Shankar's Musings

The music -a tribute to bupen hazarika

slateshankar — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 10:40:05 +0000

The world was created from the primordial sound

It was imbibed by the great souls to trasmit ideas

In some it created the world of words

In some it created sound of music

The words became eternal in the scriptures

The music became eternal in the songs

Great souls reverberated in music

Those souls became eternal in songs

Creating eternal music for the universe.

Festival of lights

slateshankar — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 04:39:25 +0000

Deepavali the display of deepams

how nice it will be to light up the whole world

with colourful lights instead of making big noise

and polluting the air with toxic fumes

and burning the money.

nature wonder

slateshankar — Thu, 23 Jun 2011 08:20:22 +0000

No words spoken

no words written

they communicate

the birds and beast

live peacefully on this earth

many words spoken

many words written

humans fail to communicate.

This Life

slateshankar — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 07:58:53 +0000

WHY THIS LIFE

IF WE KNOW

LIFE BECOMES MEANINGFUL

FOR WHOM THIS LIFE

IF WE UNDERSTAND

LIFE BECOMES MERRY

FOR WHAT THIS LIFE

IF WE THINK

LIFE BECOMES SWEET

QUO VADIS THIS LIFE

IF WE LEARN

LIFE BECOMES USEFUL

HOW SHOULD BE THIS LIFE

IF WE DECIDE

LIFE BECOMES LOVEABLE.

The Search

slateshankar — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 03:57:43 +0000

This life has become a search

A search for the meaning of life.

The answer is there somewhere

it requires meditation and inner search

to enlighten the mind to realize

the meaning for the search

and ultimately the answer

one searches for.

beauty

slateshankar — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 07:57:41 +0000

the beauty of the dream is eternal in memory

not altered by the external influences

This mind

slateshankar — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 04:03:13 +0000

This mind

it has always been weird

In sorrow

it seeks happiness

In happiness

it never thinks of sorrow

it seeks more happiness

it is weird

This mind.

The lonliness of the Soul

slateshankar — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 04:17:16 +0000

The soul wrapped in sheath of lonliness

whispers,quite often whimpers

to let know its lonliness in the cosmos.

It yearns to return to the world

compelled to quit by destiny.

The tears of the beloved

douses the embers of sorrow,

The laughter of the dear ones

makes the lonliness severe.

The soul eternally seeks happiness

like the effort to capture the horizon.

love and happiness

slateshankar — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:09:57 +0000

Is it possible to have happiness in life with out love

love is reciprocal and it is commitment

Happiness can be unilateral

There can be love without happiness

and happi9ness without love

there can be a torrential rain of love

there can be drought of love

happiness is what you make out of situation

love is the attitude of mind

relations

slateshankar — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:11:01 +0000

relation that is emotional

sucks the life out of you

relation that is reciprocal

makes you tense with committments

relation that is romantic

makes the heart grief

relation that is spiritual

makes the mind sublime