, that will behold thee arrive at thy youthful prime like maned lion born in Himalayan forests, is surely blessed!)

Artist: Hugleikur Dagsson

China - the Cake of Kings and India - Plumb-Pudding of Geat Britain

China - the Cake of Kings, 1898

Creator(s):     Meyer, Henri

The great powers of Europe, brandishing knives, competing to carve up China: Queen Victoria, Kaiser Wilhelm II, and Czar Nicolas II. Marianne of France looks on, supporting her Russian ally. Japan contemplates what move to make, while a caricature of China is dismayed but powerless.

 

The Plumb-Pudding in Danger, 1805

Creator(s): Gillray, James, 1756-1815

The plumb-pudding in danger' is probably Gillray's most famous print. It achieves its impact through the simplicity of its design and the brilliant economy with which Gillray captures the political situation. Napoleon Bonaparte and William Pitt face each other across a steaming 'plum-pudding' globe, both intent on carving themselves a substantial portion of the world. Pitt appears calm, meticulous and confident, spearing the pudding with a trident indicative of British naval supremacy. He lays claim to the oceans and the West Indies. In contrast Napoleon Bonaparte reaches from his chair with covetous, twitching eyes fixed on the prize of Europe and cuts away France, Holland, Spain, Switzerland, Italy and the Mediterranean

इथिका नावाच्या बेटास... Miraj Gave Me the Beautiful Journey

C. P. Cavafy (1863- 19333):

"Ithaca

As you set out on the way to Ithaca

hope that the road is a long one,

filled with adventures, filled with discoveries.

The Laestrygonians and the Cyclopes,

Poseidon in his anger: do not fear them,

you won’t find such things on your way

so long as your thoughts remain lofty, and a choice

emotion touches your spirit and your body.

The Laestrygonians and the Cyclopes,

savage Poseidon; you won’t encounter them

unless you stow them away inside your soul,

unless your soul sets them up before you.

 

Hope that the road is a long one.

Many may the summer mornings be

when—with what pleasure, with what joy—

you first put in to harbors new to your eyes;

may you stop at Phoenician trading posts

and there acquire the finest wares:

mother-of-pearl and coral, amber and ebony,

and heady perfumes of every kind:

as many heady perfumes as you can.

Many Egyptian cities may you visit

that you may learn, and go on learning, from their sages.

 

Always in your mind keep Ithaca.

To arrive there is your destiny.

But do not hurry your trip in any way.

Better that it last for many years;

that you drop anchor at the island an old man,

rich with all you’ve gotten on the way,

not expecting Ithaca to make you rich.

 

Ithaca gave you the beautiful journey;

without her you wouldn’t have set upon the road.

But now she has nothing left to give you.

And if you find her poor, Ithaca didn’t deceive you.

As wise as you will have become, with so much experience,

you will understand, by then, these Ithacas; what they mean."

[1910; 1911]

ज्या मिरजेत मी जीवनाची पहिली २१ वर्षे होतो, त्या मिरजेला मी २०१९ साली १९८४ सालानंतर पहिल्यांदा गेलो, आणि त्यानंतर 'इथिका' ही महान कविता वाचली. 

आणि त्या  सगळ्या ओळी कवीने कशा जणू माझ्यासाठीच लिहल्या आहेत असे वाटू लागले, विशेषतः खालील ओळी...

 

Happiness Is A Pest-Free Home......Charlie Brown Meets Kafka's Gregor Samsa

Artist: R. Sikoryak

 R. Sikoryak has been creating parody strips of literary masterpieces, casting familiar cartoon characters in classic roles—Little Lulu as Pearl Prynne, Little Nemo as Dorian Gray, Charlie Brown as Gregor Samsa.