Patience Bottle

Enamored by the sea
the expanding expanse
the deeper depths
but only blue to see

A little me
built a little ship
to live
in the rye bottle
my uncle gave me

A curio on the shelf
I let it yours to be

You elbowed it down
scattered no piece to see

I don’t sweep up
dreams sinking
in the deeper depths
the expanding expanse

Diving down every day
scavenging
for the seafarer soul of me
in the patience bottle

“When things start going wrong, it’s usually best just to walk away and come back when you’ve calmed down.” – Greg Alvey, a builder and restorer of ships in bottles

Taramandal – Finding your own direction amongst the push and pull of others

'The casting interview', A scene from Taramandal

An award-winning playwright swells expectations. Taramandal, nevertheless entices with its immensely orignal characters, which connect to anyone chasing an elusive dream; or is in different stages of giving up or coping with the vision. A melange of opulent story lines along the centrepiece around Patol-da, the part that enthralls; about the actor being like a vegetable hawker, is to be simply prepared to sell his wares and can do nothing much beyond shouting out aloud what she’s got to offer, and wait. The stage came alive with the skillful performances, impeccable lighting, music and neat stage management by the performers; all made for a riveting theatre treat.

-Review for the play ‘Taramandal’ by ‘Tadpole Repertory’ staged Dec 16, 2010 at Ravindra Bharthi, Hyderabad

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