SNOW IN THE DESERT

Nature has decided to bless us with a day of magic and uplift our heart so that we can retrieve for solace when the weather takes a bitter twist.
There’s snowfall in the desert mountain; yes in our very own Emirates.
This is the second snowfall; the first was in the year 2004. It sounds strange but strange has so much a part of the natural that in a time like this, it’s rather befitting and bedazzling. Read on and partake of this blessing.
The Saturday ( 24th Jan’09) paper stated that an extreme cold spell had brought the temperature on top of Jabel Jais Mountain to as low as -3 degrees Celsius with snow extending to an area over 5 km. The Jais Mountain in Ras al Khaimah situated at a height of 5, 700 feet was angelic and chaste in that white fluffy attire.
Snowfall is reported to have started at around 3pm and lasted till midnight. It was as thick as 10 cm. Imagine the thrill that we desert folks experienced at that moment; just a look at the photographs and TV coverage was enough to sooth our razing hearts .Let’s hope Nature or God of Nature continues to be merciful on us, burning souls.
We deserve a little bit of pampering too.

OF BLOOD.

My brother brought joys no other can bring,
He took me to a time when we were a teen
and when life was not a din.
When we lived with our kith and kin
and when love was rooted deep within.

My brother brought exuberance
in great abundance.
That made life adventurous
that was far from being strenuous.


The house then was a home
for us to roam
The valleys and the lakes
Of our by gone days.

Too soon it was over
and it was time to shift over.
It was time to change attitudes
and be amused,
by reality’s harsh tunes.

An Evening by the Beach!

Fake

What appears rich and resplendent
can cause a riot and leave a rupture
that bleeds ever so profuse
from deep within, from the CORE
That's excruciatingly sore
and utterly painful to forgo.

Let's...

Come, let’s walk the walk
And talk the talk;
Let’s catch the highs and the lows,
the ebbs and the flows.

Let’s have a discussion
And come to a decision.
Then, set out on a mission
That has a vision.

Vision to serve with no reserve,
Bring healing to those ailing,
Clear all dues to have only hues.

Let’s analyze and finalize,
The procedures that can minimize
All the tall-tales and lies.
Let’s not antagonize,
Criticize or hypnotize.
But instead rationalize
And marginalize
Toils and troubles,
Foils and foibles.

Let’s live with grace,
And love the human race
Without worrying about face
So that we leave a worthy trace
For Generation X.

EXTRAORDINARY DAY, EXTRAORDINARY MOMENT!

AN ERA OF HOPE!
The world looks up at Barack Hussein Obama, the 44th president of the United States of America from a completely new perspective. He is the ‘chosen one’ to wipe off everything that’s ‘unfitting' in our world. He is the ‘voice’ of New America and the ‘hope’ of the world. He is looked up as one who can usher in that ‘ray of light’. He is the pride of a nation that stands for equality of opportunity for all. His ascension to the highest seat is a lesson for the world to learn from. America truly has lived up to its constitution that states, ‘all are free to pursue their measure of happiness’ and I as a human being am proud to witness this moment.
It is proof of the fact that ‘impossible is nothing’, one can rise above the ordinary if he strives and toils.
This moment when history unfolded was watched by the world at large because ‘seeing was believing.’
Millions thronged to squares, public places or stayed glued to TV sets on the 20th of January 2009 to believe in this transition. The 44th in line but surely the 1st African American, Barack Obama has changed history. 44th no doubt but is only 42 by age and is the 5th youngest president in the world. He is the choice of ‘Young America’, America that is fair and just. He is the change, the transgression that people so long wanted. The world can finally be proud of this moment, this moment that gives credibility to one’s qualities rather than creed, race, age or color. We are a generation where brown, yellow, white and red have merged to be the ‘color of the rainbow’

The Inaugural ceremony was befitting for such an occasion!

Aretha Franklin the Queen of Soul sang, ‘My Country, ‘Tis of thee.’
There was a special sombre musical performance organized by Yo- Yo Ma, Itzhak Perlman,and others.
The Bible on which the president took the oath was the one Abraham Lincoln, the 1st president of America swore by in 1861.
Elizabeth Alexander, a poet and professor of African American studies at Yale University and Pulitzer prize finalist read out , ‘Praise Song for the Day,’ a poem composed for this special occasion. Alexander was only the fourth poet to read at a presidential inauguration (Robert Frost, Maya Angelou and Miller Williams were the others).
Reverend Joseph Lowry, the last speaker made remarkable comments that went, ‘Black does not need to stay back, Brown can stick around, Yellow can be mellow and White will embrace what is right.

President Obama then accompanied George Bush, the outgoing president to a helicopter that took him to his home in Texas for retirement.

SCULPTURES IN THE AIR