Irony...

Hindi version of this Kannada post.

किसी और की तो नहीं?

किसी और की तो नहीं?

इसमे से अपने पसीने की खुश्बू नहीं आती हैं।

अपने साँसो की आवाज़ नहीं सुनता हैं।

अपने मेहनत की छाप नहीं दिखता हैं।

यह पैसा, यह दौलत.., कहीं अपनी न होकर, किसी और की तो नहीं?

- नागॆश

२००६-११-२७

Self Reliance (8-line Fibonacci poem)

[1]Spin
[1]yarn,
[2]Gandhi
[3]told all, and,
[5]led by example.
[8]He spun the charkha everyday,
[13]the dhothi he wore, he made from cotton yarn himself.
[21]He preached self-reliance, taught non-violence and became a Mahatma - the great soul.

ಮುತ್ತುಗಳು

ಮುತ್ತುಗಳು

ಯಾರೋ ಕೇಳಿದ್ದರು, ಹೊಳೆ ಹೊಳೆವ ಮುತ್ತುಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತವೆಂದು,
ಈಗಷ್ಟೆ ಹೊಳೆಯಿತು, ನೀರ ಹೊಳೆಗಳಲಿ ಹುಟ್ಟುತ್ತವೆ ಹೊಳೆ ಹೊಳೆವ ಮುತ್ತುಗಳು ಎಂದು.

-ನಾಗೇಶ್

೨೦೦೬-೫-೧

8-line Fib dedication to Dr. Rajkumar

This post is about two very different things, one sad and another interesting.

The sad part: the passing away this week of the legendary Dr. Rajkumar - without doubt, the greatest, universally loved and almost worshipped, Kannada actor and singer. The greatness attributed to him and the people's love for him did not stem from the fact that he was a hugely popular actor. Rather, it was because he was a great human being with a flawless character. He epitomised simplicity and humility.

The interesting part: the "Fib" invitation extended by Gregory K. Picnus on his blog gottabook.blogspot.com. It is about writing 6-line poems, with the number of syllables in each line following the Fibonacci sequence. This is slowly turning into an Internet phenomenon (read the New York Times article Fibonacci Poems Multiply on the Web After Blog's Invitation - subscription required).

The connection: Here is a 8-line Fib in Kannada, dedicated to the memory of Dr. Rajkumar.

ಮತ್ತೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿ ಬಾ

[೧] ಬಾ

[೧] ಬಾ

[೨] ಮ-ತ್ತೆ

[೩] ಹು-ಟ್ಟಿ ಬಾ

[೫] ರಾ-ಜ-ಕು-ಮಾ-ರ

[೮] ಕ-ವಿ-ದಿ-ದೆ ಅಂ-ಧ-ಕಾ-ರ

[೧೩] ಹೆ-ಚ್ಚಿ-ದೆ ಅ-ನೀ-ತಿ-ಯ ಅ-ಧ-ರ್ಮ-ದ ಭಾ-ರ

[೨೧] ಕ-ಲಿ-ಸು ಬಾ ನೀ-ತಿ-ಯ ಶಾಂ-ತಿ-ಯ ಸ-ಹ-ನೆ-ಯ
ಸ-ರ-ಳ-ತೆ-ಯ ಮಂ-ತ್ರ

- ನಾಗೇಶ್

೨೦೦೬-೪-೧೬

An english Fib:
[1] hey,
[1] hey!
[2] yes, you!
[3] are you a
[5] mathematician?
[8] then tell me if this is a fib.

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4-3-2006

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