<title xml:lang="en" type="main">Jugalbandi Jameela Begum and P P Ajayakumar Typeset by C V Radhakrishnan Paintings by P P Ajayakumar Encoded by C V Radhakrishnan Sayahna Foundation River Valley Technologies Sayahna Foundation Trivandrum, India December 24, 2021
JWRA 34, Jagthy Trivandrum 695014 India

The text of the original item is copyrighted to Jameela Begum and the paintings to P P Ajayakumar. The text encoding and editorial notes were created and/or prepared by the Sayahna Foundation and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution By NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License  (cc by-nc-sa 4.0). Commercial use of the content is prohibited. Any reuse of the material should credit the copyright holders and the Sayahna Foundation and must be shared under the same terms.

 <title xml:lang="en" type="main">Jugalbandi ajayan-jameela-jugalbandi Jameela Begum and P P Ajayakumar 39 pages of source material Sayahna Foundation Trivandrum, India 2021 December English Poems and Paintings Jameela Begum Ajayakumar P P Jugalbandi Open Access Publishing English Sayahna Foundation Free Software TEI XML PDF HTML5 TeX digital delivery Trivandrum, India, India Jugalbandi Jameela Begum and Ajayakumar, P. P.
Tree of Life
Red, red champakka; oil on canvas painting by Ajayakumar, P. P. (2021)

Red, reddened chambakkas from honeyed flowers Red dropped rose apples string from tree to ground Branches loaded with the heaviness of juicy fruits Stand suspended in a dance of euphoric glee. Hands touch the shimmering polish of ripeness chamba Sever each from each, from branch and tree Sifting not the well formed from cankered ones Gathering all to fill baskets to relish or ditch. Hands tear down these red drops more than rain Raindrops leave behind the tears of the tree Tilling ground for sprouts to spring in the sun Making sure of a return though ruthlessly mangled. The red blossoming faces of children at play Each alike in their shout of joy, yet so different So differently moulded to weather the storms of life Some challenged in a society that takes little care. Hobbling on in fear of jeers and smites Lost happiness in life’s pursuits and narrow paths Knowing little that it makes all the difference Take refuge high above in whirls of dreams. The red drops of life on the ground Trampled and sucked in by slushy soil, wait Wait for another life to be born in fullness One to be lovingly prized and caressed.

—Jameela Begum

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Title:  Jugalbandi.

Author(s):  Jameela Begum and P P Ajayakumar.

First publication details:  Sayahna Foundation; Trivandrum, India; ; 2021 December.

Deafult language:  en, English.

Keywords:  Poems and Paintings, Jameela Begum, Ajayakumar P P, Jugalbandi, Open Access Publishing, English, Sayahna Foundation, Free Software, TEI XML, PDF, HTML5, TeX.

Digital Publisher:  Sayahna Foundation; JWRA 34, Jagthy; Trivandrum 695014; India.

Date:  December 24, 2021.

Credits:  The text of the original item is copyrighted to Jameela Begum and the paintings to P P Ajayakumar. The text encoding and editorial notes were created and/or prepared by the Sayahna Foundation and are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution By NonCommercial ShareAlike 4.0 International License  (cc by-nc-sa 4.0). Commercial use of the content is prohibited. Any reuse of the material should credit the copyright holders and the Sayahna Foundation and must be shared under the same terms.

Production history:  Typesetter:  C V Radhakrishnan; Paintings by:  P P Ajayakumar; Encoding:  C V Radhakrishnan.

Production notes:  The entire document processing has been done in a computer running gnu/linux operating system and TeX and friends. The pdf has been generated using XeLaTeX from TeXLive distribution 2021 using Ithal, an online framework for text formatting. The tei  (p5) encoded xml has been generated from the same LaTeX sources using LuaLaTeX. html version has been generated from the xml using xslt stylesheet (en-tei-html.xsl) developed by CV Radhakrkishnan in combination with the free home edition of Saxon processor for xslt v. 10.5.

Fonts:  The basefont used in pdf and html versions is Cormorant Garamond  developed by Christian Thalmann, a type designer based in Zurich, Switzerland. The title and headings are with Cormorant sc ; the catchline and the footer make use of Cormorant Upright developed by the same designer.

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