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कालचक्र

दिवस सरला झाली रात्र

अनंत फिरते हे कालचक्र

अंधाराच्या कुशीत उगवे

हळूच प्रणय राज sudhakar

वसंत जाऊनी ग्रीष्म आला

सोनफुलांनी बहावा सजला

हरेक झुबका उधळे रंग पिवळा

पर्णहीन वृक्षाने हरवला हिरवा

भेट प्रिये त्या झाडाखाली

पुष्पवर्षाव वाट पाहे तुझी

बैस शेजारी कुसुम शय्येवरी

दोघ करू गुजगोष्टी रात्र सारी

मंद हवा स्पर्शानी भारावली

जादू तुझी की या चांदण्याची

वाटे संपूच नये हा बहर कधी

थांबेल का ही वेळ थोडीतरी

तू जाशील निघुन भल्यापहाटे

भेट आजची, झाले स्वप्न खरे

ऋतू मिलनाचा समीप आहे

अशी चोरून भेट शेवटची बरे !

फिक्र

सुबह सुबह

घरके पीछे बग़ीचेमे

थोई देर ही सही

टहल लेता हु।

कभी पानी देने के लिए ,

तो कभी बिनावजह।

फिर ये ख्याल आता है

इन पेडोने कल ठंडभरी रात

अकेले कैसे गुजारी होगी ?

जब मैं कम्बल ओढ़े ,

इस सर्द मौसम में बाहर कैसे निकलू?

ये सोचते मन बना रहा था ,

तो कही ये मेरे इंतज़ार में

डुबे तो नहीं थे न ?

जब तक हवा नहीं चलती

सब आराम से सोते रहते है।

धुप आनेतक ओस की बून्दोंसे

नहाभी लेते है

और मै हु उनका बावर्ची

जो सुबह ब्रेकफास्ट लेके

पहुंच जाता हु

और सुनता हु उनकी शिकायते।

शिकायत वही पुरानी

ये हर रोज आता नहीं।

कुछ टहनिया लिपट भी जाती है

मुझे फिर उनको हलके हातोंसे

छुड़वाना पड़ता है

अगर काटे हो तो

थोड़े ज्यादाही सावधानी से

लेकिन मै उनपर गुस्सा नहीं होता

मुझे पता है ,

कसूरवार मै ही हु।

उन सूखे पत्तोंको वही ,

जमीपे छोड़ देता हु।

जहा से जन्मे,

वही दफ़न हो

और अगला जनम

मेरे आँगन में हो।

फ़ूलोंको छूता तक नहीं

हम आखिर इंसान है

और ये हात पाक बिलकुल नहीं

लाख समझाने पर भी

वो हमारा पीछा नहीं छोड़ते

उनकी महक जब हमें

छू के जाती है ,

कसमसे, यादें महका देती है।

अफ़सोस जताते है उनसे

तुम तितलियोंके लिए बने हो ,

बालोंके जुड़े की

उम्मीद मत रखना।

सुखी टहनियोमे मुझे

मेरा बुढ़ापा दिखाई देता है।

फिर उन सूखे पेड़ोंको भी

डालता हु पानी

सोचकर कही कोई एक शाख ,

बाहर निकलने की

फिराकमे न बैठी हो।

चंद समय में मेरी जिम्मेदारी

मानो ख़त्म होती है।

एक बाप की तरह

कर देता हु हवाले ,

उन जवान किरणोंके हाथ

मन तो नहीं करता...

पर पता होता है

छाव में तो बचपन खिलता है

धुप बनाती है -सवारती है जिंदगी।

अगले नस्ल को ,

एक नयी रूह देने के लिए।

अगली सुबह फिर ,

यही सोचके ,

बगीचे में टहल आता हु ,

कही ये पेड़, फूल, पत्ते,

मेरा इंतज़ार तो

नहीं कर रहे थे न?

Rang De tu Mohe "Mehuwa"

Madhuca longifolia is an Indian tropical tree found largely in the central and north Indian plains and forests. It is commonly known as mahua, mahwa.It is a fast-growing tree that grows to approximately 20 meters in height, possesses evergreen or semi-evergreen foliage. It is adapted to arid environments, being a prominent tree in tropical mixed deciduous forests in India.

The tree is considered a boon by the tribals who are forest dwellers and keenly conserve this tree. It produces between 20 and 200 kg of seeds annually per tree, depending on maturity. Most of the leaves fall from February to April, and during that time, the musky-scented flowers appear. The surrounding looks serene due to the yellowish dried leaves and the brown branch colors. The whole place turns green once the spring starts somewhere in the month of April. The transition from the shading the leaves to the new green leaves is spectacular to watch due the color change.

Flowers hang in close bunches of a dozen or so from the end of the gnarled, grey branchlets. It is at night that the tree blooms and at dawn each short-lived flower fall to the ground. A couple of months after the flowering period the fruit opens. They are fleshy, green berries, quite large and containing from one to four shiny, brown seeds.

The delicious and nutritive flowers are used to produce an alcoholic drink in tropical India. Flowers are fermented to produce the alcoholic drink mahuwa, a country liquor. The main ingredients used for making it are chhowa gud (granular molasses) and dried mahuwa flowers. The liquor produced from the flowers is largely colourless, with a whitish tinge and not very strong. The taste is reminiscent of sake with a distinctive smell of mahua flowers. It is inexpensive and the production is largely done in home stills.

Tribals of Bastar in Chhattisgarh and peoples of Orissa, Santhals of Santhal Paraganas (Jharkhand), Koya tribals of North-East Andhra Pradesh and tribals of North Maharashtra consider the tree and the mahuwa drink as part of their cultural heritage. Mahuwa is an essential drink for tribal men and women during celebrations. It is considered holy by many tribal communities because of its medical usefulness.

Info and some images from: Wikipedia and flowers of India

Wild Guava, Kumbha (Careya arborea)

Botanical name: Careya arborea

Family: Lecythidaceae (Brazilnut Family)

Common name: Wild Guava, Ceylon Oak, Patana Oak

• Marathi: कुम्भा Kumbha

• Sanskrit: Bhadrendrani, गिरिकर्णिका Girikarnika, Kaidarya, कालिंदी Kalindi

Wild Guava is a medium sized deciduous tree, up to 20 m tall, the leaves of which turn red in the cold season. It is the Kumbhi of Sanskrit writers, and appear to have been so named on account of the hollow on the top of the fruit giving it somewhat the appearance of a water-pot.

Wild pigs are very fond of the bark, and that it is used by hunters to attract them. he Tamil name Puta-tanni-maram signifies ”water- bark-tree,” in allusion to the exudation trickling down the bark in dry weather (ref: FlowersOfIndia)

Grey Count uses kumbha as its host plant

PhotoQuote: great lessons

PhotoQuote: Look deep into nature

Thursday Challenge: "LEAVES" (Trees, plants and leaves of autumn colours just simply green,...)

Vivid Konkan - II

कोकणाच सौंदर्य आहे तेथील मातीत, तेथील निसर्गात, तेथील माणसात. उतरत्या छपरांची, लाल दगडांची कौलारू घर, बाजूला लहानशी शेती , हौसे पोटी लावलेली काही फुलझाड असं एकंदर कोणत्याही खेड्यातील चित्र . पावसाळया पुरतं सर्व बदलतं, बहुतेक करून वातावरणामुळे किंवा कदाचित घरी येऊ घातलेल्या सुबत्तेच्या चाहुलीमुळे. दिवसभर कष्ट करून निवांत वेळ मिळतो तो संध्याकाळी. संध्याकाळ झाल्यावर सर्व काही शांत शांत.

आडगावमध्ये दूरदर्शन पोचलाय, पण अजून गरज बनलेलं नाहीयेय. म्हातारे कोतारे टीव्ही बघतात, पण त्यातलं त्यांना काही कळत नसत. लक्ष्या - अशोक सराफ सारखी काही नावं सोडली तर बाकी सगळी त्यांच्यासाठी केवळ माणसं. नाटकावर मात्र अतिशय प्रेम. अजूनही गावातल्या माणसांनी मिळून वर्षाकाठी एक तरी नाटक बसवलं जातं, केवळ या प्रेमापोटी. नटी मात्र बाहेरची असते, कारण गावात मिळत नाही म्हणून. ती इम्पोर्ट केली जाते मुंबईवरून, आणि त्या नटीला बघायलाच गर्दी जास्त. इतर पात्रांनी काम कसं वाईट केलं यावर जास्त चर्चा घडेल, पण नटी बद्दल सहसा कुणी बोललेलं मला आठवत नाही. बोललेच तर त्यात पैसे फुकट गेल्याचा पश्चात्ताप.

A still from Dashavatar (Photocredit: G M Kale)

सिंधुदुर्गात सुद्धा नाटक परंपरा आहे, तिथे प्राधान्य आहे ते दशावताराला. बापडेच बायांच काम करत असल्याने तिथे काही प्रश्नच नाही. हि दशावताराची नाटकं होतात एखाद्या 'कुणग्यात' (शेत लावला जाणारा चौकोन ), एखाद्या उतरंड असलेल्या शेतात. साध्याश्या बांधलेल्या स्टेजवर रात्री दहाच्या सुमारास नांदीने सुरु झालेला प्रयोग सकाळी संधी प्रकाश पडला की आवरता घेतला जातो. लहानपणी बघितलेली नाटकं आठवत नाहीत, पण अनुषन्गान घडलेल्या आठवणी मात्र तशाच आहेत. असो , विषयांतर खूप झाल :-)

A male playing female character in the Dashaavataar (Photocredit: G M Kale)

'चाफ़ेड ' गावात रपेट मारायला गेल्यावर मधेच पावसाची रिमझिम सुरु झाली. माझी मला काळजी नसली तरी कॅमेराची नक्कीच होती. तेथील जवळच्याच एका शेडमध्ये घुसलो. तिथून कोकणातला पाउस डोळे भरून पाहला व चित्रबद्ध केला. लोक म्हणतात फोटो घेण्यापेक्षा डोळे भरून पहा. कॅमेरा हातात असेल तर समोर फक्त बघत रहाणं मला मुळीच जमत नाही. दोन मिनिटं शांततेत घालवल्यावर आपसूक हात कॅमेऱ्याकडे वळले. समोरच्या पावसाचा एक video घेतला तोही इथे देत आहे. पाउस थोडा कमी होताच निघालो आणी दोन पावलं चाललो नसेल तेवढ्यात लक्ष एका गोठयाकडे गेलं. गाई - म्हशी बांधण्यासाठी गवताने शाकारलेली झोपडीच होती ती. उतरत्या छपराच्या गवताच्या काड्यांवरुन ओघळणारे थेंब कैद करावं वाटलं नाही तर नवलच. एका पाठोपाठ एक जणु रांग लावल्यासारखे ते काडीवरुन घरंगळत खाली होते. घसरगुंडीवर खेळताना मुलं करतात तशी.

वातावरण पावसाळी असल्याने प्रकाश फार कमी होता. फोटो काळपट येण्याचा धोका होता व माझ्याकडे Tripod नव्हता. अशावेळी मला आवडणारा प्रकार - HDR म्हणजेच 'हाय डायनामीक रेंज ' वापरून मी फोटो काढायला सुरुवात केली. या प्रकारात एका वेळी ३ वेगवेगळ्या Exposure ला फोटो घेतले जातात व नंतर ते कॉम्प्युटर वर एकत्र केले जातात.

मी फिरत होतो त्या भागात खैराची झाड खुप. कुणी मुद्दामहून लागवड करत नाही, आपणहून ही झाड उगवतात व नीट लक्ष दिलं नाही तर थोड्याच दिवसात जंगल बनवतात. हा कात फार उपयोगी आहे. जखम झाल्यावर काताची पावडर व रुईचा चिक जखमेवर टाकल्यास दोन दिवसात जखम बरी होते. हे मिश्रण लावल्यावर पाणी जखमेत जात नाही हा अजून एक फ़ायदा. लागवड वा संगोपनासाठी फारसे कष्ट नसल्याने पडिक जमिनीत उगवलेली खैराची झाडं तेवढी राखली जातात . हा भाग करावर तोडणीसाठी दिला जातो. तेवढाच उत्पन्नाला हातभार.

श्रावण जवळ आला होता म्हणून की काय, उन पावसाचा खेळ कायम चालू होता. अशा वेळी मी माझी छत्री घेऊनच बाहेर पडलो होतो. एका वेळी दोन माणसं सहज मावतील एवढी मोठी व दणकट, वारयाला सुद्धा न जुमानणारी. पण कोकणातला पाऊस भरात असतांना मात्र कशालाच जुमानत नाही. मुक्तपणे भिजत जावं अशीच त्याची इतरांकडून अपेक्षा !

Vivid Konkan - I

Konkan region is a narrow land almost about 100 Km, lies between Arab sea and mighty Sahyadri range or western ghats. A part of world receives heavy rainfall of about 1000 mm in only four months of the year - from June to August. Small river streams, often hardly 20 -50 m wide flows down east-wet and meets Arab sea. These streams carries mud in rainy season and seen red for most of time. After January or so, these rivers dries up and in some places causes scarcity of water. Inability to build the dams and geographical restrictions is the reason for a contradictory situation - drought situation in summer in heavy monsoon rainfall region.

These rivers are often crossed with narrow, old and un-maintained bridges. In some places these are concrete built with the aid of government. However, on small streams usually it is built by local person leaving in near by houses. The village I visited, Chafed in Ratnagiri, has banned selling and production of liquor in its territory. The drunkards now cross this particular bridge and drink alcohol in near by villages and come back home in late evening. These absolute drunk fellows manage to use this bridge without fail. Ramesh, local guy wandering with me, told that there had been no single accident of a drunkard as far s his memory goes. When these bridge collapses, it takes long to rebuilt the bridge because of red tapes.

Presence of a Banyan tree in village serves many roles - a bus-stop, a worship place, and even a landmark . Our ancestors recognized the importance of such trees and made sure to have them growing in the vicinity by hook or crook. In konkan, such vital trees are often related to religious practices and customs. We all know about Vat-pournima, a day where married Indian woman prays to god for long life to her husband. Almost all major trees have added advantage of being used as herbs. Banyan tree is an excellent indication of healthy eco-system present as this tree provides shelter to many life forms like birds.

Green paddy fields, obvious crop in monsoon blessed region, is usual picture in months of July-August in Konkan. Walking among patches of cultivated area bifurcated by walking-roads is mesmerizing experience. Konkan is hilly area, which is is prime reason not to have wide-n-large spread fields. Often even the small fields is owned by multiple houses and sometimes the only source of making money. Poverty is forever and people are touchy.

Red tinctures

Texture photography

Wings of Cruiser butterfly (Male) - Scales and veins makes the patter and shades of yellow is the color feature

During my visit to Cotigao WLS, the day was falling and I couldn't find the butterflies around me, which was my primary motive to visit the sanctuary. After carrying sack weighing kilos, walking for miles, quenching thirst and hunger to shoot some hopeless thirty-forty images in the whole day was real frustration. A thought came to go back to the room quickly and read something. I decided to save some time by taking a lift instead of walking.

Nature @ IITB – Conservation program

IITBombay campus hosts a wide variety of flora and fauna on the campus. The major reasons for sustained wild life on campus are the location and healthy eco-system. The 550 acre campus boundaries are shared with Sanjay Gandhi National park and Powai Lake. Campus is full of variety of climbers, shrubs and plants. Some patches of the campus are still away from human indulgence. All this is the right mixture for wild life to sustain for years. In recent time, vegetated land is being utilized to erect infrastructure to meet the increased student intake. This has partly destroyed the natural eco-system in some part of the campus, especially in old medical garden. Also, many activities and policies are unknowingly followed, which may add to the harm done to the nature around the campus.

Commander

In order to save the wild life in the campus, a conservation program was drafted by some nature enthusiast on the campus; the preliminary group includes Prof. M.B. Patil (Electrical department), Krishnapriya, Paresh Kale (Research scholar, ESE Dept), Abhay Soman, Swapnil Lokhande (Research scholar, Mathematics Dept) and Yugbala. The group is concerned with the conservation, documentation and awareness related issues regarding wild-life on the campus. Group has agreed on some critical issues to be sorted out to make this program successful. The details of which are:

grape bunches-like flowers

IIT Bombay hots many flowering trees, which are unusual to find in Mumbai city. This is the first article in the series of "flowering trees". The series will be covering details about some of impressive trees present on the campus.

Tree for today is Cassia fistula, commonly known by Amaltaas / Golden shower tree or Indian Laburnum [1]. In Marathi it is named as 'Bahava' (बहावा). In Ayurvedic medicine, golden shower tree is known as aragvadha, meaning "disease killer" [2]. Its a tropical ornamental tree, may reach up-to 50 feet height. It is host plant LHP for Common emigrant and Mottled emigrant butterfly species.

Golden shower tree is obvious name due to bright and cheerful display by thousands of fragrant small flower. Pendant like (grape bunches-like) bouquet of golden colored yellow flowers are eye catching. These flowers are attractive to bees and butterflies [1]. Flowering season for the tree is in the months of March to May. Sometimes the tree is seen without a single leaf when flowering. The golden shower tree is the national flower Thailand; its yellow flowers symbolize Thai Royalty [2]. Its also state flower of Kerala. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this tree.

Quick Facts:

Botanical Name: Cassia Fistula
Family: Gulmohar

Flowering season: Late spring

Location on campus: Out side DRDO and QIP quarters.