The Debut

 

"Some sorrows come to pester more the more they are excused; some sources of happiness escape more the more they are pursued...

But, there will always be that point where the suffering gets eschewed; the point where only 'blessings' await to be embraced—with all its subtler hues...

  The new morning of this New Year is beautiful from every point of view; I have got a reason to cheer the arrival now that dispelled my sordid blues!

I am out with the old now, and I am in with the new—overwhelmed by a swansong that culminates in a debut!"

Thank you, God!
Thank you all!
Happy New Year!
~praveen katiyar
#2023 

Time

"Everyone gets '86,400 seconds' to one's credit each morning, and every night the unremarkable ones gets written off as permanently lost; those 'moments of time' is the most valuable asset one can have that pertains to its invaluable cost...
It's never the case of not having enough of it, you see, rather it's about where one's precious priorities fall; nothing else should get the tag of 'worth doing', you see, unless those deeds earn the treasured space in one's 'Total Recall'!"
~praveen #xrhymez

#TotalRecall #Time

#Cold_Rage

"Every act of life has started becoming a cause of discomfort now, with my apparent disarmed rage; every living thing around me seems to have picked up speed or perhaps I have just aged...

Quite tired of carrying the load of these onerous wrinkles, but the spirit to live is still high; I am 'The Wagdoh'—embodiment of a legend—who still refuses to say GoodBye!!!"

~Mediator: Praveen Katiyar

Photo credit: Tauseef Ahmad 

#wagdoh #tadobaandharitigerreserve #xrhymez

The Different Frame

"Every other day seems so important, you see, yet only a handful of events are trackable down one's  memory lane; in order to keeping up with everyday sanity, why we happen to turn out morbidly insane???
Well, my secret to fulfillment is in holding the same set of colours, but painting a 'different frame'; nothing can stop one from attaining true enrichment, you see, who bestows  upon every other day a 'different name'..." I am bestowing upon every other day a different name!
~praveen #091221

#MarriageAnniversary

"We have successfully avoided worthless provocations to steer clear off the general unbecoming; we are learning everyday to find the 'completeness' in one-another's  shortcomings...

Absorbing every sort of discomfort that comes the way of developing a treasured understanding; we have looked and successfully found the 'precious balance'—to the contrary notwithstanding!!!

Learning slowly about the attitude adjustment to retrieve the happiness–outstanding; this couple is affectionately committed to move together in life, with this blessed and favored firm-footing!!!"
~praveen
#MarriageAnniversary
     #061221 

#The_Matriarch

#The_Matriarch

"We are huge in size, you see, but surprisingly getting reduced to a number that is increasingly growing small; I have happened to come across some twisted rules of engagement, lately, of an unbecoming brawl...

It's very easy to declare those mistakes as 'silly', with a wisdom-laden 'hind sight'; today, standing at the precipice of a long journey, I can clearly mark the 'darker chapters' out from the brights...

I am the 'Matriarch', and the success for me has been a complex web of different propositions, and there have been umpteen ways to be 'what' & 'where' I am now; but a secure future of my generations to come, will be contingent upon the 'right answers' to questions of 'whys' & 'hows'!

It's been a known fact that the pre-eminent threat to us has been the loss, degradation and the fragmentation of our habitat; and one of the instigators of conflict between us, has been the real as well as perceived competition for space...

In the name of development you still encroach upon our 'maiden grounds' as a basic model of your growth; you forbade our inclusion in the 'complete picture', so ruthlessly, as if our presence has inherently been loathed...

You fence your borders, but nothing else gets disrupted better than our age old 'migratory routes'; I have long been accustomed to this 'second class' treatment by the savage—first class brutes!

Even though, I have not always been a 'matriarch', yet, I have never been in the position to put up a fight for the right to merely exist; I have just been lucky enough in securing those timely favors, to just naturally coexist...

You must have realized by now that more than the dreads of a jungle, to the dangers of the habitat loss, we are more expossed;
therefore, irrespective of a thousand year old—conflict ridden—history, I keep looking in you the Real Champions of my cause... Please, help me find the 'Real Champions' of my cause!"
I am just a hapless Matriarch...

Mediator: Praveen Katiyar

An Embarassing Refuge!

'An Embarassing Refuge'!

I am a Tigress and this is my tragic story: 'An Embarrassing Refuge'!

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"I happened to be the proud ruler of the jungles by being the 'Queen of masquerade'; that kingdom once was in a Natural Habitat—a 'Shady Sylvan Glade'... 

Then came the contender—you humans—needing to mark their respective range of influence, but for that to happen, every former belief was to be rearranged; sparring the 'biased rules' of the game, you see, every other thing was to be changed... 

Wonder what ensued???

...a state of conflict was reached, when the 'best of both the worlds' have met; sadly 'two swords' couldn't be contained, in a single humble sheath... 

...in clash of our Egos, your 'Gunpowder' overwhelmed the power of my 'Claws'; I withdrew from that 'battle of attrition', you see, long before it was declared a 'draw'... 

You see, the health & diversity of an ecosystem was once by virtue of my pivotal role; I used to be the 'Top-Predator' of the jungle and in turn I  had nurtured its (jungle's) very soul... But! 

...but, such 'Stories' have been told earlier, & seldom they were heard; regardless of the reasonableness such causes remained absurd...Alas!!! 

As vivid a symbol of 'strength with beauty' I was, while being a 'Majestic Creature', as ruthlessly I was purged to the verge of extinction, you see, by first being tagged as endangered... 

As much I was revered as I should be, in many and varried cultures; sooner the 'signs of my existence', ironically, happened to have gotten blurred... 

...In the end, it doesn't matter much as to who has lost and who reigned supreme; it is clear as day, now, as to who holds the reins of my sustainable existence and 'to be restored—Self Esteem'. 

I could only hope now that your souls are timely stirred; justified would be this 'embarrassing refuge' I had to take behind 'Praveen Katiyar's Words'!!!"

~XrhYmeZ!: The Forbidden Conclusions

#findmyhabitat  #An_Embarassing_Refuge

#humanwildlifeconflict #humanwildlifecoexistence