Marketing Team
Friday, February 12, 2010
tryin' to be cockney ... yeh
Pallavi Narayan
tryin' to be cockney ... yeh
hah … so ya fancy yerself a poet?
well … lemme tell ya now
ya leerin' on de borders of time past
still … heh … what ya will
ya will be stuck dere
intimidated emaciated
bewildered into chaotic silence.
ya wonderin' how me know
all dose dere big woords?
accent, mate, accent …
jus' da bloddy refinement
peeks thru' the ol' visage.
de writin' world is dere
out in da middle of dat dere centre
‘n' ya stuck in here wid me in time past
in dis here periphery
of formal line ‘n' a progressive story.
don'cha know ya got no chance?
in dese here ruptures ‘n' dose dibisions
dese endless revisions
of how to mis-create creativity?
wazz dat? no definishuns?
den why ya hangin' dere
by a thread, when ya feel ya
can make it big instead?
don' worry … be happy ...
don' eat no bread, starve yer gullet
heh … here de world is bright ‘n' gay
here are alway days of may
come gader dese here daisies
string ‘em on yer lover's knee …
for ya need a lullabie
no one's gonna sing fer me …
me will neva make dat damn historee
Pallavi Narayan
fer me will neva be a great writer
‘cuz of dere darn standar's … heh …
ya won't a fit in … me tellin' ya
Tristram Twist
Hello everyone,
Listed below are Pallavi's poems that were published in Literary Paritantra (Systems): An International Journal on Literature and Theory, vol. 1, nos 3 & 4, Autumn, 2009. The home page of the site is http://www.literaryparitantra.com/LPHome.html.
It has taken a great deal of persuasion to make Pallavi agree for these to be put up on the blog. So, send in your comments and congratulations directly to her at pallavi.narayan@tandfindia.comShafina
Pallavi Narayan
Tristram Twist
T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G E N T L E M A N
Tarassei tous Anthropous ou ta Pragmata,
alla ta peri ton Pragmaton, Dogmata
V O L. I
THE THIRD EDITION
L O N D O N
Printed for R. and J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall.
M.DCC.LX.
Consider my life and opinions —
so Tristram said, and in his
autobiography we read a multiplicity
of Shandy dominions, one in
another's vicinity, chock-full
of digressions and Tristram's
visions and views of his family.
Walter Shandy looms large with
his Tristra-paedia, a halter
on the poor boy's educational growth,
one which he appears to have
overcome with élan, as we see
from the plan of the many
volumes of digressive-progressive
... what shall we call it — a novel,
a book, a hobby horse, a something
regressive, as were Uncle Toby's
military fortifications, urged on
by Trim, metaphors for conquering
nations in the clear eye of
Widow Wadman, who with a speck of dirt
real or pretended, captured Toby's
heart distended. However, easily
revoked the proposal, after the
long tussle over the exact location
of the ... hush, should I mention it,
for fear dainty ears will be offended.
Nay, it was the groin, which leads us
back to baby Tristram's whine when
circumcised by the sash of a window,
he wailed as loud as when the nose,
(which is, by the by, a phallic symbol)
was flattened by Slop's forceps, then
rebuilt with a bridge which mirrored
the seige Toby was involved in, the one
he didn't win. And Tristram, to flee
Death, traipsed over Europe, fled
the burgeoning number of Tristrams,
rejoiced in his blossoming wisdoms
at recognizing this phenomenon, and
before the fascination with my own
art gets to me, I'll here end
this tiny history, of fastidious
gallantry, a couple of blank pages,
Sterne's genius and the protagonist's
rising obsession with his own insanity.
For the mind is a maze, with several
false starts and stoppages, and may laze
on events we would most like to forget,
and muse on those that haven't occurred yet.
Tristram Shandy was written in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767 by Lawrence Sterne.
T H E
L I F E
A N D
O P I N I O N S
O F
TRISTRAM SHANDY,
G E N T L E M A N
Tarassei tous Anthropous ou ta Pragmata,
alla ta peri ton Pragmaton, Dogmata
V O L. I
THE THIRD EDITION
L O N D O N
Printed for R. and J. DODSLEY in Pall-Mall.
M.DCC.LX.
Consider my life and opinions —
so Tristram said, and in his
autobiography we read a multiplicity
of Shandy dominions, one in
another's vicinity, chock-full
of digressions and Tristram's
visions and views of his family.
Walter Shandy looms large with
his Tristra-paedia, a halter
on the poor boy's educational growth,
one which he appears to have
overcome with élan, as we see
from the plan of the many
volumes of digressive-progressive
... what shall we call it — a novel,
a book, a hobby horse, a something
regressive, as were Uncle Toby's
military fortifications, urged on
by Trim, metaphors for conquering
nations in the clear eye of
Widow Wadman, who with a speck of dirt
real or pretended, captured Toby's
heart distended. However, easily
revoked the proposal, after the
long tussle over the exact location
of the ... hush, should I mention it,
for fear dainty ears will be offended.
Nay, it was the groin, which leads us
back to baby Tristram's whine when
circumcised by the sash of a window,
he wailed as loud as when the nose,
(which is, by the by, a phallic symbol)
was flattened by Slop's forceps, then
rebuilt with a bridge which mirrored
the seige Toby was involved in, the one
he didn't win. And Tristram, to flee
Death, traipsed over Europe, fled
the burgeoning number of Tristrams,
rejoiced in his blossoming wisdoms
at recognizing this phenomenon, and
before the fascination with my own
art gets to me, I'll here end
this tiny history, of fastidious
gallantry, a couple of blank pages,
Sterne's genius and the protagonist's
rising obsession with his own insanity.
For the mind is a maze, with several
false starts and stoppages, and may laze
on events we would most like to forget,
and muse on those that haven't occurred yet.
Tristram Shandy was written in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767 by Lawrence Sterne.
Do we really know the wonders of this world, this life…?
By Rima Kar
Researcher-Europa World Directory Team
Now that's Determination!!
Hi Shafina,
I thought over what you said about my weight loss as an inspiration for the others.
At first I thought I will become a joke if I really did give my “before” and “after” pictures. But then to think of it, I realize that it is not a small thing and I should be proud of it. It is an inspiration to all those who give up and think certain things are impossible in life or are too late and difficult to achieve. I could do this in 6 months and I am sure this will be a pillar of inspiration to many others.
So here, I attach my before and after pictures.
Regards
Joan
The World Book Fair 2010
10 a.m. on Friday, 6 February 2010 at Gate No. 2, World Book Fair, New Delhi
The emptiness and peacefulness of the morning, while waiting for my colleagues on the day of my duty, provided me with a photograph of the gates juxtaposed against the sky, before the crowds started pouring in.
Pallavi Narayan
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Recreation Club
It gives me immense happiness to know that a whopping 100% people have voted in favour of the Recreation Club. Endeavours, such as these help us work collaboratively towards representing T & F India as a team. Great way to go!!
I am eagerly looking forward to the selection of the organizing committee for the club and hope to see a lot of activities in the coming year.
Shammi
Thursday, February 4, 2010
And the Winner is…..
It hasn’t been a very easy decision, choosing the best entries to be awarded for participation in the blog. I am extremely glad that the bog is a month old now and we had 28 robust entries doing rounds of the office in the month gone by. The younger lot is definitely more enthusiastic about writing and it has been a pleasure reading what they’ve had to say.
After having read and re-read all the entries, many times, I think it is only fair to first of all congratulate each one of you wholeheartely for participating in the blog and making it your own. As I was telling marketing, the two pre-decided awards, will not be able to justice to the range of creativity that you have exhibited. Therefore, in order to be fair to everyone, here goes who I think should be facilitated:
1. Best Picture Award: Goes to Marketing for the Go Green Poster that they have put up on the blog. It reiterates our commitment towards the environment and also showcases us an eco friendly publisher, managing paper from pulp supplied from sustainable managed forests. Congratulations!!
2. Most Interesting Read: Well, I’ll still say this, even at the cost of sounding biased, but I really liked what Disha wrote about her first job experience. We’ve all had these ‘cold feet’ moments but the way she upheld the company pride by talking to a hall full of veterans in IIC, beats every other read. And all that after Shafina told me how Disha had to be literally terrorized into writing. Congratulations Disha, way to go!!
3. Largest Number of Entries: Sangeeta Menon and Anjali Madan tie together for the largest number of entries. Congratulations to both!! Well Done!!
4. Sweetest Picture Ever: Definitely is Pankaj’s son telling us that she has finished all the milk powder dabbas!! A very sweet picture Pankaj, give our love to your son.
5. Special Award: For Nigel’s entry on 'What is Marketing'. The kick start and electric scooter do give us a worthwhile lesson.
Marketing seems to be the choice of January (well, its there birthday month). Two awards and Nigel's entry is also on Marketing!! I’ve also liked Rama’s article on Abraham Lincoln, Sanjay entry about my Journey in T & F, Sabiya Ashraf’s ‘Bhago Yahan se’, Sudhanshu Goyal’s entry on team work amongst many others.
Keep writing and keep connecting everyone!! February will see many more awards coming your way!!
P.S: You will have your prizes hand delivered in sometime!!
Shammi
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