Saturday, February 8, 2025

Dear Universes of Being



Dear Universes of Being,

I, a mere speck of dust, in your immenseness,
Has been a seeker of things infinitesimal,
That rapture in the shine of morning dew,
Or the reflection of its worlds in a different hue.


The dew drop here and another across the seas
Have destinies interlaced,
But commune only through the breeze.

When the starlight in them wish an eternal tryst,
Will the celestial providence assist?

Love,
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Friday, February 7, 2025

Dear Inception of Fragrances


























Dear Inception of Fragrances, 

I remember that day of the Sun,
When like every other day,
Numerous dreams were sown.

When the weather smelled the morning breeze,
And whispered sweet nothings across the seas.

The magic transcended realms,
One could have ever felt or seen.
When we met, as the serendipitous moments chose,
In the swaying fragrance - of the quaint rose.

Love,
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Saturday, January 18, 2025

C'est la Vie ! : କଳ୍ପନାର ହିମଦେଶ


ତୁଷାରିତ ହିମଗିରି ଶିଖର କୋଳେ,
ସ୍ବର୍ଣ୍ଣାଭ କିରଣ ର କଲ୍ଲୋଳିତ ତାଳେ,
ପ୍ରସ୍ଫୁଟିତ ହୀରାକଣି ପୁଷ୍ପ ହସେ,
ଜୀବନ ସେଠି ଜୀବନର ରହସ୍ଯ ଭାଷେ ।

ହିମଗୌର ଆଲୋକରେ ପ୍ରଜ୍ବଳିତ ଶିଖା,
ଚପଳ ଜୋଛନା ସେଠି ଆଙ୍କେ ଚିତ୍ରଲେଖା,
ମନୋମୟ କାହାଣୀରେ କାଦମ୍ବିନୀ ହଜେ,
ମନ ସେଠି ମନର ଗୀତିକାର ସାଜେ ।

ନଭଶ୍ଚୁମ୍ବୀ ସେ, ଧରିତ୍ରୀର ଶ୍ରେଷ୍ଠ ଚୂଡ଼ାମଣି,
ମିଞ୍ଜିମିଞ୍ଜି ତାରାପୁଞ୍ଜ ତହିଁ ସ୍ବପ୍ନ ଯାଏ ବୁଣି,
ମୃଦୁ ହସେ ମନ୍ଦାକିନୀ ଉତଫୁଲ୍ଲିତ ହୋଇ,
କଳ୍ପନା ସେଠି କଳ୍ପନାର ସ୍ମାରକ ଗଢ଼ଇ ।

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A Loose Translation: 
(January 22, 2025, 8:16 PM)

That's Life! : A Snowy Land (Himalayas) of Imagination 

In the lap of the snowy peaks, 
With the astoundingly delightful rhythm of the golden rays, 
The blooming diamond flowers beam with delight, 
And Life... whispers the mystery of Life there. 

The peak (1*) glistens in the auroral frosted snow,
As the fickle moonbeam paints a celestial portrait, 
The ethereal clouds immerse themselves in fantasies,
And Mind... adorns itself with ariose ballads of Mind.

Kissing the skies, it is a treasure sans pareil,
Where the shimmering stars sow and plant dreams.
The exultant "Mandakini" (2*) smiles gently,
And Imagination... builds a monument of Imagination there.

(1*) the mountain peak and the flame : are spelt same in Odia. An ornamentation technique is used called "Jamaka Alankara" has been used here.

(2*) Mandakini is a tributary river of Ganga. Additionally, the cosmic river or the Milky way galaxy is also referred to as Mandakini. Again, "Jamaka Alankara" is used here.
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Thursday, January 16, 2025

Raahi Chaand


महकी हुई सन्नाटों में वो चाँद आहें भरता है आज भी 
महफ़िलों के उन चँद रंगों को वो निहारता है आज भी 
हैं ये दिन हसीन और शामें जवाँ अब भी मगर 
नर्म मुस्कानों में वह बातें याद करता है आज भी 

थे कुछ अनकहे से लफ्ज़ अब भी बाकी शायद 
उन लफ्ज़ों की शिकायत निगाहों से करता है आज भी

नज़र की नज़ाकत चाहे पलकों से घिरे रहें मगर 
तारों को रोशनी के किस्से बेबाकी से सुनाता है आज भी 

किस्तों में बादलों से मिलना होता है कभी कभी मगर 
उनसे समंदर का हाल-ए-दिल वो पूछ लेता है आज भी 

वह लहरें जो बेक़रारी में क़रार ढूँढती थीं तब 
उनके शिकवे में दास्तानों की गूँज सुनता है आज भी 

कुछ कहानीयों में राहों का आगाज़ रहता होगा शायद 
हर कहानी के मोड़ में जाने क्या राह तलाशता है आज भी 

रास्तों मे अक्सर भटकते होंगे राही मगर 
पर क्या भटका राही मंजिलो से ख़फ़ा रहता है आज भी? 
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Wednesday, January 15, 2025

Third Or First?



When you are an observer, 
A third person in a world of two, 
You witness the story unfold,
You witness the things said,
And the things too,
That has been left to be sensed.

You see the love, the happiness, 
You see the wounds, the scratches,
You see the gaps too in dreams and souls,
You see what has been shown,
And that, which was has been left
To be felt in a land unknown.

You see the world that was created,
A world morphing into another...
You see the jigsaw slots fitting in
And those that could have fit,
If not for that unfitting stray bit,
Waiting to be cleared off
But stays on,
Seemingly invisible enough,
To be lifted off.

You witness the hands
That reached out,
And those too that stretched,
But had shackles on
That no one knew about.

You witness the world that was shown,
The one, that once under the sun shone,
You feel the one too, which existed
On the eclipsed phase,
Or dark end of moon.
You crave, you long, you pray,
"If only... " is all you can say...

But are you just the 3rd person,
With no more role,
But to observe,
Or is there more to it,
Perhaps any other purpose to serve?
Can it be an untold notion,
To let you know of the stray pieces,
That may have been in motion
In the world where you exist,
And your puzzle pieces too,
Have been trying to resist?

Are you the third person 
In that universe unknown,
Or is that universe
Just another piece
To let you explore 
The unseen in your own (universe)?

Letting you to make sense
Of what has been left
To be sensed, seen, heard, or felt...
To water the flowers,
That might seem parched,
Even if some parts have been drenched,
The others might need to be watched?

That universe might have been an assisting piece
For the universe of your version,
To let your senses bloom,
And thrive in the world,
Where you have always been
The first person.

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Saturday, January 11, 2025

Not To Be Read


DO NOT OPEN THIS.
YOU DO NOT WANT TO OPEN THIS.
YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
CHECK THE NEXT POST. That one is fun.
STAY AWAY FROM THIS ONE.
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If you have been in darkness for quite some time...
And are probably still in...
And there's not a single beacon to be seen anywhere 
Not now nor in the foreseeable future
When it feels that all hope is lost
And your soul isn't even yours
I pray you never know
That you never know
That you have been in the dark
For that's where meanings fail
And the world that never was
Starts to crumble to pieces
Pieces so fine that can't even be seen
With eyes that have been pretending to be blind
I pray you never smell the putrid ashes
Even if that is what all that remains
And the ashes have the remnants of your every prayer
I pray you never know
That you never know
That you have been walking on ashes of wishes
For that's when your breath burns
And the air that never was
Starts to choke you down
In the very silk thread
The thread that once held your dreams 
Now those dreams drown
In the stench of those puddles
That once held life like koi
Koi that have long gone now
To places that never exist 
And hence won't ever be found
Like the light that have lost its way
To nothingness 
Never found on any sky
A sky that never was 
Or would ever be
It was darkness all along
I pray that you never know
That you never know
Darkness is all you have bestowed upon
Even though light is all you have
You have thought to have seen
Maybe someday that light will manifest
In a form none around you had ever seen
or could attest
Wait till that day
But before that
I pray that you never know
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Friday, January 3, 2025

The One I Have Waited For

For over 2 years now, a lot of people (and not just me) have been waiting for 2025. It is for the same reason (or should I say reasons, the reasons being 7). However, there is another reason why I have been looking forward to this year. 

The primary reason is its close association with the number 9, a number I have always been entranced by. In addition, 2025, in itself, is a special number, (at least like many other numbers if not more). Let's unwind it a bit more, shall we? 

I would skip the obvious ones which most would already know. For example, 2025 being a perfect square (the only one for this century), or it being the sum of the cube of first 9 numbers, or it being the square of sum of numbers from 1 to 9.
I will also skip the very visible aspect of it, that is how by multiplying its component numbers (20 and 25) results in the year 2025 (that is (20+25)x(20+25) = 2025), or how it is the result of the multiplication of two perfect squares (81, square of 9 and 25, square of 5) or the sum of three perfect squares (1600, 400, and 25). It's relation with 3, 6, and 9 (the magical trio, as I believe them to be) is very apparent even from these obvious ones. 

Let's explore some actual interesting ones, the less commonly known ones. (Please note the connect with 3, 6, and 9.) First, if we go on writing digits from 1 to 45, the number of times corresponding to their values, that is 1 once, 2 twice, 3 thrice, upto 45 forty-five times (1223334444...45454545 (45 times)), the total number of digits is 2025! And this doesn't happen for any other number greater than 1, except for 45 (and 4+5 =9). Coincidence? I don't think so. 

Let's explore some graph theory for the second fact. If we go on to color the sides of a rectangle, using at most 9 colors, distinctly, should we take a guess how many ways there can be? Surprise, surprise... 2025 essentially distinct ways! And if you want more, try finding out how many spanning trees could be formed in a complete bipartite graph with 3+5 vertices.
If we go for figurative numbers, again a personal favorite, and just touch upon a bit of geometry (oh! the elegance), we can visualize 2025 in terms of triangular numbers and centered octagons, as it lies so elegantly in their intersection. We have studied triangular numbers in school, grade 5, if I am not mistaken. 2025 is the sum of two consecutive triangular numbers, T44 and T45. (T44 = (44x45)/2 = 990 and T45 = (45x46)/2 = 1035). For centered octagonal numbers, if we choose 23 levels (22 rings plus 1 central point), we get a total of 2025 points.

The true beauty comes up when we plot T44 and T45 in their triangular positions and rearrange the 2025 points to form the centered octagon, a beautiful match in two worlds! It thus signifies growth and prosperity (for the consecutive triangular numbers), and balance and equilibrium (as a centered octagon)... a year of transition, if you will. 

Coming to the whimsical aspects, if we write the results of multiplication tables of 1 through 9 (that is 1x1 through 9x9), essentially a 9x9 matrix, the sum of all results would be 2025. Another silly but interesting aspect is that if we add 1 to each digit of 2025, the result 3136 is still a perfect square. And 2025 is quite possibly the only positive square to have this aspect. Additionally, if we add 1 to just 1 digit also (resulting in 3025), it still remains a perfect square. Interestingly, 55 squared is 3025, and 56 squared is 3136. (Did we notice the 3 and 6 aspects?)
Those were 5 aspects. Let's add 4 quick silly but fun ones to make it 9. For all numbers from 1 through 9999, with the last digit strictly greater than the other digits, there are exactly 2025 numbers. If we cube 2025 and omit the 0 in the result (8303765625 becomes 833765625), the number so left is also a square (square of 28875). Did we observe that the sum of the digits of is 9 and that of 28875 is 3?

Keeping its close association with 9, it can be written as a sum of positive squares in only one way, that is 27 squared + 36 squared. And to end it with how we started this piece, let's see something associated to 7. If we take the set {A, B, C} and find the number of strings of 7 letters (that do not contain AAAA or BBBB as a substring), the number is 2025
Even though there are a lot other special things about 2025 as a number, and I really am looking forward to discuss it in details... even so, we will pause here... for this already has been way lengthier than I initially expected it to be. However, if you are looking forward to a discussion about this year or the number 2025 (royal, purple), we can always find opportunities. Or we can make our own. Have a happy 2025!
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As a blogger, one of the things I am often asked is "How/ When did you get started with all this?" For as long as my memory takes me back, I have always found myself pondering about a plethora of things. I have always loved reflecting on the small but wonderful aspects of life. Ipsita Contemplates has been very special and I love to get the opportunity to share my musings, my thoughts, and my perceptions with you. It is also a way to appreciate the essence of Life!