Anubhooti

In this poetic discourse, Usha Shrivastava presents her thoughts on the bitter truth regarding the effects of praise and appreciation in people's lives.

Written and recited by:  Usha Shrivastava

English translation written by:  Priyamvada Shrivastava and Parul Khare

English translation recited by: Parul Khare

Episode art : Anjali Kant

Full Citation:

***This story has previously been published in:

Shrivastava, Usha.  Jeevan Jeena Ek Kala.  Gwalior.  Shivswarnakshar Design (India) November 2007.

This is a story of three children – Meenu, Banti and Nenu – who play on a sand dune near a garden.  There, following a violent storm, they learn about the circle of life and the connectedness of different beings in nature through dialogue with the petals of a rose.

Meant for:  Young children under age 10

Story written and recited by:  Usha Shrivastava

English translation written and recited by:  Priyamvada Shrivastava and Parul Khare 

Episode art painted by: Anjali Kant

Published in: 

Shrivastava, Usha. Beej Ban Gaye Phool. Gwalior. Shivswarnakshar Design (India) March 2008.

Shrivastava,Usha. "Ekta Ka Bandhan" Baccho Ka Desh August, 2001

In Afsos, an existential dilemma faced by a wooden flowerpot is explored.  This story personifies the destructive effects of deforestation and ensuing emotions from the point of view of what used to be a thriving part of a tree.

Written and recited by: Usha Shrivastava

English translation written by: Priyamvada Shrivastava & Parul Khare

English translation recited by: Parul Khare

***This story has previously been published in:  

Shrivastava, Usha.  Shabdh Vedana.  Gwalior.  Shivswarnakshar Design (India) November 2007.

To relish in the beauty of one’s own feelings is the hallmark of personal happiness and satisfaction for some and for others a way to add colour to their mundane existence.  I feel that by unlocking my experience, filling it up in my pen and etching it as words onto paper, I can manage to encourage people to reflect on their own existence.  Words are so powerful that Tulsi Daas’s wife, Ratanawali, could use them to ultimately inspire her husband to write the Ram Charitra Maanas - the epic poetic biography of Rama.  This epic is a grand example of how the glory of words is unmatchable.  This podcast is an innocent attempt to liberate my own experiences and associated anubhooti in the heart of society and to be heard.

When I turn and look back on this journey called life, I am reminded of the soft knocks of pen on paper - some told, some untold stories.  Today, as I try to untangle stories bound in dust-covered books through words engraved on their pages, I hear the characters in those stories call out to be liberated into this world.  Through them, I wish to express myself.  Obstacles will be ever-present, evolve and multiply as time goes by, but that shouldn’t stop me from fulfilling the promises I have made to those characters in my stories.  Grace to my father's blessing and the wisdom, voice and desire for expression that God bestowed upon me, I was able to write.  I will now reveal this experience to you.