Durga
|| श्री || "तोच चंद्रमा नभात, तीच चैत्रयामिनी, एकांती मज समीप तीच तूही कामिनी... नीरवता ती तशीच धुंद तेच चांदणे, छायांनी रेखियले चित्र तेच देखणे. जाईचा कुंज तोच तीच गंधमोहिनी, एकांती मज समीप... तीच तूही कामिनी. " It is the same moon in the sky, the same spring night in April, and in solitude, close to me is the same beautiful you... It is the same silence, the stars are in a daze too, even the shadows have sketched your perfect figurine. It is the same jasmine laden garden, the same enchanting fragrance, and in solitude, close to me... is the same beautiful you. I n a habitual flow, I replaced the two monochromatic dinner plates with two colourful plastic boxes promptly labelled 'medicines'. Three for her, two for me. An exact inversion of lunchtime tablets. For a couple born in the black and white era with paling skin and greying hair, this palate of colours was still unwelcome. "Bottoms up!",...

