Home...Sweet Home!

A bird that flies
Beyond seas and skies
At last has to rest
Has to come back to its nest

One unique shade in gigiantic world
One cannopy in the strongest storm
The place where one truely belongs
The only place so gentle..so warm

Its roof of Love and caring
The walls of faith and sharing
The simplicity in its beauty
The beauty of its simplicity

Though tiny by size
One's loving paradise
the mansion of sacrifice
the blessing in disguise

The reason to come back
An ever opened door
Home..sweet home
The one to die for!

The Gallery

While their companions slept;
great men who toiled towards upto night
those who defeated the destiny
those who dared to fight

men in blood and flesh
men with just two hands
they built castles competing skies
extracted gold out of deserted sands

I walked upon the long gallery;
watching portraits one by one
Hero's of the past resting on the wall
reflecting all that they had done

Shakespeare looked and said
"Become like me"
And solve the question'
of to be' or 'not to be'.

"Become like me"
Mr Einstein whispered
Think beyond times
Explore mystries of the world

"start from where you are";
Gorge W Carver called out my name
find happiness in being helpful to the world
before adding fortune to fame

Watch the dawn,the flowers;the rain
Appreciate the glory of the 'Being'
Celebrate every moment with knowledge 'n art
Said Gurudev Tagore; smiling

Peeping in the next frame
Suddenly I gazed at my own face
The mirror told me to be 'Myself'
My head arose and I walked out with grace!

Just a lifetime...

Just a lifetime...

So many people so many souls
talents faces natures and goals
many sages and many insane
calamities of loss jackpots of gain

Ample poverty glories not less
plentiful joy;a lot more stress
So much agony yet so much hope
hide 'n seek of failure and success

Ignorance invoking curiosity
Curiosity provoking knowledge
'hoods' and 'isms' at their own pace
In a lifetime on the edge

So many ways to take
a beautiful world to make
someone has to do something
for somebody else's sake

There's so much to laugh at
there's so much to cry for
In just a lifetime
there's so much to die for!

--- Pradnya Joshi

its about Her

its about Her...
She ruled the regime.
They obeyed.
She headed the corporate giant.
They saluted.
She zoomed over the skies.
They cheered.
She crossed boundaries of the world.
They appreciated.
She helped the poor and the needy.
They bowed.
She performed at her best.
They applauded.
She's amazing!
They said."Hats off to her"
They exclaimed and went home.
They forgot.
There's a 'she' there as well.

Maybe not as brilliant as the Businesswoman who deals in cores.
But she knows how to manage the month within given budget.
Maybe not as beautiful as an actress.
But she's still the charm of the home.
Maybe not as acoustic as a singer.
But her lullaby puts a crying baby to sleep.
Maybe she's not as brave as a Lady Commissioner.
But when it comes to strength; she's the strongest.
Maybe she won't go shoulder to shoulder with her husband.
But she will silently watch him get the rewards
...with tears in her eyes and joy in her heart.
Maybe she won't actually go out to slums to serve.
But she'll do everything to save her maid's sick baby.
Maybe she won't show that she has.
But she will forgive those whom she loves.
Maybe she is not tagged as a "Superwoman".
Still she is.
She's the true "woman of substance".
And she's in every home.
Every heart.
Isn't she?
Have you taken your hat off to her yet?

-- Pradnya Joshi
Women's day, 2005.

The Prayer

"THE PRAYER"

GIVE ME A VISION;TO SEE "YOU" IN EVERYTHING
IN BEAUTY,AND BEAST;IN WINTER IN SPRING!

GIVE ME A HEART;STRONG AND CLEAN
GIVE ME A SMILE;COME-WHAT-MAY;EVERGREEN!
GIVE ME WEALTH;TO HELP THE NEEDY
GIVE ME A FENCE;FOR NOT TO BE GREEDY

GIVE ME PROBLEMS;GIVE ME SORROW
TO DESTROY MY EGO;FOR A BETTER TOMORROW

TO REALIZE YOU ARE THERE WITH ME
SOMETIMES DO MAKE ME LONLY

LET ME FIND ECSTACY
IN MAKING OTHERS HAPPY!

GIVE ME STRENGTH TO FIGHT
AGAINST WRONG;FOR THE RIGHT
LET MY LIFE BE THE FLIGHT
TO REACH UP THERE TO YOUR HEIGHT!

---- Pradnya Joshi

Welcome note!

Hi all;

Thanks for gracing this "mehfil" with your charming presence!
I hope you enjoy the postings; share your views; exchange ideas with me and all to celebrate the concerts of our lives

Keep visiting and commenting so that this tiny nook of mine becomes more and more warm and wonderful...

Warm regards;
pradnya

"You Need to have someone... who needs you"
~ Me!