Eclectic Musings by Ranga Sitaram

POEM: ಜನುಮ ಗುರಿ – Life’s legacy

February 21, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

PAINTING: Watercolor on 20 x 16 ‘’ artist’s paper. ಅಪ್ಪನ ಕೂಡೆ Wakey, wakey my childಶಾಲೆಗೆ ಹೋಗುವ For it is timeಹೊತ್ತು ಆಯಿತು To go to schoolಏಳು

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GLIMPSES OF AMSTERDAM…

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

With my old faithful Rolleiflex TLR 3.5F

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GLIMPSES OF MEMPHIS

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

With my old faithful Rolleiflex TLR 3.5F

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POEM: The Moveable Feast

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

Ranga Sitaram ——————————- Have you stopped to lookup At those ever forming and deforming clouds? . Are you not awe-struck by millions Of those puffy

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POEM: ODE TO DOSA

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

Ranga Sitaram ——————————- The sudden surge of saliva That seethes in and suffuses The South Indian tongue And blurts the Dravidian speech At the the

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY NAYANTARA

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

Kannada Poem ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ನಮ್ಮ ಮುದ್ದಿನ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಅಚ್ಚು ಮೆಚ್ಚಿನ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಹುಟ್ಟು ಹಬ್ಬದ ಹರ್ಷ ತಾರಾ II . ಕಣ್ಣು ಕಾಂತಿಯ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ತೀಕ್ಷ್ಣ ಮೂಗಿನ ತುಂಟಿ ಬಾರಾ ಕೇಶ ರಾಶಿಯು ಹಾಸಿ ಹರಡುವ ಚುರುಕು ಮಾತಿನ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ II . ಹುರುಪು ಮನಸಿನ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ತ್ವರಿತ ಚುರುಕಿನ ಸಿರಿಯಾ ತಾರಾ ತುಂಟು ಮಾತಿನ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಕೋಪ ಬಂದರೆ ತುಂಬಾ ಖಾರಾ II . ಅನೇಕ ಭಾಷೆಯ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಅತಿ ಪ್ರತಿಬೆಯ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಹಾಡಿ ನಟಿಸುವ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಹುಟ್ಟಿಸುವ ನಯನ ತಾರಾ II . ಎಲ್ಲೇ ಹೋಗಲಿ ಅಲ್ಲೇ ಬೆಳಗುವ

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POEM: SULTANS OF SHAVE

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

THE SULTANS OF SHAVE – Ranga Sitaram ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Here you let go and sit back, For you are in the sure hands Of

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POEM: THE BATON PASSED …

February 16, 2022 Ranganatha Sitaram

The baton passed … Ranga Sitaram . There they walked On the winding straats That ran side by side With the grachten fast, Lying levels Below the sea,

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POEM: The luscious pulchritude

November 26, 2021 Ranganatha Sitaram

– Ranga Sitaram Painting: Watercolor on Paper, 16×20 inches each. The luscious pulchritude That once with vivacity shone, Withers with inevitable age And loses its

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POEM: OH, COME! TAKE ME FOR A WALK.

November 26, 2021 Ranganatha Sitaram

Painting: Oil on canvas, 18×24 inches, Palette Knife Painting. – Transcribed as heard from our Golden Retriever ¨Brezel¨. Oh, come! Take me for a walk.

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POEM: Unchain your mind

November 26, 2021 Ranganatha Sitaram

PAINTING; The Dream World Series. Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16. (Painted in the surrealist tradition). Unchain your mind, Fall into a magical slumber, Lurch

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POEM: STOPPING BY THE WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING

November 26, 2021 Ranganatha Sitaram

Poet: Robert Frost, Kannada Translation: Ranga Sitaram ಕವಿ: ರಾಬರ್ಟ್ ಪ್ರಾಸ್ಟ್, ಕನ್ನಡ ತರ್ಜುಮೆ: ರಂಗನಾಥ ಸೀತಾರಾಮ್ Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is

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ರಮೇಸಪ್ಪ ನಂ ಗುಲಗಂಜಿ

April 19, 2017 Ranganatha Sitaram

ಅಸಲಿ ಕವಿ: ಟಿ. ಪಿ. ಕೈಲಾಸಮ್ ನಕಲಿ ಕವಿ: ಆರ್. ಎಸ್. ತರಲೇಸಮ್ (ರಂಗ ಸೀತಾರಾಮ್) ಸಂಗೀತ ಸಂಯೋಜನೆ: ವಾಣಿ ತರಲೇಸಮ್ —- ನೋಡಿವ್ರ ನಂ ರಮೇಸಪ್ಪಾ ಕೋಟಿಗೊಬ್ಬ ರಮೇಸಪ್ಪಾ ‍ಅವನ್ ಪದ ಆಡಿದ್ರೆ

Family Videos

April 19, 2017 Ranganatha Sitaram

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