Look at me
says the world with a harlequin grin.
A man is carrying his shards on tv
for dumbstruck viewers
who forgot to change the batteries
of the remote.
On another screen
Mara resurrects in calligraphic roars
a cauldron of violence and pelting chants,
as a river of tongues-
all pink, unfurled and un-iridescent hued-
bay for the Dream House.
We watch a covenant collapsing under its awnings
like cardboard dreams
in the thousands.
And here,
in another mandala of grief,
we are synthesizing green
as we lay the keywords on a quiet side street
like elephant bones.
Ducking, dodging, adapting
whatever comes next-
What’s after ‘safe distancing’? And how’s a ‘brave new world’ to march
when there’s not enough oars
enough tablecloth to hide your children,
enough gold and grain
for every hand to sow.
On this carnal expedition
there’s not enough.
Not enough for every body, it seems.
Look at us, look at us
as we make flags of the weak
bind our knuckles with washclothes
our knees with toilet paper.
Illicit citizens are chewing up our bricks
they call from under buckets and masks
and your children’s cookies too.
Meanwhile a satellite confirms
the fire is coming
Kalki is coming.
Even a single cell can smell it.
Come, they call-
Take this pebble
throw it into the eyes of the Goddess.
See we are wrapping her in carnival clothes
making offerings of candyfloss and peanuts.
It’s the only way to pray.
It’s the hovercraft that will save us.
See us, see us
They call with holographic grins. -Lisaraniray @protestpoet
Image: @studio_medium
#twinlife #Souffle @ouioui001 @thelabellife
Pose striker at almost two.
Repost from @my_little_lambs using @RepostRegramApp – Clad your little ones just like @lisaraniray
Daughters.
WE ARE TAKING ORDERS NOW! .
VISIT OUR WEBSITE LINK IN BIO.
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Siolim ‘I didn’t come to you because of the first wind, nor would I leave you because of the last’
– from ‘The Forty Rules of Love’
A lil saree post to invigorate the Bangla blood circulation. Sari by @pranay_baidya of course. Styled by @who_wore_what_when
Repost from @ifhfashions using @RepostRegramApp – @lisaraniray ( Lisa Ray) is both bold and beautiful!
#lisaray #ifhfashion
Oracles. love. roses.
#Bandra
Mood.
They say familiarity breeds contempt…How do you keep things interesting and spicy at home when there’s no way to hide from your partner?
E.n.i.g.m.a.
Veils and mystery go a long way. The aura of revealing less, has always captured my imagination. I’ve also loved the romance of those classic actors like Madhubala and Sophia Loren who carried themselves as if they contained all the secrets of the world. I don’t know what the hubby will think if I waft around like #Jahanara tonight, but it’s worth a giggle or two.
Repost from @feminaindia using @RepostRegramApp – #FeminaTalkies: “Each experience has been unique. But by far, my breakthrough moment was sharing my cancer diagnosis. I was in denial, trying to go through my life as though blood cancer was a cough or cold that would eventually pass. I was encouraged, at that time, by my agents and managers to keep my cancer a secret. I continued doing my work like nothing was wrong. It led to a lot of questions in my head, such as: Why am I hiding this? What have I done wrong? Why is talking about this disease considered a taboo?”
– @lisaraniray (2019)
📷: Mourya Dandu
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#LisaRay #actors #artist #celeb #celebrity #celebrities #celebstyle #bollywood #films #movies #people #magazine #show #feminaindia
Reflecting on #worldoceansday and the countless moments at the lair of majesty and terrifying depths. Staying close to the ocean, keeps you humble and demands you respect its chaotic, unpredictable glory.
This one is taken on our honeymoon in #BoraBora
We vow to return, if the universe relents 🙏🏼
Repost from @rohinidevasher using @RepostRegramApp – #penumbrallunareclipse #maximumphase #thismorning 12:56am! as the #moon passed west to east through the earth’s southern penumbral shadow. 🌕🌕🌕🌕. The #penumbra is the outer shadow of the #earth so apart from a slight dimming its very difficult to tell the difference between a #fullmoon and a #penumbraleclipse but the #clouds made for a spectacular show!
Shot with #fujixt20
50-200mm
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#eclipseseason #eclipsewatch #lunareclipse #luna #moonphotography #moonwatch #cloudphotography #lunareclipse2020 #lookup #lockdowndiary #keeplookingup #juneeclipse #eclipse
Remembering this fun shoot with @thelabellife with Sufi and Soleil. Just a few months ago though it feels a different lifetime
H.H. Dalai Lama leading a ceremony for cultivating the awakening mind. Live streaming from Dharamsala. Go to the Dalai Lama’s official website to watch the ceremony on the auspicious occasion of Saka Dawa – celebrating Shakyamuni’a birth, enlightenment and parinirvana 🙏🏼
#MayAllBeingsBeHappy #Bodhichitta
Repost from @closetothebone.book using @RepostRegramApp – Thank you readers for showing #closetothebone so much love 💕 especially during this trying times. Feels like it’s become a book blanket for some of you 🙏🏼
Mood.
@kurteesindia has recently started a new program, #IUsedToBeAKurta. They have upcycled their unsold stock of Kurtas and Churidars into masks to be donated to those most vulnerable and affected during this pandemic. The masks, which are made from organic cotton jersey, are breathable and reusable. To date, they have donated 1100 masks to various NGO’s throughout India who are supporting those most in need. In the event you are able to support, you can now purchase 10, 25, 50 or 100 masks, which they will donate on your behalf to @goonj. These masks are not for profit and are being sold at cost. If you are able to support, please do pay it forward. Any assistance you could offer would be very much appreciated. Here’s the link and you can click on it in my bio as well https://kurtees.com/products/masks-for-donation?variant=32169126920243
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#Kurtees #belocal #bevocalforlocal #supportsmallbusiness #smallbusiness #upcycle #upcycling #sustainablefashion #masks #maskon #upcycledclothing #upcyledmasks #madeinindia #artistsoninstagram #artisans #indianartisans #ngo #community #communitycareinitiative #Shopmasks #Donate #Charity #Community #donatemasks
Repost from @airphish using @RepostRegramApp – Do not be disheartened by this! I will be able to make this tree again in 60 minutes, but Mother Nature will take 60 years or more to grow one again. Now imagine, 55,000 of such trees will be cut down in Goa’s Mollem National Park and all kinds of creatures that have been living there for generations will lose their home. All of this is happening in the name of development – for railways, highways and transmission lines. These forests will not grow again!!! We still don’t realise there is no Planet B! #worldenvironmentday #mymollem #magicalmollem #mollem #saveourplanet #deforestation #artivism
There were flowers here once
And space to call your own
By clearing a little dwelling
On the ginger coloured skin of the earth .
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Now when I fly close to the sun
I can’t look down
Not for fear of a tumble
From a careless cloud
No.
But because there were flowers here once
And now
Only longing
Thirsty eyes and an Orchard of desires
– @protestpoet
#worldenvironmentday2020
Look at me
says the world with a harlequin grin.
A man is carrying his shards on tv
for dumbstruck viewers
who forgot to change the batteries of the remote.
On another screen
Mara resurrects in calligraphic roars
a cauldron of violence and pelting chants,
as a river of tongues-
all pink, all unplum, unfurled and un-iridescent hued-
bay for the Dream House.
We watch the covenant collapsing under its awnings
like cardboard dreams
in the thousands.
And here,
in another mandala of grief,
we are synthesizing green
as we lay the keywords on a quiet side street
like elephant bones.
Ducking, dodging, adapting
whatever comes next-
What’s after ‘safe distancing’? And how’s a ‘brave new world’ to march
when there’s not enough oars
enough tablecloth to hide your children,
enough gold and grain
for every hand to sow.
On this carnal expedition
there’s not enough.
Not enough for every body, it seems.
Look at us, look at us
as we make flags of the weak
bind our knuckles with washclothes
our knees with toilet paper.
Illicit citizens are chewing up our bricks
they call from under buckets and masks
and your children’s cookies too.
Meanwhile a satellite confirms
the fire is coming
Kalki is coming.
Even a single cell can smell it.
Come, they call-
Take this pebble
throw it at the eyes of the Goddess.
See we are wrapping her in carnival clothes
making offerings of candyfloss and peanuts.
It’s the only way to pray.
It’s the hovercraft that will save us.
See us, see us
They call with holographic grins. .
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-Lisaraniray @protestpoet
Image: Mary Ellen Mark
Go to @madtrip.films to read an excerpt from @closetothebone.book
Repost from @madtrip.films using @RepostRegramApp – Lisa Ray auditioned for the ‘Bond Girl’. What was the experience like and what happened in the process, all the trivia in the excerpt from her book.
#lisaraye #lisaray #closetothebone #lisa #lisarayphotography #bond #bondgirl #book #booklover #bookexcerpt #booknerd #bookaddict #booksonbollywood #bookrecommendations #books #bookstagrammer #bookworm #bollywoodmovies #bollywood #filmyvibes #autobiography #biography
What a lovely post to wake up to by @zebatalk a young author I much admire. I’m halfway through her debut book #MyPastisaForeignCountry and taken with the clarity and force of her story telling. There’s a tendency, perhaps, to perceive one author complimenting another as a sort of polite, diplomatic ritual- the echo chamber of utterances: this is not that. Frankly I only ever post honest impressions of books and authors that have moved me, shaken me, enthralled me or even polarised me. Honest engagement with words is my lifeline.
Repost from @zebatalk using @RepostRegramApp – Went for a long walk around Kensington with @lisaraniray’s CLOSE TO THE BONE. I’m amazed by the matter of fact clarity and strength in Lisa’s retelling. Her sense of adventure is contagious and her perspective oh so sharp. My heart caught in my throat as events of chapter 4 unfolded. I’m looking forward to the week ahead because it will be filled with Lisa’s voice and thoughts.
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Walked past a store named Maharani when i was listening to the bit about Lisa’s middle name and what that meant to her. 💛 Thank you @ezarawrites for recommending this brilliant book.
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#audible #audiobookstagram #bookstagram #london #walking #calm #nowlistening #bestoftheday #sunday #weekendvibes #lisaray #indianauthors #authorsofinstagram
Updated timing
Repost @totallyoutnow SERENDIPITY WITH Lisa Ray – A session that I have been really looking forward to. The conversations we have are so engaging, full of surprises, insights …with so much to share and learn from.
Cross-cultural phenomenon, Lisa is an internationally acclaimed performer, author, columnist, television personality and public speaker with a reputation for taking on challenging issue-oriented films.
Raised in Canada by an Indian father and Polish mother, Ray was discovered while on vacation in India at the age of 16 and went on to become not only one of the most successful and memorable cover models in India but also an acclaimed, award-winning actress who starred in Canada’s Oscar nominated film, #Water, amongst other prestigious credits like ‘The World Unseen’, ‘Bollywood/Hollywood’ and ‘Kasoor’ in hindi cinema.
After Ray was diagnosed with Multiple Myeloma in mid 2009 her forthright, courageous and humorous approach to navigating her experiences with this incurable blood cancer which she chronicled in her blog, ‘The Yellow Diaries’ have earned her international respect.
Her best selling writing debut, Close to the Bone, a frank and intimate memoir exploring the geography of healing, has been highly acclaimed.
SERENDIPITY: A word that sums up Lisa’s life .!!Or does it? Let’s find out, together!!
Join us, on Tuesday, 9th June
5:30 pm India | 1 pm UK | 8 pm SG
Speaking Minds FB LIVE!!!!
Repost from @pahadilocal using @RepostRegramApp – Conscious Collaboration : @ushahooda x @pahadilocal “There is a reason why many speak of the privilege of wandering in the Himalayas.
The body and spirit are nourished in abundance. It is from their folds and valleys that Pahadi Local is able offer their pure source to bottle experience to the world. This Pen & Ink series brings alive the Himalayan source of these offerings in artform.” – Usha Hooda.
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#collaboration #penandink #art #artist #ushahooda #series #body #mind #abundance #himalayas #nourish #heal #valleys #mountains #forest #wildflowers #trees #fruit #pahadilocal #gifting #guttikatel visit our website to shop Gift Collaboration : 7 Pen & Ink artwork prints with a 200ml Gutti Ka Tel | Apricot Kernel Oil. 📷 @begumpoivre
A fantastic way to support young artists and discover diverse practises. The richness of visual vocabulary available to us in India need your patronage now. These works are all incredibly reasonably priced under 5000 so it’s a win-win for everyone. from @carpearteofficial using @RepostRegramApp – Round 13 #carpeartesupports
These are trying times for all of us. So, we’ve decided to use our platform and the community we’ve built together to help artists in need. We hope that along with supporting the artists, it will also allow people to discover newer talents and diverse practices.
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We are going to start sharing available work from independent practicing artists, all priced under Rs. 5,000/- These are artists selected by their peers (current artist community). The works being shared vary in size and medium.
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If anyone is interested in buying any of the work, please DM us and we will connect you with the artist. Carpe Arte will not be making any money through this. All transactions will happen directly between the buyer and the artist.
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#painting #drawing #contemporaryart #art #carpearte #seizetheart #engagewithart #supportart #art #contemporaryart #iloveart #artpediemdotcom #artmakestheworldgoround #artpediemdotcom #homeiswheretheheARTis #homeiswheretheartis
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Natasha Sachdeva
MFA in painting
Freshly Rotten
9.4 x 12.6”
Watercolor on paper
2017
5000/-
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Indranath Majumdar
Daily life
Pen and ink on paper
10×14 inches
2005
5000/-
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Dishaka Yadav
Untitled
Post diploma in Printmaking, M.S.U Baroda (2014)
Watercolor on paper
7 x 10 inches
3500/-
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Santa Rakshit
M.F.A painting, MSU Baroda
I am swimming with my soul
Watercolor on canvas
12×12”
2016
5000/-
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Sayani Chakraborty
M.F.A in printmaking Kala bhavana, Visva Bharati University, Santinketan, West Bengal
Vacation
9.5 x 9.5
Etching (Aquantint)
2017
5000/-
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Smita Shrivastava
Untitled (Image 4)
Mixed media collage on paper
7.5 x 7.5inces
2018-19
4700/-
