Those Days Long Ago …
Purano Shei Diner Kotha , a most favorite song in Bengal was composed by Rabindranath Tagore . The song was inspired by another famous song ’ “Auld Lang Syne” (Long Long Ago) by Scottish poet Robert Burns
Read More Those Days Long Ago …A Maple tree on this Earth and a Storm
This Maple has given us joy for many years. She was slimmer than other trees nearby , but she survived blizzards. But she could not survive the evening storm of October 7. Before her leaves got red , she fell down. But falling down is only a moment’s story on that night. Her real story […]
Read More A Maple tree on this Earth and a StormWe live in the same village
Fill this vessel of parting with memories
নীরবের মর্মতলে গোপনে উঠুক ফলে হৃদয়ের নূতন বাণী॥ Through the depth of silence May a New message blossom in heart in secret (Song of Tagore) Oct 2020
Read More Fill this vessel of parting with memoriesNostalgia
Autumn is the last time, the colors, the beautiful colors will fill this earth, before winter takes everything away. What is so beautiful today, winter will take it all, and it seems to me that all living beings on earth know that and feel that. And so the beauty of Autumn is different from all […]
Read More Nostalgiafriend
For those who do not know Bangla, the song is written by Rabindranath Tagore. The poet is saying that he has received the message of his unseen friend through the spring wind but he wants to see his friend .face to face Autumn is second spring in New England. And my daughter ” Sounder ” […]
Read More friendA day in August
Raindrops keep falling on my head
Swati, Uli , and Mom
“IMAGINE”
Two years ago
I am grateful to this soil of Earth
” I am grateful to this soil of Earth I made this known over and over, that it is from this soil, that I had found what is immortal ” (From A poem of Rabindranath Tagore/ partial translation: Sheuli )
Read More I am grateful to this soil of EarthTatsu Hwa after rain
After rain when birds spread their wings to get those dry under sunlight, one often understands how actually bird feathers look. Here our Tatsu Hwa on last week after rain July 13, 2020 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KjY80jnuaqY&t=68s
Read More Tatsu Hwa after rainTatsu Hwa and Kele
Legend is Tatsu hwa (Tatsu hwa is the Cherokee Native American tribe name for Cardinal ) is the predictor of rain. Our Tatsu hwa’s beginning calls were territorial calls .We are happy to see that he is getting bolder to let all other birds know that the porch is his territory too 🙂 . But […]
Read More Tatsu Hwa and KeleAll about our Cardinal
Our friend ,male Northern Cardinal is surprising us lately as he is coming to eat from bird feeder when we are at our porch. That very shy Mr. Cardinal is eating in our presence is a pleasant surprise for us!! Today he came twice when I was at the porch. And today I noticed a […]
Read More All about our Cardinalabout Happy
25 million human refugees , 40 million internally displaced human. Syria, Libya, Yemen, Rohingya population… War zones.. Where are disinfectant, soap, water, food, roof above human heads so that they can keep 6 ft distance from one another? What will COVID -19 do to human beings in those places? Who has made their situation so […]
Read MoreLife of John R. Lewis
John R Lewis (Feb 21, 1940-July 17, 2020) “When John R. Lewis was a child in Alabama, he was puzzled by the evidence that he saw around him of the South’s Jim Crow laws — segregated rest rooms, segregated movie theaters. He wanted to know why that should be. His mother discouraged his curiosity, saying, […]
Read More Life of John R. LewisWhen Sounder met Shundor
Shundor, the white-tailed deer from Massachusetts is a wild deer.. she is a wonderful surprise for us as you do not see wild deer in our area The fence that you see is separating a huge pond from general public. It is not clear from where the deer came. But she surely had made my […]
Read More When Sounder met ShundorWritten on June 20
First day of summer, 2020. It was hot today , 90 degree F. Outside was beautiful however. Everything is so deep green outside now. The fragrance of summer flower in outside, birds are on the trees, and the baby geese, and baby ducks are on the river with their parents . People were out , […]
Read More Written on June 20Path for real justice is full of thorns,But you cannot worry about that
Path for real justice is full of thorns, and if you really want to walk on that road, that path will be a lonely path and will be full of hopelessness most of the time. But if you really are seeking justice and standing for the truth, you cannot stop walking. You need to keep […]
Read More Path for real justice is full of thorns,But you cannot worry about thatTruth of USA
Senator Flowers is not liked by those who are disturbed by the truth of this nation and scared of introspection. Thank you Senator flowers! Love you for that speech!
Read More Truth of USAno, privilege does not make you morally superior
Racist statements: 1. This does not happen here. 2. This is a good neighborhood 3. This is the safe part of the town .. Personal horror stories about good and safe parts of the town are plenty. Will not bother you about that. But No, privileges do not make anyone morally superior Those 3 statement […]
Read More no, privilege does not make you morally superior90 Days
It was for people of USA that 26 years old Breonna Taylor worked for, as a frontline fighter against COVID 19 in USA.. She was an EMT. She was killed by 8 bullets as she was sleeping and unarmed , by 3 cops who are free with pay today, 90 days after her murder. People […]
Read More 90 DaysWritten in 2015
I never had seen him before that day, I never knew him before that day First time I saw him only on last year, I saw a little boy in silhouette walking in snow with steps only children know how to take when they imagine. It is not part of our adult world with daily […]
Read More Written in 2015REST IN POWER
All pictures and video are taken from CBS news in television which was broadcasting George Floyd’s funeral service today, June 9, 2020 Demand 1st degree murder charge against Derek Chauvin No Justice , No peace. Rest in Power George Floyd! Love to you! BLACK LIVES MATTER
Read More REST IN POWERpeople united will never be defeated
Yester -me, yester-you, yesterday
Yester-Me, Yester-You, Yesterday What happened to the world we knew when we would dream and scheme and while the time away Yester-me, yester-you, yester-day Where did it go, that yester-glow When we could feel the wheel of life turn our way Yester-me, yester-you, yester-day I had a dream, so did you Life was warm, love […]
Read More Yester -me, yester-you, yesterdaySay their names
AHMAUD ARBERY BREONNA TAYLOR GEORGE FLOYD The brutality has been the same for 400 years . These are humans who are current victims of the brutal , violent, oppressive system which has been practicing savagery for 400 years on the descendants of those who built nation USA (All photographs are from Internet) .
Read More Say their namesBreonna Taylor was the American Patriot who was killed by her nation
Originally posted on Sheuli's blog:
Story of Breonna Taylor : Breonna Taylor was a 26 year old Black American. She was an Emergency medical technician in USA and was an essential worker in COVID -19 crisis of world . She worked 2 jobs. If we would have been sick, she would be the first…
BLACK LIVES MATTER
MY NAME IS GEORGE FLOYD
Premeditation means intent, planning. When a human in handcuff says he cannot breathe, when human in handcuff says his stomach, neck ARE HURTING BADLY, when he calls his Mother in pain, when others asking a murderer whose knee is on a human’s neck that it may be best to turn the human on his side […]
Read More MY NAME IS GEORGE FLOYDMy wild babies
And amidst all the changes in our human world, somewhere inside a tree, three little raccoons are enjoying an evening in our earth. The middle one is the oldest, I think.. seems to me that she is a very caring sister who is cleaning her younger sibling who is still too young to put his […]
Read More My wild babiesSymphony of an evening
Friend of my road
Bold&Beautiful
Sound of an evening
A dad and his young child once upon a time
from sheuli’s nature’s diary Cardinal rules for watching a young bird family or any young family in wild: 1. Please do not go that close to any bird family which you feel is intrusive for your own family (all the videos here are captured from far ) 2. If at any point you feel bird […]
Read More A dad and his young child once upon a timeFlowers of past springs
Hazim Shafi Bhat is the Face of Kashmir
His name was Hazim Shafi Bhat. He was 14 years old . He was physically challenged . His father said he was in an apple orchard with other Kashmiri boys to scatter fertilizers as he and other boys did not have all those privileges of privileged who can sit inside homes and can eat food […]
Read More Hazim Shafi Bhat is the Face of KashmirBreonna Taylor was the American Patriot who was killed by her nation
Story of Breonna Taylor : Breonna Taylor was a 26 year old Black American. She was an Emergency medical technician in USA and was an essential worker in COVID -19 crisis of world . She worked 2 jobs. If we would have been sick, she would be the first one to reach us , to […]
Read More Breonna Taylor was the American Patriot who was killed by her nationSunsets (part 1)
Life of Jamlo Madkami mattered
This is no fiction, but life story of 12 years old girl child of India, named Jamlo who was born in 2008 in Independent India , but who had to work as laborer at 12 years of age, and who died as his government which has enough money (116 million dollars) to buy Israeli weapons […]
Read More Life of Jamlo Madkami matteredThe passport
(When news of the world nowadays makes me utterly hopeless , I often go back to the words of poet Sukanta Bhattacharya who was born in Bengal in non independent India. He died when he was only 21 years old few months before Indian Independence came on the same day of his birth date .In […]
Read More The passportWe are Steps
We are Steps, Everyday you use us , You press us hard under your feet To go up higher and higher And then you never once look at back towards us You think your footsteps on us oblige us Actually those rip our hearts open, bloodied us every single day But the truth is that […]
Read More We are StepsI am a little matchstick
I am a little matchstick So insignificant , that probably I am overlooked by everyone, But do not forget that I have gunpowder in my mouth, And in my heart this constant restless urge to ignite, I am just a little matchstick. Do you remember just the other day when I caused so much chaos […]
Read More I am a little matchstick