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    The Kaleidoscopic Patterns of Life: Fascinating. Unique. Enchanting
    The Kaleidoscopic Patterns of Life: Fascinating. Unique. Enchanting
    The Kaleidoscopic Patterns of Life: Fascinating. Unique. Enchanting
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    The Kaleidoscopic Patterns of Life: Fascinating. Unique. Enchanting

    By Arjun Kumar Pamnani

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    His poems have a unique blend of psychological insights, concise and effective communication of the thoughts, feelings and experiences in life presenting the same with holistic perceptions to view life in all its pristine glory.
    This wide and all inclusive collection of verses gives a wholly new way of looking at life holistically as a Gift Package to be opened and discovered in all its true colours not piece-meal.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPartridge Publishing India
    Release dateJan 16, 2014
    ISBN9781482817027
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      Book preview

      The Kaleidoscopic Patterns of Life - Arjun Kumar Pamnani

      Copyright © 2014 by Arjun Kumar Pamnani.

      ISBN:                  Softcover                           978-1-4828-1703-4

                                  Ebook                                978-1-4828-1702-7

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      To order additional copies of this book, contact

      Partridge India

      000 800 10062 62

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      Contents

      1.   A Mother Teresa in my Home

      2.   Shraddhanjali A Tribute to a Loving Father

      3.   Conventions, Customs and Society

      4.   The Lights of My Hometown

      5.   E-Books Vs Paper Books. No Contest. Really.

      6.   Death in the Right Perspective

      7.   On Being a Baniya

      8.   Promiscuity

      9.   It’s the Spirit Behind Giving that Matters

      10.   Your Sadness is Reflected in Your Eyes

      11.   On the Road to Eternity

      12.   Al.-Jehad—The True Face of Terrorism

      13.   Marriage Tiffs

      14.   Man: Twice Born

      15.   The Making of a Sanyaasi

      16.   The Final Journey Home. Praying for a Quick Departure

      17.   Three Points of View on Death

      18.   The Fast Pick-up

      19.   The Crow and the Cuckoo

      20.   Nudity

      21.   The Nawab’s Sins Come Home to Roost

      22.   Reality

      23.   Epitaph

      24.   Come Gather My Bones

      25.   An Ode to a Loving Soul

      26.   The Duality of Life. The Real V/s Illusory

      27.   At the Cross-roads

      28.   Delusions of Grandeur

      29.   Breaking Free at Last

      30.   The Crawling Creepy Lizard

      31.   Courtroom Drama

      32.   Terrorism & the Desire for Change

      33.   The Views of a Critic

      34.   The Universal One

      35.   Human Life is a Cell Phone

      36.   Children of God

      37.   Samaadhi

      38.   Writing is Like Making Love

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to my Naani Maa Late Smt.Lakhi Bai Jothwani an epitome of compassion and love who gave me my first brush with divinity.

      Also to my mother Late Smt. Nirmala Thakurdass Pamnani whose quest for knowledge was unquenchable and who was game to learning till her ripe old age. It is from her that I inherited my thirst for knowledge too.

      And my father Late Sri Thakurdass S.Pamnani who was a saintly, silent non-interfering person whose very presence was a pillar of uncompromising strength.

      I would be failing in my duty if I were not to thank my loving wife Mrs.Heeru (Madhu after marriage) for bearing with me in my Late night’s and sometimes early morning’s bouts of inspirational writing which would interrupt her blissful sleep.

      And without doubt my two daughters Mrs. Reshma Ram Kumar a budding writer and illustrater hiding her talents under a bushel and Mrs.Nisha Simran Sitlani a budding poet who also has kept her talents hidden.

      My thanks also go out to my two sons-in-law Sri Amit Sitlani and Sri Ramkumar who have been my chief motivators in bringing this collection of poems out of the closet.

      I do sincerely hope that this collection will act as an inspiration to all those writers who have penned down their experiences in life in their private diaries to bring them out in bright sun-shine for display and appreciation. The world deserves to know all their multiple and varied perspectives.

      A Mother Teresa in my Home

      I’ve lived as a guest

      with relatives rich and poor

      I’ve lived under a roof

      sometimes thatched

      and sometimes multi storeyed RCC.

      The wind high and dry

      in one

      A Cool blast on my face

      in another

      by an A/C on full blast

      Yes, I’ve lived in places

      high and low

      But there’s no place

      to beat the one

      where my grandma lives

      Her smile—I simply love

      toothless without any sharp

      biting teeth:

      Her gait—I simply adore

      Small stepped, tentative,

      like a small cuddly child

      Her humility

      punctures my egoism;

      Her gullibility

      makes me look like a fool.

      Her all-pervading love

      makes me forget

      the ‘I’ in me

      In her I have discovered

      a true, all encompassing love

      the way I imagine

      ‘God’ to be

      Shraddhanjali

      A Tribute to a Loving Father

      Every once in a while

      it appears that

      time is standing still

      The ears yearn

      for your slow, measured voice

      The silence in the house

      awaits your soft home coming

      footsteps.

      The mind refuses

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