Some NY blue blurs and a gazhal-fehmi ЁЯШК
New year, old trauma, faith in love and upcoming inkspiration workshop
Yes, we should stop wishing each other Happy New Year now. And probably start writing 2024 instead of 2023. Oh wait - but do we write anymore? Well, thatтАЩs a longer conversation.
My new year or 2024 - was spent curling up in NagpurтАЩs shivers, as I was infected with Covid for the second time. New Year, Old Trauma! So much so that I was quarantined for almost 12 days and I watched 4-5 movies - Very unlike Shalaka Kulkarni.
My entire stay went in a blur - and I could barely meet 4-5 people. Missed my god-daughterтАЩs first birthday too! :( I will probably start my new year on Gudi Padwa! :D
Anyway - I am back to base and recovering well.
I have been travelling a lot in the past 2-3 years - and it feels like now is the time to slow down. And within a few hours of saying this - I got invited to a kickass event! More on that later. The window seat, the skies, the horizon love me a little too much I guess! Just like this cutie from the internet.
рдП'рддрд┐рдорд╛рдж-рдП-рдореЛрд╣рдмреНрдмрдд (faith in love)
HereтАЩs a gazhal I attempted a few months ago. It was based on the prompts shared by a few friends. As Kavish Seth says - it is not a gazhal but a gazhal-fehmi (synonymous with galatfehmi.)
Kabhi gazhal bhi likhenge, filhaal aap ye padhiye! :)
рд╢рдмреНрджреЛрдВ рдХрд╛ рдиреШрд╛рдм рд╣реИ, рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рдХрд╣рдиреЗ рдореЗрдВ рдХреНрдпрд╛ рд╢рд░реНрдо, рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рд╡реШреНрдд рд╡реШреНрдд рдХрд╛ рдЬреЫреНрдмрд╛ рд╣реИ, рдЗрд╢реНреШ рдЧрд░реНрдж-рдП-рдорд▓рд╛рд▓ рд╣реИ
рдЖрдЬ рдирд╣реАрдВ рдорд░реНреЫреА рд╣рдорд╛рд░реА, рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рд░реЛрддреЗ рд╣рдо рд╕рд╛рде рдХреНрдпреЛрдВ рдирд╣реАрдВ, рдЖрдВрд╕реБрдУ рдХреА рднрд╛рд╖рд╛ рд╕рдордЭреЗ
рдХреИрд╕реЗ рдирд╛рдкреЗ рдЖрдБрдЦреЛрдВ рдХреА рдЧрд╣рд░рд╛рдИ, рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рдЦреНрд╡рд╛рдмреЛрдВ рдХреЗ рд▓рд┐рдлрд╛рдлреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рдореЗрд░реЗ рдкреВрд░рд╛ рд╢рд╣рд░ рдмрд╕рд╛ рд╣реИ
рдЦрддреЛрдВ рдореЗрдВ рд▓рд┐рдЦреЗ рдЖрд╕рдорд╛рдиреЛ рдХреА рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рдореЗрд░реА рдЦрд╛рдореЛрд╢реА рдХреА рдЖрд╡рд╛реЫ рдХрд╛рдлреА рдмреБрд▓рдВрдж рд╣реИ
рдЬрдм рд╕реБрди рд╕рдХреЛ рддреЛ рджреЛрд╣рд░рд╛рдПрдВрдЧреЗ рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
рдХреМрди рдЬрд╛рдиреЗ 'рдХреБрд▓рдХрд░реНрдгреА' рдЕрдм рдХрд┐рд╕рдХреЗ рдореБрд╕реНрдХрд░рд╛рд╣рдЯ рдореЗрдВ рд╣реИ рдЦреЛрдпреА
рдореБреШрдореНрдорд▓ рдП' рддрд┐рдорд╛рдж-рдП-рдореЛрд╣рдмреНрдмрдд рдХреА рдпреЗ рдХрд╣рд╛рдиреА рдлрд┐рд░ рдХрднреА
Inkspirations this month
On Feb 4th, I am conducting my flagship Creative Writing Workshop - Inkspiration at Atta Galatta, Bangalore. It is an interactive session, featuring 3-4 live writing exercises designed to inkspire the writer within you, by widening your perspectives. HereтАЩs the link to know more and register: Book my show - Inkspiration :)
Museletter by Josh Radnor (the chap who played Ted Mosby in How I Met Your Mother) - Subscribe to this newsletter. It is sporadic - youтАЩll like it the way it is.
Very tempted to build this chessboard based key hanger!
One piece of advice for everyone - irrespective of their age:
May 2024 be the year where all your dresses have pockets. ЁЯЩМЁЯП╝
Keeping it raw -
Until the thirteenth,
Writeously yours,
Shalaka Kulkarni