Friday, 27 January 2012

                                                MY MUMBAI

This poem is dedicated to the city of dreams and the mighty Mumbaikar who live beyond their dreams..

Early morning there the sun rays fall,
On her back,on the towers tall,
There they begin a new hectic day,
Reaching office jogging all the way!

Where first there were plenty of animals everywhere,
Entering the national park for any human a dare.
But now not a single seem around,
She has lost,
The lions roaring sound!

Crore!s of people leaning on her back,
Happiness or money either they lack,
Where some share their eureka cheers,
While some others shed their agony tears
But she gulp's it all,
She's my Mumbai!

At the time of dormant dusk,
Some NGO'S try their budding busk,
Where the same Mumbaikars in hanging trains
Try to fetch a tired bench;
Reaching home irritated and fully drenched!

Where nanny's are paid to do mothers duty,
And where the mother is involved in her job and beauty,
Where computers and video games play the fathers part,
This is today's lifestyle,
It's today's art!
Yet she tries to withstand it all
She's my Mumbai!

Traffic jam and Queen's necklace bright,
Quenching thirst and women fight,
She's huge hearted and has lots to give,
Where people everyday pick up a new dream
And start to live!
Yes!
She's my lovely lively Mumbai!!

Sunday, 15 January 2012

     Many eat to live,but most live to eat...
My batchmates and I obviously fall in the second category, therefore passionately following our hungry day dreams we reached the 17th  National youth festival, held at Mangala Stadium, Mangalore.The food court from all the states was exhibited here.


 We took a 15 no. bus from Kankanady and reached our food land within half an hour...Its fun to travel in a bus especially with foodie hearts and exploratory brains! 
Here are a few imp things that you need to carry when you visit a food exhibition:
1.A bottle of water
2.Empty tiffins, so that you can carry home some taste for your loved ones!
3.A few tissues...
    and there you go....attack!


Remember, food exhibitions are for tasting food and not for hogging! :)
Its generally better to visit such places in a group so that you get a variety to taste..
We stimulated our taste buds starting with
Litti Chokhi and Imarti with Rabdi (Bihar)  followed by
Khasta Puri (Chattisgarh)
Dahi bhalla and Desi Ghee Pakoda (Delhi)
Besan Ladoo (Haryana)
Rajma Chawal and Kadhi Chawal (Himachal Pradesh)
Dal Pakodi and Jalebi (Jharkhand)
Momos (Sikkim)
Arabian Pulpy Grapes juice and water melon juice from Mangalore.


These were some memorable foodstuff that added to my taste treasured tongue! 
Yet I regret not having the untasted food and I hope to spot it somewhere else!!
After all
   "There's no sincerer love than the love for FOOD!"

Saturday, 14 January 2012

''माझ्या आयुष्यातला पहिला शब्द  कदाचित मराठीत नसल्या कारणाने,माझ्या ब्लॉग वरची पहिली कविता माझ्या मातृभाषेत लिहिण्याचा प्रयोग मी करत आहे ''.
                                                                                                                  १४ जानेवारी,२०१२.
                                                                                                                           (३१स्त डिसेंबर २०११.)

                                                                     असं वाटतं


असं वाटतं ,
तान्ह्या बाळा प्रमाणे खुदू-खुदू  हसावं,
झर्झार्त्या झर्याबरोबर पुढे पुढे वाहावं,
उंच वृक्षाच्या गार सावलीत जरासं बसावं;
असं वाटतं बरच काही करावं...

असं वाटतं,
पक्ष्यांच्या थव्याबरोबर लांब उडून जावं,
सख्यांबरोबर उंच डोंगरावर चढावं,
वर-वर जाताच नभाशी भिडावं;
असं वाटतं खूप काही करावं...

असं वाटतं,
अनोळखी रस्त्यावर उगीचच चालावं,
थंडगार पाण्यात डूपकी मारून पोहावं,
मत्स्यांचा गर्दीत हरूनच जावं;
असं वाटतं भरपूर काही करावं...

असं वाटतं,
पतंगीवर बसून ढगांवर पोहचावं,
व ढगांवर बसून ब्रम्हांड पहावं,
हनुमानासारखं आपणही कधी सूर्याला खावं;
असा वाटतं बरच काही करावं...

असं वाटतं,
विमानातून  उडी मारून वाऱ्यावरती झुलावं,
निवडुंगाचा शेतातही सुमानासारखं फुलावं,
समुद्राच्या लाटांवर आरामात लोळावं,
असा वाटतं खूप काही करावं...

असं वाटतं,
शतपावली करताना त्या चंद्रिकेला टकमक पहावं,
काळ्या आकाशातील नक्षत्रानसारखं आयुष्यात चमकावं ,
कितीही लांब गेलो तरीही आपल्या शहरात वसावं,

असं वाटतं, जीवनात हे सर्व काही मिळावं!!
                                                               

                                                                        -प्राची केरकर.



Wednesday, 11 January 2012

Started Blogging!

Hey guys,

This is Prachi Kerkar, a passionate poet, a food fanatic, a stalwart Mumbaikar, a terrific traveler, an experimental cook, an aspiring teacher and basically a budding physiotherapist!!

This blog is dedicated to a few of my poems, many travel experiences,
some information on really good restaurants, new recipes, just some articles and some memorable experiences at medical college and hospital.

Hope you'll will like my posts.

My posts are open for all critics!
Please help me to improve my ideas by posting your feedbacks!
 
Thanks!
Pr@chi.
11th day of January,2012!