Blue the most common color of all
Blue the bottomless sea
Blue the topless sky
what are we
but a speck in the horizons of its infinite hand
Blue – maybe the color of god

his favorite color
like a two year old he splurged it all over
first dropping an entire bottle
to form the endless sea
then like a child who hadn’t had enough
smudging his hands with some
and painting it all over the canvas gleefully
lighter, marked with white where he couldn’t be bothered to fill
to create the never ending sky
Blue – the color of infinity
Blue – a confusing color
It’s the color of ‘refreshing’ in countless “toothpaste ads”
It’s the blood of royalty

And the color of the graceful Peacock
Its the color of depression,
and the color of feeling “low”
Blue the color of Indigo
The harbinger of India’s slavery
because that’s where it all started!
Blue the Indian team that many of us are so proud of
And yet its the game that came to us through defeat
Blue the color of poison that Shiv drank to save us

“The Neelkanth” – Blue – the color of the savior
Blue the color of “krishan” our beloved child god
And even of Ram, because we don’t wish to admit that he may have been dark
somehow its better to be Blue than dark
Blue for boy
So lauded in my society that
anything can be done to have one
Blue the color of death
because in the wish for ‘Blue’
the ‘Pinks’ die everyday
Blue – The color of nature, and God and misplaced hopes
Blue – the color that has me confused
This week’s photo challenge was “Blue” This post is my take on the color Blue and its many connotations
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wonderful take on the challenge.
and yes the contraversy between pink and blue – of who should survive is an interesting one…
but that also reminds me of “pink and blue – I love you” … used to hear that line often when I was in school 😀
that’s a nice line… never knew that in school! would have served wonderfully for those year end slam-books
Love this take on blue, gorgeous post and really interesting reading. Thanks for the pingback! I just put up another photo challenge and would love you to join in! Pass it on, everyone’s welcome. xxx Ailsa http://wheresmybackpack.com/2012/05/18/summer/
thanks ailsapm…. absolutely loved your bike photographs. will definitely post something on summer. soon ! glad u stopped by!
Hurrah, looking forward to your post 🙂 xoxo Ailsa
thanks ailsapm. loved your gorgeous photographs of bikes. Will definitely post something on summer soon. Glad you stopped by!
…an amazingly beautiful critical appreciation cum cross sectional study cum analytical dissection of ‘The Blue’! It’s my favorite color but all these wonderful aspects never struck me, Sapna, thanks a lot for sharing this great piece:)
…an amazingly beautiful critical appreciation cum cross sectional study cum analytical dissection of ‘The Blue’. It’s my favorite color, Sapna, but all these wonderful things never struck me! Thanks for sharing!
i love the heavy words you have used. And just in case you are wondering, i like blue too. Though I can never stick to one favorite colour, love a certain kind of purple, certain blues, some greens … u get the idea right! thanks for stopping
Thanks for the pingback and for taking the time out to include all these fabulous links! 🙂
my pleasure Myra! and yes, they are fabulous links! Glad u stopped by
A great selections of blues for the challenge. Thank you for the pingback.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
thank you ! appreciate the encouragement
Really interesting posts.This reminds me that oh…Blue is my favorite.it reminds me the depth it has.
I loved how you related the color with Shiva and Krishna.
blue is my favorite too… some shades of it! though i love too many colors and can never choose just one! glad u stopped by
Really interesting and unique take on this week’s challenge thing. Really nice post. 🙂
thanks arindam!
So many wonderful images of blue. Fabulous ….
thank you 🙂
Thanks for the pingback. I like the one you so thoroughly explored the idea/role of blue in life.
you’re welcome. The pleasure was all mine! most of them are awesome posts and worth sharing 🙂
Very nice “blue” post! Thanks for the pingback!
thanks for stopping 🙂
lovely post and thanks for the mention…just to let you know, this post was stuck in my spam box.
Have a great week!
Oh! Why would WordPress spam detector think I am spam….have never done nothing spam -ish in my life ! Lol! Thanks for stopping by
Beautiful photo collection, thanks for the pinkback
u’re most welcome. Glad u stopped by!
Wow… beautiful pictures. 🙂
Thnks!
thank you !! glad u liked them