ए आई

Posted by admin on October 5th, 2011 filed in General
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लहान बाळाला काय समजतं?
असं आपल्याला नेहमी वाटत..
भूक लागली कि रडायचं,
अन पोट भरलं कि हसायचं ..
पण त्याच रडण्यातून आणि हास्यातून ते आपल्याला खूप काही सांगत असतं..

ए आई,
सतत मला तुझ्या छातीशी असू दे,
अंगाईगीतापेक्षा मोहक तुझ्या हृदयाचे ठोके

तूच मला सकाळ संध्याकाळ घाल जेऊ,
मग गोष्टीत तुझ्या असो काऊ किंवा चिऊ

रात्री सुद्धा मी तुझ्याच कुशीत झोपेन,
आणि दचकून उठलेच तर तुझीच उब शोधेन

माझी नजर फिरली तरी तू माझ्याचकडे बघत रहा
तुझ्याकडूनच कितीतरी नवीन गोष्टी शिकते मी, जरा निरखून पहा

तुला काय वाटत, मला काही समजत का नाही?
तुझी नजर फिरतच मी रडते कि नाही..!

-
गौरी कोतवाल-पांडे

मी मराठी

Posted by admin on February 23rd, 2011 filed in Poems
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मी
तुमच्या मनातल्या भावना इतरांपर्यंत, अगदी सहजतेने पोचविणारी!

मी
खुद्द समृद्धीची जननी आणि संस्कृत माझी आदरणीय आई!

मी
वर्हाडी, खानदेशी, अहिराणी, कोकणी, जाडीबोली, वाडवली आणि सामवेदी, यांची भगिनी!

मी
१५०० या वयोगटात मानली जाणारी, विवेकसिंधू माझी सगळ्यात जुनी साहित्यकृती!

मी
माझ्या माध्यमातून ज्ञानेश्वरांनी, भगवद गीता तुमच्यापर्यंत पोचवली!

मी
मला प्रतिष्ठा मिळवून दिली ती शिवाजी महाराजांच्या राज्य व्यवहार कोषानी !

मी
अंगाईगीते, अभंगवाणी, पोवाडे, ओवी, आख्यान आणि लावणी, यांच्यातून झळकणारी !

मी
माझ्या प्रत्येक मराठी लेकराच्या हृदयात अभिमानाने वसणारी, तुम्हा सर्वांची लाडकी, माय मराठी!

………..

गौरी कोतवाल-पांडे

Together

Posted by admin on February 15th, 2011 filed in General
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Its been a while,

since we started together..

with a promise,

to understand each other

♥ ♥

It is amazing,

how things have changed..

since the time,

we got engaged

♥ ♥

From a mother’s daughter,

to a daughter’s mother today..

you the father,

with new to discover everyday

♥ ♥

Then where are we?

just you and me

that is now,

a precious memory

♥ ♥

This is life,

it keeps on changing

All new memories,

keep on piling

♥ ♥

Together, lets create,

memories to cherish..

Now, is in hand,

later it will perish

♥ ♥

Gauri Kotwal-Pande

Thoughts

Posted by admin on February 7th, 2011 filed in General
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Moonlight!

past midnight,

beautiful & bright,

great delight.

Thought!

the one you caught,

against which, you fought,

to pen down, about.

Pen!

your companion then,

thoughts overflow, when

winner again.

Hot chocolate!

to accompany you, until late,

another mate,

for that date.

Sleep!

the world is asleep,

thoughts heap,

awake, they keep.

Madness!

I guess,

but the thoughts are priceless,

& the moments, timeless.

My Little Charm

Posted by admin on January 18th, 2011 filed in Life, Poems
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A year back

I am growing,

growing in size

And this is the time,

I don’t really mind

For you are the one,

the little one in me

And I am the mom,

proud mom to be

It feels awesome,

awesome to have you inside

making you ready,

ready for life’s roller coaster ride

Very much eager,

eager to have you in my arms

Life’s most precious moment will be,

your birth my little charm!

Today

Happy I am,

my happiness knows no bounds

As I listen to you,

your coos, hoos, those jingle sounds

Days have turned longer,

longer than ever

With you my little charm,

they pass by quick and quicker..

Your unique smile,

smile, that spreads over miles

Makes my life full of joy,

joy that never flies

Your sparkling eyes,

eyes, those always catch my sight

Make my life full of colors,

colors, so beautiful and bright

Your tiny little hands and feet,

dance to the rhythm of my rhymes

Make my life full of melody,

Melody, rhythmic, divine

Very much eager,

eager to see you stand up

yet another precious moment will be,

the time you will run,

run and give me a hug!

….

Mommy dear

One day morning..

Posted by admin on January 6th, 2011 filed in Life
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Its been a long time since I blogged. Its not that I haven’t written anything, however many things have changed with little Srushti in our life! Time literally flies ..

Meantime posts later.

Yesterday, we went for shopping, to enjoy the post Christmas sale. But, its not just get up and go for shopping these days. Its freezing cold outside, temperature between -5 and -15 degrees, with stacks of snow roadside, buses & trains not on time, layers and layers of clothes need to be put on, also, making Srushti ready without crying is a big big task… With all this in mind, we need to plan (even our small trips) well in advance.

We were ready and started for Magasin, this huge shopping mall at the city center. Felt nice, as I was in the Metro the final connection needed to reach there. Its rare these days, that I go towards the city. So, watching people, with variety of winter clothes was fun. Variety of winter jackets, gloves, mufflers, hats, shoes, bags was the stuff I was observing while Srushti fell asleep in her pram as we geared up for our winter shopping.

I will mention something here : Couple of days before we ordered winter shoes for myself from a online shop. As I said earlier, its chilled cold this year and the shoes I have are not enough. The ‘Sorel’ winter shoes are just great. Almost every person not only in Denmark, but every cold country must be having these kind of shoes. I was happy the day we received them and yesterday was the first day I was going to wear them. Just before leaving home, I got a call from my offer conscious husband, ‘Don’t wear your new snow shoes today’.. ‘What? Why?’ I asked him angrily. I was not so happy with the thought that I was not going to wear my brand new shoes. He said, ‘Look, if there is an offer on them at Magasin, we can return your shoes back and buy them at Magasin instead. And you know what?.. ‘What ?!?’ I asked. ‘They are not going to charge anything to return them’. ‘Is it? How is that possible’ I asked back. ‘Yes, I will take care of that, but please don’t wear the shoes for today, Honey’ he said. ‘OK, OK I will not Bye’.

I reached Magasin, watching hundreds of people, dressed in hundreds of ways. I was amazed to see them all, managing themselves so well in this cold weather. I moved on, to enter Magasin. I love this system in these developed countries, where there is always an elevator at any train/metro station and one can move comfortably with these huge Scandinavian prams (of course if your darling babies love to be in them). Added to it, this metro station is just below the mall. I was glad that I did not have to walk outside in cold. I rushed towards the women’s shoes section right away, as I was desperate and wanted to check if my shoes were on offer. I started looking for shoes, same as mine.. Look Look Look .. no no no .. they weren’t. I kept looking, no they weren’t. Nikhil had arrived at Magasin directly from office. I was teasing him for not finding the shoes. HOWEVER, the scene changed, and there it was, an oasis. I found a similar shoe in a corner, under the label of 30% discount. OMG.. 37½, Exactly my size. Many a times it so happens that, there are shoes on offer but different size, different color, different brand. BUT, these were same as the ones we had bought. I started walking back with the shoe. Nikhil generally walks slowly observing all the things while even his target were the same shoes. I raised my hand from few meters away and showed him the shoe. I did not give any expressions, but I was sure, the thought of them being on offer must have crossed his mind. I went to him and showed him the shoe. And now even I was excited to see them on offer. Firstly, because I was not wearing my shoes (I felt it to be a big compromise). Secondly, there was 30%, 50% offer on almost all the shoes. Except for some of them in the shelves, which were new arrival or kind of special. I thought, it’s great to save few hundred kroners and I can buy one more pair of shoes. WOW, that was nice, as I needed a pair of matching shoes for my new dress. ‘Amazing, you are too good’, I said and hugged Nikhil, smiling. I was happy, and forgot about being angry at him earlier that day. He was extremely proud of himself and murmured, ‘someone wanted to wear new shoes today!!’.., ‘Good that I did not Are we going to buy these?, only then I am going to try’ I asked, ‘Of course’, he said.. I waited in a queue for few minutes. There was sale and lot many customers. I got the other shoe. I tried the shoes. They looked great. I walked around. I looked at the shoes in a mirror and I could also see Nikhil smiling to glory

‘Are you sure we are buying these?’ I asked again..

‘Definitely, you go ahead and check other stuff, I will stand in the queue for billing in the mean while’

‘Are you sure the online shop is going to take the other pair back?’ I asked to confirm

‘Yeeeeessss’..he said, smiling.

I proceeded with the pram. Srushti was still sleeping. Kids sleep very well in prams when its cold outside and our Srushti wasn’t awake yet.

I looked for some more shoes, to check if I could find my dream ones to match my dress. No!! others weren’t that great and the ones I liked were not of my size. Fine, let go! I said. I looked for Nikhil, he was still in the billing queue. I went on to check other stuff: jackets, skirts, tops, accessories, jeans and many more. So many of them with numerous colors and shades. I was out for shopping after a long break. I had done maternity shopping a year back and after that none of my old clothes fitted me for almost a year. I was happy to check out for my old size again, however I was going crazy with so much of variety. I turned back to find Nikhil coming towards me.

‘Those shoes are not on offer’, he said.

‘WHAT?’ I yelled, ‘Don’t joke’, I continued

‘I am not, where did you find them?’ he asked

‘Under the 30% offer label, in that corner!’ I pointed out the place.

‘But their system could not find them and neither do they have a discount sticker on them’, the lady at the counter said so..

‘Oh No… Why were they lying under the 30% discount label then?! Yaaaa.. no one would bother to keep the shoes back in the right place!How funny of me.. !!’ .. I was sad

Kahani mein twist

I tried to avoid the topic, however, Nikhil was a little upset and kept saying ‘Majha popat jhala ’!

Anyways..

We took a walk around, to have a look at other stuff.. Bought a few things here and there and took a break. Srushti was hungry and we both tired. Srushti got her food and we ate chocolates. We decided to have dinner at ‘La Vecchia’, this Italian pizza place at Frederiksberg. Our friends Sateja, Shrikant and their son Rian joined us. We had, Tronchetti di ricotta e spinaci con burro e salvia, Quattro Formaggi and a special pizza with all vegetarian toppings.. We had an awesome time. We were extremely tired when we arrived home at 11:30.

Got up late today. ‘Today is going to be a boring day’ I said, as I tried to wake myself up. Nikhil had already left for office. Srushti was performing her exclusive yoga. She makes a triangle lifting herself on her head and feet. She started crying as she found no ones attention and pulled my hair.. Ouch.. I woke up completely. Was walking towards the bathroom to get water and clean Srushti. Caught sight of the sunrise. The sun looked awesome. It had been a long time since there were clear skies and beautiful sunlight. The sun had just risen. It was around quarter to nine The days are too short these days. Sun sets at around 3:30. I could not resist myself from taking pictures of the sunrise. I took one picture from one angle, another from a different and continued until I was satisfied. I decided to post the pics on Facebook, however let me upload them on my blog I said. Was trying to pen down a couple of captions for the pictures, however ended up writing this whole story.

The sunrise was a huge treat to my eyes. I have tried my best to capture it from my camera.Click the following link for the pictures

Sunrise pictures

‘This is not for you to play with Srushti, let me finish.. just a little more to say’

hm hm hm .. mhmmm.. mhmmm

No, No, not for you dear, play with your firefly.. Such a lovely one with so many colors. Also makes funny noises, it has a mirror as well.

mhmmm mhmmm aaaa aaaaa.. few seconds later..

Srushti take this one, another laptop for you, I need to finish and post this stuff! Look, this is the way you can press the keys.. tak tak tak

mhm mmmmhh mhmmmm..

ok, ok.. here you have all my attention and ctr+alt+del – another locked laptop..

कॉलेज कट्टा

Posted by admin on March 3rd, 2010 filed in Poems
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स्वप्नात माझ्या काल कॉलेजचा कट्टा आला..
सर्व प्रथम अण्णाच्या टपरीचा गर्मा-गरम वडा दिसला.
तोड नव्हती त्या चवीला कशाची..
आणि साथ होती न संपणाऱ्या गप्पांची .

नकळत मग पाऊले वर्गाकडे निघाली,
आणि वर्गाकडे जाणाऱ्या जिन्यावर जाऊन अडखळली ..
कधीतरी तिथे बसून ‘assignment’ चे कागद खरडण्यात वेळ गेला
आणि कधीतरी परीक्षे नंतर पेपर ‘discuss’ करण्यात वेळ घालवला

पुढे जाऊन मी आमच्या वर्गात डोकावले..
गंमतीशीर ते, शेवटचे बाकड़े दृष्टीस पडले.
अरे! आत्ता तर वर्गात सगळी हजर होती..
हजेरी नंतर निम्मी बाहेर सटकती.

सरांच्या हि गोष्ट लक्ष्यात का येणार नव्हती?
त्यांनी सुद्धा मग दोनदा हजेरीची प्रथा पाडली..
वर्गात बराच वेळ रेंगाळले,
कारण तिथे आठवणींचे बरेच धागे उसवले..

कधी आवडत्या सरांचे ‘lecture’..
तर कधी नावडत्या सरांचा ‘anger’..
कधी वार्षिक समारंभाचे ‘preparation’..
तर कधी प्रचंड गडबडीत करा ‘submission’..

“सर, आज तरी आमचा प्रोजेक्ट ‘submit’ करून घ्या!!”
“हा पहा मुलांनो.. इलेक्ट्रोनिक प्रोजेक्टच्या नावाखाली, बाळाचा खुळखुळा “..
“सर मार्कं कमी दिले तरी चालतील, पण घ्या..”
छे हो कोतवाल – इथे नको!! वर्गाबाहेर जाऊन पसरा गळा!!…

सर असं बोलले आणि दचकन जाग आली..
आमचे हे घोरत होते आणि मी घाबरून कूस बदलली.
कडू गोड मालिकांचा असा हा अनमोल साठा..
प्रत्येकाच्या आठवणीतला कॉलेज कट्टा.

गौरी कोतवाल-पांडे ०१-०३-२०१०

सवंगडी माझा

Posted by admin on February 18th, 2010 filed in Poems
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