Bhumi Joshi.

#2019 વહી જાય છે સમય રહી જાય છે સમય  ઢળી જાય છે સમય પછી વળ ખાય છે સમય  ~  એક દિવસ બદલાવાથી કેટલું બધું બદલાય શકે એનું ઉત્તમ ઉદાહરણ છે ડિસેમ્બરનો છેલ્લો દિવસ. હવે થોડા જ કલાકો પછી ફરી એકવાર કેલેન્ડર બદલાશે, તારીખો બદલાશે, પણ તારીખો સિવાય બીજું કશું બદલાશે ખરું! 2019 હવે દરેકની જિંદગીની કિતાબમાં પોતાનું સ્થાન રજીસ્ટર કરાવીને ચાલતું બનશે બેફિકર બનીને...... બસ એમ જ, આપણે પણ કોઈ એક દિવસે, કોઈ એક સમયે જીવનમાંથી ચાલતા બનવાનું છે બેફિકર બનીને! જે સમય વિતાવી શક્યા એનો ઉત્સવ બનાવીને.  ક્યારેક વિચારું છું તો વિચાર આવે કે સમયને વસવસો હોય? કે સમયનો વસવસો હોય? મને લાગે છે કે બન્ને શક્ય છે. શરૂઆતથી ફરી ક્યારેય શરૂઆત ન થઈ શકે! સમય સાથે બાથ ભીડનારા આપણે કોણ? જાન્યુઆરી ને ડિસેમ્બરની વચ્ચેથી જે પસાર થઈ ગયું એ શું હતું? સમય ચાલી જવાનો છે એ સત્ય ખબર હોવાછતાં પણ ક્યારેક કોઈ સ્વજનની ગેરહાજરીની પીડા જેમ અસહ્ય હોય એમ જ વહેતો સમય કયારેક પીડા વધારી જાય છે. સમયને જીવનના કોઈ એક પ્રકરણમાં રોકવો શક્ય નથી. એ દરેકે દરેક ક્ષણે દરેક પન્નામાં અલગ અલગ રીતે વિભાજીત થઈને ઊભો છે આપણી માટે! આપણે માત્ર એના સુધી પહોં

ધૂળની ઢગલીઓમાં છુપાવેલું તારું નામ હજીય શોધું છું..... -                  આગમન દૈનિકમાં રજૂ થયેલો પ્રથમ આર્ટિકલ  ઉમેશ જોષી એટલે સાહિત્ય જગતનું એક આગવું નામ. કવિ એ ગદ્ય અને પદ્ય એમ બન્ને સાહિત્ય સ્વરૂપોમાં નોંધપાત્ર  ખેડાણ કર્યું છે. અમરેલી જિલ્લાના વતની કવિ શ્રી ઉમેશ જોષીએ કલાપીનગરી, લાઠીમાં માધ્યમિક સુધીનું શિક્ષણ મેળવ્યું ને પી.ટી.સી.નો અભ્યાસ કરી પ્રાથમિક શાળાના શિક્ષક બન્યા. એમણે જ્ઞાનની જ્યોત સતત પ્રજ્વવલિત રાખી છે.  સિત્તેરના દાયકામાં ગુજરાતી કવિતામાં પ્રવેશી ગયેલું અને ખૂબ જ ઓછા પ્રમાણમાં ખેડાયેલ જાપાનીઝ કાવ્યપ્રકાર 'તાન્કા' એમનો પ્રિય કાવ્યપ્રકાર છે. 'વેલકમ તાન્કા' નામે એમનો તાન્કા સંગ્રહ કવિ અગાઉ આપી ચુક્યા છે. કવિના  'હથેળીમાં કૂંપળ' તાન્કા કાવ્યસંગ્રહ વિશે આપણે અહીં વાત કરવાના છીએ. બાળસાહિત્યમાં પણ કવિએ પોતાનું યોગદાન 'તારલા' બાળકાવ્યસંગ્રહ આપીને આપ્યું છે.  લઘુલેખ સંગ્રહ 'દીવડો' માં એમનો ગદ્યકાર સિદ્ધ કરવા માટે કાફી છે ગદ્યમાં પણ એટલું સુંદર અને વાચકને સ્પર્શે એવું કાર્ય.... રૂબરૂ મુલાકાતના અંજળ તો હજુ નથી સાંપડ્યા પરં

                                     સમયદ્રિપ                           ~ ભગવતી કુમાર શર્મા  I remembered the character, Awuchike  from 'The Swamp Dwellers' while reading સમયદ્રિપ by Bhagwatikumar Sharma.  Awuchike lost in city and never come back to home. Wole Soyinka very well depicts the crisis between tradition and modernity. સમયદ્રિપ also deals with the same aspect of two different way of living life. Nilkanth is thrown out from his house only because of his acceptance of new way of living lofe. People are cult in city. Pain and suffering is fully visible. Youth is tempted by city. Awuchike and Nilkanth both are victim. Modernism has bombarding effects on youth. નવલિકાની શરૂઆત જ મુંબઈનગરીમાં  મહાશિવરાત્રીના પર્વને કેટલી વાર છે એ તિથિ ગણનાથી થાય છે. નીલકંઠ સમક્ષ તિથિની નાની સંખ્યા રાક્ષસી રૂપ ધારણ કરીને તમતમી રહી. "ફક્ત ત્રણ-ચાર દિવસ અને ફરી એકવાર મહાવશિવરાત્રી!" મહાશિવરાત્રીની તિથિ જોતા જ નીલકંઠ સ્મરણોમાં સરી પડ્યો. સુરા ગામમાં રૂઢિચુસ્ત બ્રાહ્મણ પરિવાર

Heart of Darkness  - Joseph Conrad  About Author:   Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski is known as Joseph Conrad. The loneliness that surrounds every human soul. - Joseph Conrad  Conrad's subjects are mostly related with adventure in an unusual or exotic setting. He gives deep thoughts to his technique of presentation, his prime intrest in characters, in the tracing of the life. Like Hardy, Conrad had a profound sense of the tragedy of life, but did not lead him to a spirit pf resentment or accusations. Man's struggle aginst hostile forces, in his display of loyalty, courage and endurance in the face of heavy odds, he saw the finest thing in human life. He was profound thinker, but would have nothing to do with sociological or problem novels. His evocation of atmosphere is tremendously powerful. His narrative technique is simple and direct but it is ideal for kind of psychological investigation in which he interested and pervading atmosphere in which

Far From the Madding Crowd Thomas Hardy About Author : Thomas Hardy (1840-1928 )  is one of the few writers to succeed as both major novelist and poet. He was born in Dorset on 2nd June, 1840 in the early part of queen Victoria's reign. He was a serious novelist attempting to present theough fiction a view of life and totally different from his great contemporaries. His mood is pessimism. Hardy was never quite certain of his philosophy because Hardy uses an impersonal and malign fate as a being possessing free will, in the play. His characters are mostly ordinary men and women living close to soil. He has qualities of handling striking situations with great firmness of touch and a telling realism, and all his best novels contain individual scenes which are unforgettable. Increasingly harsh attacks by critics on his 'pessimism' and 'immorality' in the later novel led Hardy to ababdon the novel from forever. About Title:  Hardy bor

Othello - William Shakespeare  About Author:  Othello is one of the best tragedies written by William Shakespeare. I have read Ben Johnson's famous lines in some material that, "And though thou hadst small Latin and less Greek" have created the impression that he was unlettered.  Thr fact is that Shakespeare was naturally learned. His mind was vigorous and active.  "His plays are extraordinarily rich in floating debris of popular literature Scraps and tags and broken ends of whole world of songs and ballads and romances and proverbs."  Shakespeare was great humanist, tolerant of all views and all manners of Man. He was whole man and he revealed the whole of his complex personality in his work.   Ben Johnson called him, "Not of an age, but of all ages, not of one country, but of all counties."  About Play:  The Play 'Othello' is borrowed from the novel ' The Moor of Venice' written by the novelist, Giraldi Cinth

दोस्त  उजालो ने रोशन तो कर दिया हैं जहां में तुजे दोस्त कोई अँधेरा सताए तो मुझे आवाज देना  बढ़ते चलो अपनी मंज़िल की और बेख़ौफ़ तुम  कही भी कभी भी लड़खड़ाये तो मुझे आवाज देना कुछ छोड़ के चलता बनता हैं सफ़र में यु कोई दोस्त भुल जाओ घर का पता तो मुझे आवाज देना  कोई काम दफ़्तर का रोक लेता हैं छुट्टी लेने से  मिलने को वक़्त ना मिले तो मुझे आवाज देना  जानती हु उसे में वो रोने लगेगा बिन आँसुओ के  झगड़ा हो जाए किसीसे तो मुझे आवाज देना  पता हैं की हैं हमसफ़र कोई हमनवा जिंदगी में महसूस हो अगर तन्हाई तो मुझे आवाज़ देना  वक़्त का सफ़र हैं बीतता रहेंगा हमारे बिना भी  याद आने लगे किस्से पुराने तो मुझे आवाज़ देना  ~ भूमि जोशी 

She Walks in Beauty ~ George Gorden Byron She Walks in Beauty is a poem written in 1814 by Lord Byron. It is the most famous poem of Lord Byron. The poem is about a woman's beauty and elegance. The poem appears to be told from third person point of view but it is believed that the narrator may be Lord Byron himself. The theme of poem is woman's uncommon beauty, internal as well as external. The first stanza praise s her physical beauty. The second stanza and the third stanza praise both her physical and spiritual or intellectual beauty. In the beginning of the poem, the poet uses an expression to describe her beauty. 'Walking in Beauty' means her beauty is more dynamic like 'night'. She is compared to night which has no clouds and lots of stars it means that she has a very clear and beautiful face. Another meaning can be interpreted as her consciousness might be as clear as a cloudless sky. Moreover there is a word 'starry skies' tha

Virtue       ~ George Herbert Sweet day, so cool, so calm, so bright, The bridal of the earth and sky; The dew shall weep thy fall to-night, For thou must die. Sweet rose, whose hue angry and brave Bids the rash gazer wipe his eye; Thy root is ever in its grave, And thou must die. Sweet spring, full of sweet days and roses, A box where sweets compacted lie; My music shows ye have your closes, And all must die. Only a sweet and virtuous soul, Like season'd timber, never gives; But though the whole world turn to coal, Then chiefly lives. George Herbert was a Welsh born English religious poet, orator and Anglican priest.  He was born on 3 rd  April, 1593. He is considered as a major metaphysical  poet and  mostly notable for the purity and effectiveness of his choice of words. George Herbert's poem, Virtue implies that the soul lives after the death. Death is the natural process – the cycle of life. Virtue is one of the poems in a collection of verse called ' The T

                 Light   ~ Francis William Bourdillion Francis William Bourdillion  was a British poet and translator. He was educated at Worcester college, Oxford. He was born on 22 March, 1852 . About poem: The poen was published in magazine 'The Spectator' in October, 1873 . Francis William Bourdillion mostly known for his poetry. The poem  has really depth of its subject matter. It shows the importance of love in life. As the poet says love is like..Light. Analysis of the poem: In the beginning of the poem, poet trIEA to say although the night has a thousand eyes(stars) and the day has one (sun) . One eye is stronger than thousand eyes because when sun is gone the people feel cold and world become dark. In the poem, there is a comparison between day and night as well as mind and heart. The mind has a thousand eyes suggest that people have various thoughts and have different perspective toward things. While the heart suggests love and good fee

All My Sons  About the author:  Arthur Miller is considred as an intellectual dramatist, critic of his time believed that Miller was strong dramatist who could easily reflected the ideas and views of American society in his plays.  About the Play:  All My Sons is one of the most popular plays of Aurther Miller. It reflects the moral, social and political ideas of the society. It also reveals Miller's view on human nature in particular social context . According to Miller, 'A playwright provides answers by the questions he chooses to ask, by the exact conflicts in which he places his people.' Miller's idea on the social issues is the key of understanding the theme of the play. In this play, family relations are predominant. The play ALL MY SONS, divided into three acts and begins describing sunday morning at the back yard of the Keller home. Joe Keller, an industrialist and Dr.Jim Bayliss are talking.  Larry and Chrish are brothers. Larry Keller fought

The Eagle ~ Lord Tennyson Alfred Lord Tennyson was the greatest poet of the Victorian age. He believed in God and moral values. He was born on 6 August, 1809 in England. Tennyson stood as mouth-piece or the Voice of the Victorian age. He wrote two kinds of poetry : Subjective & Objective. According to W.J.Long,  "Tennyson was not only a man and a poet. He was a voice, the voice of the people expressing their doubts and faith in melodious language." About Poem: The poem consists only six lines and divided into two stanzas. The first description is about an Eagle sitting on a mountain, while digging its talons into rock. The Eagle, a bird of prey, of strength, size, gracefulness, keen vision and power of flight, pictured as lonely the world also known for his power &strength seems rather small against its surroundings. Although the Eagle is alone and small against nature, its majestic Image is maintained by the placem

The Daffodils The Daffodils, poem is written by William Wordsworth. William Wordsworth is a major English romantic poet who was born on 7 April, 1770 in England. William Wordsworth is Nature poet. He believes Nature as reflection of God.He spent most of his time of his life  in Nature. For him 'Nature is the best teacher.' About poem:  The poem was written in 1804 and published in 1807 . The poem Daffodils is Lyrical poem. The describes nature very beautifully and also a lovely part of the nature - Daffodils. Tue poet says that Daffodils were looking so much pleasy to him that none of the thought has power to make him unhappy.  Analysis of the Poem: In the first stanza, poet says that he is alone as cloud using the word 'lonely cloud'. He wander lonely and has no company. He shows the crowd of the Daffodils like, ten thousand -Golden Daffodils are dancing besides the lake and beneath the trees. Daffodils are fluttering and dancing wit

The Fly   - William Blake William Blake was largely unrecognized during his life time. The poem 'The Fly' is taken from the ' Songs pf Experience' - the collection of the poems, which was published in 1794 . William Blake was born on 28 November, 1757 in England. About poem: In the first stanza, the poet revels a story of an experience in which he accidentally rushed away life of free and innocent creature -'The Fly'. Poet considers the deeper meaning of this action. Blake question's worth of human existence through the comparison between our importance and the objects.  The Fly as symbol, represents the questions like.... 1. What makes man kind so superior ? 2. How does human kind reflect upon less develop elements of the universe? As human persives thought about the death, the fly doesn't have any understanding about what death means. Therefore, The fly can live life in moment without any anxiety about the

Khandahar Khandahar is a film directed by Mrinal Sen, based on a Bengali short story, Telenapota Abishkar (Discovering Telenapota) by Premendra Mitra. Actors:  Shabana Azmi Naseeruddin Shah  Pankaj Kapur Annu Kapoor Sreela Majumdar The movie won India’s National film award for Best Direction, Best Actress and Best Editing. It was screened in many international film festivals and has won accolades all over the world.  From the beginning movie Khandahar  gives the real image of destruction. The destruction is personified with the character of Jamini. Sabana Azmi plays excellent role as Jamini. Her waiting, restlessness, loneliness, inside destruction, darkness shown beautifully with the ruin places.  Settings gives the grad view to the film. In the story, Unnamed narrator tells the story to us from where to where we are moving. In the movie we have three named characters, Dipu, Subhash (Photographer) and Anil. Dipu has planned to go out from the busy schedule of lif