{"id":3418,"date":"2024-11-05T22:25:03","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T22:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/?page_id=3418"},"modified":"2025-06-12T22:40:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T22:40:08","slug":"homecoming","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/afflatuscreations.com\/index.php\/homecoming\/","title":{"rendered":"HOMECOMING\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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HOMECOMING\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>
October – December 2024<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>

Abha Vishwakarma<\/p>

We celebrate your homecoming today<\/p>

your return to Ayodhya Ram<\/p>

fourteen faraway years<\/p>

arduous, onerous, gruelling and grinding<\/p>

was not plain sailing<\/p>

without you and Ma Sita.<\/p>

I look around<\/p>

everywhere and anywhere<\/p>

my eyes can lay hold of<\/p>

to have a glimpse of you<\/p>

amidst the gleaming and glowing diyas<\/p>

of amber, fire, gold, mustard and honey.<\/p>

The resplendent air<\/p>

is fragrant with the myriad shades<\/p>

of colourful outfits<\/p>

of singing and dancing<\/p>

of joy and jubilance.<\/p>

I see you in a pensive mood<\/p>

your looks forlorn and lost<\/p>

with your encompassing smile intact<\/p>

your confidant and consort<\/p>

Sita beside you.<\/p>

You must be<\/p>

wondering and contemplating<\/p>

reasoning and ruminating<\/p>

is the greed for throne<\/p>

so expensive?<\/p>

so insecure?<\/p>

and so parochial?<\/p>

I see your silent, dedicated follower<\/p>

Laxman behind you<\/p>

a brother par excellence<\/p>

a friend in need and deed.<\/p>

But Urmila awaits answers<\/p>

to her questions<\/p>

of pain, of sorrow, of loneliness and grief<\/p>

to her questions<\/p>

of her fourteen long years of exile<\/p>

devoid of his companionship and LOVE.<\/p>

I wonder,<\/p>

will the millions of illuminated lamps<\/p>

replenish her lost years!<\/p>

KRISHNA\u2026.<\/strong><\/h3>

Abha Vishwakarma<\/p>

Krishna!<\/p>

I become the whirling and dancing ‘dervish’<\/p>

when your fingers move fervently<\/p>

on the seven holes<\/p>

of the bamboo BANSURI<\/p>

deftly, proficiently and dexterously.<\/p>

I become me, myself<\/p>

in consonance and congruence<\/p>

with your melodious tune<\/p>

as they enrobe, enwrap and clothe<\/p>

the expansive azure sky.<\/p>

I dabble, dampen and immerse<\/p>

my soiled, sullied and tainted robe<\/p>

in your notes and chords<\/p>

in your presence and attendance<\/p>

and step on your footprints<\/p>

to feel, perceive and sense<\/p>

the Krishna in me.<\/p>

I am reborn on JANMASTAMI<\/p>

I become Gopal, Gopi and Govind<\/p>

I emerge as your flute, your song, your music<\/p>

I put on your dark complexion to become SHYAM<\/p>

and wear your mysterious yet innocent smile.<\/p>

Tonight,<\/p>

I am ecstatic, euphoric and elated<\/p>

in the incessant, unremitting rain<\/p>

did you transmute and mutate<\/p>

as RADHA or MEERA<\/p>

for me Krishna!<\/p>

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Abha Vishwakarma<\/strong> is an Assistant Professor at Arka Jain University in Jamshedpur, with over 35 years of teaching experience. A Fulbright scholar, she specialized in teaching methodologies at Kent State University, Ohio, in 2012. Vishwakarma has earned numerous awards including the ‘Pratibha Samman Award’ and ‘Teacher Of the Year Award’. She has authored a chapter in the book Promoting Active Learning Through The Integration of Mobile and Ubiquitous Technologies and has contributed articles to various academic publications. Her poetry has appeared in national dailies, academic collections, and has been featured on All India Radio.<\/p>

Contact:<\/p>

Address: 168 New Baradwari, Sakchi, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand \u2013 831001<\/p>

Mobile: 9835147926<\/p>

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