Kadana dam : We love sunsets....

We sat at the river bank for some time... just sat silently, watched birds, threw pebbles in the river, and enjoyed the silence with ourselves. The calm water of the river was calming our minds and our souls. Just a little ahead of us a small boy came there with his goats, talking with them, letting them drink water from the river, and enjoying his work peacefully...

We went to Kadana Dam viewpoint after that. There are two sites. One in dam per se and one is Dam viewpoint. You have to take the right turn from the Shri Hari restaurant and go uphill. From this viewpoint, you can see the most mesmerizing sunset... there is another Shivaji temple at the top of the hill. usually, people go up there but we didn't go to the top point but just before that we found one amazing spot with just four of us...

It was like just four of us, glistening water of Mahi, a lonely boat far ahead just looking like a tiny dot, the vastness of the sky, the beautiful colors of the sunset, and the shining supermoon rising slowly just behind us...few moments in your life you will never forget and these moments are just like those for us...

So that was a perfect Sunday for us... from a morning trip to Bakor to an evening trip to Kadana...

To conclude, our soul was feeling the same just like the quote of my favorite author..."For every time I see the sky I am aware of belonging to the universe rather than to just one corner of the earth."- Ruskin Bond. And this is what I wrote after this amazing sunset and moonrise...

Circle

Circle

Round

Wheel

Dot

Bindu...

Whatever you say

Whatever you see

It makes things complete

It makes life complete

First thing that

Comes to my mind

The sun

Shining brightly and eternally

Without fail...

He doesn’t wait for anybody

He comes and he goes

Just like our circle...

Still, we find time

To see those dreamy events

Because those moments are

The momentum of this circle

We all admire the crescent moon

Gibbous moon steals our heart

But

When do you feel contempt

Like there is no other way around

The full moon

The moon spreading its light

So calmly into us

Seeking in our body and

Enlightening our every cell

Giving us the energy to fight for

Another month

Fight of survival

Circle of mother’s bindi

On the mirrors

Of bathroom and dressing

Clean mirrors without them

Can show a nice and good image

But what is nice and good

Without heartwarming emotion in them?

They make the mirror complete

They join us with her smile

With her memories...

A first circle drawn by my kids

I didn’t know you were supposed to draw

From left to right

Or the right to left

School taught them that

But with me

It was just balls and bindis

And poori and luchis

Maa said every girl should

Learn to make Roti

That is round

I thought why?

Why is that so?

Now I understand

It’s not roti that should be round

It’s her nature...

To keep balance...

To keep motion...

No Matter what happens

To her family

To herself

She should always come around

Just like this roti

It was her way of telling me

You can do anything

You will do any impossible thing

Just keep going

Just like a circle...

So you see

We love all circles

Be it roti or poori

Mother’s dreamy bindi

The sun and the moon

Circle of Raza’s paintings

To circle of

Captain America’s shield

Because all circles

Are you and me

Bindu. Dot. Spot

It doesn’t start

It doesn’t end

It’s eternal

Just like us...

It’s our consciousness

It’s our conscience

It is our energy

Because of it, there is harmony

Let’s celebrate the circle

Big like sun

Or small like dot

Because it is endless...

                          - Kajal