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Sis Presta
I mixed up and replied to some in your blog. How I yearn your rains, it hovering on 113F here. But then aren't we tough desert people? Ha ha
. It is the princely state of Rajasthan, raja is king, sthaan is place. The ancients were the proud warrior breed, the elegance and bravery can be seen on their handsom tall and bony structured ambience. Just to feed you on snippets 
for the sun.
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anib
on May 8, 2017 at 12:54 AM
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Aha, so I understand more now. Thank you, guru bhai or is it bhai guru? And what about upper case and lower case? LOL! 
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Sea_Gypsy
on May 7, 2017 at 11:59 PM
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Thank you, bhai. I love learning this new terminology and words in Hindi.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 7, 2017 at 11:57 PM
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Re: sis sam
Seeing you after quite a while. He did have his negative side and quite a chequered one at that. But his brilliance stood apart. They all come in varieties; human beings after all. Thank you for your fine encouragements.
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anib
on May 7, 2017 at 9:06 PM
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Re: Annicita
Good that you find the picture inspiring. Thanks.
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anib
on May 7, 2017 at 9:02 PM
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A truly magnificent poem and equally magnificent explanation! I love his work but am not a fan per se due to his attitude toward women. Many of his songs, sonnets and elegies belittle women. They are depicted as ugly, inconstant and deceitful! However there are poems of his as well that portray women for intellectual and emotional vitality! But, there's more negative than positive! Your Sis
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sam444
on May 7, 2017 at 2:06 PM
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the picture is inspiring
posted by
Annicita
on May 7, 2017 at 12:36 PM
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In India, we have a separate name for all relatives as to their address. Likewise, sil, mil, uncle, aunt, are not so exact, is it father's sis, or mom's, the names are separate. For the relation's address to be correctly defined there are dozens of addresses. These are especially known to ladies, because they have to deal with all kinds of relations.
posted by
anib
on May 6, 2017 at 10:32 PM
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Thank you my sis, Presta. This, I am going to cherish as a treasure. Bhai is denoted for younger bro, whereas bhaiya for the elder. Similarly, behen is for younges sis, and didi for elder. By that token you are my didi and I your bhai. I'll share with you whatever I can within my capability.
posted by
anib
on May 6, 2017 at 10:23 PM
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As I am honored to be you shisya, Guru Bhai, or is it Guru Bhaiyya/guru bhaiyya? Yes, you certainly may address me as big sis. I think what you have said about learning, is simply beautifully poetic, gathering droplets... Let it rain benevolent knowledge upon me then.LOL! I need all the help I can get. My thanks, brother. Bhai/bhaiyya. Guru.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 6, 2017 at 9:52 PM
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And so am I honoured to be your guru bhai. It must, I surmise, have been there in the offing. Can I address you as my big sis, Presta? i am so glad that my posts have raised your appetite to learn more of Donne's poems. I can see you as one in my class. Many thanks, SisPres, Lol 
To be gathering droplets of knowledge is to be like being out-in-the-open in a raining benevolence. I
posted by
anib
on May 6, 2017 at 1:07 AM
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Re: Re: Doesn't Shisya, sound like sister, which you are to me, Presta.
The word for Bro is Bhai, or better, Bhaiyya. In Hindi 'Shiksa' means 'education'.
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anib
on May 6, 2017 at 12:55 AM
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I'd be pleased and honored to be a Shisya of yours, Guru Aba. And Donne is one person whom I would enjoy learning more about. So many, so much to know, I can only gather droplets of knowledge. Thank you.
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Sea_Gypsy
on May 6, 2017 at 12:55 AM
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Re: Doesn't Shisya, sound like sister, which you are to me, Presta.
Yes, it does sound like that. Thank you. What's the word for brother? I first thought you had written "Shiksa," a Yiddish word. :) It's funny because that almost also could fit me.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 6, 2017 at 12:49 AM
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Re: Kabu
You add oxygen to my blood by becoming breathless at my 'brilliance', hahaha... Just jokin', you are of course one of my biggest sources of encouragement. Thank you ma'am so very much you too.
posted by
anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:54 PM
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Yes, my Presta dear, you sure know much better than the phone predictor's skills of punctuation, Lol n that was so sweet!
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:49 PM
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Re: Amanda
Thanks for reading and commenting. I'm glad my piece on Donne made you happy.
posted by
anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:42 PM
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Re: very true, FSI
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:40 PM
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Re: FSI
That was a good one, GM.
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:39 PM
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Re: Anib
Dear GM, I have always felt a special affinity for rogues and heretics. John Dryden, to some degree as an insouciant supporter of Charles Ii, Francis Bacon the brilliant essayist as a shrewd and self-aggrandising politician, to some extent Milton too, who, the critic Ben Jonson held as one big reason Gid, Joan of Arc - a heretic in GB Shaw's book by the same title, and there are numerous others, so I like you too 
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:37 PM
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it was indeed a powerful experience and experiment for Donne. Yes, powerful enough to cast fear in the minds of his contemporaries. Thanks, Sir.
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:20 PM
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‰it was indeed a powerful experience and experiment for Donne. Yes, powerful enough to cast fear in the minds of his contemporaries. Thanks, Sir.
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:20 PM
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Doesn't Shisya, sound like sister, which you are to me, Presta.
posted by
anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:17 PM
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Re: Hello, Shisya (a student) Presta
He was a brilliant metaphysical poet of the seventeenth century. If you have liked him so much, can I give some more of his poems. Each has a twist of his thoughts that are unique only to him. Like for example, holding his beloved's hand parleying with each other without talking, and Valediction, forbidding mourning. I quite enjoy the variety and his flights of thoughts, amalgamating with the newer adolescenct scientific discoveries of his time. In case I do, I'm sure you would like these too. Thanks, I'd like to fancy myself as a guru, but then this is my profession and pleasure, too.
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anib
on May 5, 2017 at 9:15 PM
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how well you descibe and explain every word in a poem. truly you leave me breathless. I mean I 'got' the poem but could never relay to another as you have here. i so admire your brilliance.
I felt so sad for the poet that he does not have my gentle Faith. So sad that he is overpowered by the doctrine of a church determined to keep people within it's power with fear. My God is a God of love and forgiveness who created me knowing full well I would transgress and be filled at times with doubts.
posted by
Kabu
on May 5, 2017 at 12:38 PM
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FSI
That was a quick response to my comment.... are you saying that John Donne was not a rogue and heretic like me, or that I am not a poet like John Donne?? On the latter point, you are right on!!!
posted by
GoldenMean
on May 5, 2017 at 9:30 AM
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Donne wrote so eloquently a beautiful reminder of the gift that His grace truly is.
posted by
Amanda__
on May 5, 2017 at 6:17 AM
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There will never be another like John Donne.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on May 5, 2017 at 5:29 AM
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Anib
A passionate poem, indeed. I never heard of John Donne, so I read up on him. He was quite a rogue, marrying secretly and being put in prison for it, for a while. Even the minister who did the ceremony was put in prison, LOL. Don wrote a heretical poem in defense of suicide. He was lucky he did not catch the attention of an Inquisitor, if any were still around at that time. He was definitely a rogue and a heretic..... like me...... so I like him!! Cheers 
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GoldenMean
on May 5, 2017 at 5:21 AM
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Re: Aba
Excuse phone predictor's errors in punctuation. :) I do know better. lol.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 5, 2017 at 12:30 AM
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Aba
Oh, how I did enjoy reading all of your post! Donne is so fascinating to me, so talented. But first, to me, the 'three-person'd God,' I took to mean by Donne, the Trinity Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Being brought up a Catholic, he would have considered this aspect of Christianity. His mind, so bright, so tormented, was surely a beacon in its day. His life is interesting; his work, to me, still speaks it's relevance. This is just an example of a man bright enough to know he doesn't know all he would like, and is deeply troubled by that. His poetry and skill are wonderful. Thank you, Guru Aba, for allowing us to renember to learn.
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on May 5, 2017 at 12:28 AM
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Yet again a good explanation. The poem is enough to cast fear into the poor souls who read it at that time. I suppose one had to qualify human attributes as those of a God for a reader of that time to feel a subtle closeness to such a powerful experience.
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C_C_T
on May 5, 2017 at 12:26 AM
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Aba
Oh, how I did enjoy reading all of your post. Donne is so fascinating to me. But first, to me, the 'three-personed God' I took to mean
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Sea_Gypsy
on May 5, 2017 at 12:18 AM
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