Author: Kanwal SibalPublisher: BloomsburyYear: 2016Language: EnglishPages: 205ISBN/UPC (if available): 9789385436673
Description
Snowflakes of Time, explores through poetry the world of international politics, the posturing and the hypocrisy, the tepid arguments and the poignant promises. Delving into treacherous waters Kanwal Sibal's expertise as a diplomat and his fortitude and sensitivity guide you through the cynicism of governance to glimpse at, perhaps, the vestiges of hope.An anthology tinged with nostalgia and replete with pensive reflections of the past, of wistful dreams and struggles that have remained obscure, is interspersed with a desire to convey in all honesty the vicious savage nature of the international for a and inspire the courage and determination to navigate it.'After the wintry landscapes of Russia painted with "thick strokes of a fervid brush", after exploring nostalgia and memory in "the still woods of the past", Kanwal Sibal alights on what should be his forte-international politics and the jiggery pokery that goes with it, the double standards of great powers and the hypocrisy. As a very senior diplomat the ruminations towards the latter half of the book are his strength. They are honest reactions straight from the heart: You find in international life that double standards are most rife. However much you rant and rail It simply is of no avail. That you should seek equality Is seen as a frivolity. If you are weak and they are strong E'en if you're right, you will be wrong.’ ==== Keki N. Daruwalla
Contents
ContentsPreface MOSCOW MUSINGS Snowflakes of Time Asleep in February Snow Over St. Basil Death of Winter The Winter's Story The Snow Flake's Journey Meditation within White Walls The Winter's Secret Tiny Deltas or Wood The Car Ride MEMORIES The Torch of Nostalgia Echoes of Time The Reverie The Woodpecker of Time Sepia Prints The Slide Show Memories Unbound Awakening Memories No Words to His Song Lens with Dust " The Finger Tips of Memory The Desert Within Distance Coping with Memories Matter of Mind Memories Ice Thunder in Paris The Heart of Memory Waiting for the Refill REFLECTIONS Bubbles that Burst The Tapestry No Road Ahead The Crow on the Balcony The Paper The Mirror Moisture in the Eye Distracted Seeds of Creation Corridors Out of Depth A Piece of Driftwood NATURE'S BOND Sakhalin The Sky in Him The Mountain Climber The Universe in Him Tsunami The Peak and I Swimming in Pools of Light The Plant in Him ~ The Ocean's Roar The Distress Call The Leaf in the Gust The Earth's Moods and I Summer Heat Sing Me not Songs of' Summer The View The Rain The Sun's First Ray The Tree DILEMMAS The Greenest Wood The Failed Journey The Train The Fence The Uncertain Journey Short Circuit Forever at the Fork Turning Point Unfinished Sheets The Wall Bar Too High He and the Shadow CATHARSIS Stringed Music The Lamp-Post Misery at Cross- Roads The Raga HUMOUR Multipolarity Multipolarity Bis - Negotiation - Indian Style Double Standards Kneeling for Diplomatic Slaughter The Birkin Bag Counting 123 Or the Cookery Deal The Politician Enlightened Moderation Or Moderate Enlightenment The Pet Two NationsOh! Sonia Dear Bhutto's Nightmare Unearthly Politics: Jupiter to the Rescue The Houdini Act Getting Ready [or Combat Washed Out Session Agenda for a True NationalistPLAYFUL To Your Health Nine is not a Magical Number Rekshus Black The Dolls: A Poem for My Daughter Two Mysteries Resolved Trip to the Sinai: For My Daughter Playing with Straight Bat Letters Perfumed
