Jacarandas are a Deep Shade of Blue
- Author: Johannes Manjrekar
- Publisher: Red River
- ISBN: 9789392494307
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This volume, selected and compiled by Nandini Manjrekar, exhibits what made Johannes Manjrekar one of India’s beloved haibun practitioners. The pieces collected here reveal Johannes’ mastery over the craft and his acute sense of observation, drawing from his love for photography.
Brevity releases language as darkness releases a star. Ernest Hemingway once said to an “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There are seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” When I first chanced upon the haibun and haiku of Johannes Manjrekar, in 2005, I was struck by how much was said in a few words, and by the simplicity and the directness of the language. On a different note, the idea of laya (a term used in Indian languages to mean tempo/speed) is not unique to music — it exists in raindrops, in the falling of the leaves, in the heartbeat, in the birth of a child, and in our breathing — laya means the flow of life and we can experience this in each of Johannes’s haibun. We are fortunate to have this beautiful book, Jacarandas are a Deep Shade of Blue, and my sincere thanks go to Nandini for making it a reality.
Brevity releases language as darkness releases a star. Ernest Hemingway once said to an “I always try to write on the principle of the iceberg. There are seven-eighths of it underwater for every part that shows.” When I first chanced upon the haibun and haiku of Johannes Manjrekar, in 2005, I was struck by how much was said in a few words, and by the simplicity and the directness of the language. On a different note, the idea of laya (a term used in Indian languages to mean tempo/speed) is not unique to music — it exists in raindrops, in the falling of the leaves, in the heartbeat, in the birth of a child, and in our breathing — laya means the flow of life and we can experience this in each of Johannes’s haibun. We are fortunate to have this beautiful book, Jacarandas are a Deep Shade of Blue, and my sincere thanks go to Nandini for making it a reality.
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