Woo Hoo!

When Donna gave us the humble DQ pano-format books,

our CD journey began on 10 November 2011. 

We mark our 500 days milestone today.

Mainly thanks to Dinesh (and Rajni Saar), 

this CD journey has been a wonderful daily fix.

This isnt easy at all to keep at it, 

so all the credit goes to him and him only.

(well, impossible is possible when rajni saar is involved)

Also thanks to Sridhar Sir and Charu being regulars 

(among others) who have kept the fun going.

I can only wish that we draw daily 

and share with other ChummaDrawers

(with or without the nice comments) :P

Cheers to ChummaDraw...Hip Hip Hooray!

500_Five Hundred!

Today's topic is Five Hundred!  :D

ChummaDraw celebrates the 500th unbroken Post today!!! :D

Every single daily topic has been illustrated by at least one fabulous ChummaDrawer, and every single day has been a journey of delightful creativity! And so, to ALL the incredibly talented and committed ChummaDrawers, a HUGE THANKS for sharing your uniquely creative talents through this forum, and inspiring joy, happiness and daily smiles on the faces of millions across the world!! :)))

Cheers to CD, and here's looking forward to the 1000 Milestone!
 
Happy Drawing :)

Dont Play with me!

fire in my belly

499_Fire

Today's topic is Fire.  
 
As soon go kindle fire with snow, as seek to quench the fire of love with words.
~ William Shakespeare

Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
~ Buddha
 
Someday, after mastering the winds, the waves, the tides and gravity, we shall harness for God the energies of love, and then, for a second time in the history of the world, man will have discovered fire.
~ Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Happy Drawing :)

Waterfall

Droplet

The precious droplet..

save water

Save Water,Save Life,Save for the future!

498_World Water Day

Today's topic is World Water Day.  For more on World Water Day, see HERE.
 
Water is the driving force of all nature.
~ Leonardo da Vinci

Happy Drawing :)

Poem : Wind chime!

Sketch to follow soon

Poem:

Sing o chime
for the wind to carry your song
through the ear to the heart!

ekla chalo rey

This beautiful poem By legendary poem by Rabindranath Tagore inspires me a lot

যদি তোর ডাক শুনে কেউ না সে তবে একলা চলো রে।
একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো, একলা চলো রে॥
যদি কেউ কথা না কয়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি সবাই থাকে মুখ ফিরায়ে সবাই করে ভয়—
তবে পরান খুলে
ও তুই মুখ ফুটে তোর মনের কথা একলা বলো রে॥
যদি সবাই ফিরে যায়, ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি গহন পথে যাবার কালে কেউ ফিরে না চায়—
তবে পথের কাঁটা
ও তুই রক্তমাখা চরণতলে একলা দলো রে॥
যদি আলো না ধরে ওরে ওরে ও অভাগা,
যদি ঝড়-বাদলে আঁধার রাতে দুয়ার দেয় ঘরে-
তবে বজ্রানলে
আপন বুকের পাঁজরা জ্বালিয়ে নিয়ে একলা জ্বলো রে।।

Open thy mind walk alone
Be not afraid, walk alone
Jodi tor đak shune keu na ashe tôbe êkla cholo re
Jodi tor đak shune keu na ashe tôbe êkla cholo re
Tôbe Êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo re
Tôbe Êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo, êkla chôlo re
Open thy mind walk alone
Be not afraid, walk alone

 http://www.lyricsmint.com/2012/02/ekla-cholo-re-lyrics-song-kahaani.html#ixzz2OALB0S46

[edit]Romanization of Bengali (Bengali phonemic transcription)

(Jodi tor daak shune keu naa se tobe ekla cholo re
Tobe ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo, ekla cholo re)2

Jodi keu kothaa naa koye, ore ore o abhaagaa, keu kothaa na koye
(Jodi shobai thaake mukh phiraaye shobai kore bhoye)2
Tobe poraan khule (o tui mukh phute tor moner kothaa, eklaa bolo re)2

Jodi shobai phire jaaye, ore ore o abhaagaa, shobai phire jaaye
(Jodi gohan pothe jaabaar kaale keu phir naa chaaye)2
Tobe pothera kaantaa (o tui rokto maakhaa choronatole eklaa dolo re)2

Jodi aalo naa dhore, ore ore o abhaagaa, aalo na dhore
(Jodi jhor-baadole aadhaara raate duyaar deye ghore)2
Tobe bajraanole (aapon buker paajor jaaliye niye ekalaa jolo re)

My Khanapur Days

497_World Poetry Day

Today's word is World Poetry Day.

Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion; it is not the expression of personality, but an escape from personality. But, of course, only those who have personality and emotions know what it means to want to escape from these things.
~ T. S. Eliot

 
Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.
~ Plutarch


Always be a poet, even in prose.
~ Charles Baudelaire


Any healthy man can go without food for two days - but not without poetry.
~ Charles Baudelaire


I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything.
~ Steven Wright


Happy Drawing :)

Girl Power!

I m a princess

I am a Princess.

I am brave sometimes. I am scared sometimes. Sometimes, I am brave even when I am scared.

I believe in loyalty and trust. I believe loyalty is built on trust.

I try to be kind. I try to be generous. I am kind even when others are not so generous.

I am a Princess.

I think standing up for myself is important. I think standing up for others is more important. But standing with others is most important.

I am a Princess.

I believe compassion makes me strong. Kindness is power. And family is the tightest bond of all.

I have heard I am beautiful. I know I am strong.

I am a Princess. Long may I reign.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Luarizl2vmc

Madhu

496_Girl

Today's word is Girl.

“A girl should be two things: who and what she wants.”
― Coco Chanel

“Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere.”
― Mae West, Wit & Wisdom of Mae West  

Happy Drawing :)

boy

my boys:)

BOY..my first 'portrait' trial

My older boy.....i know hes going to stop talking to me for a week at least for  this !

The younger one might still spare me !

A young boy

495_Boy

Today's word is Boy.

A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
~ Robert Frost 


Happy Drawing :)

Toy

This is an old illustration of a doll that I did for a story in Deccan Herald Open Sesame, 2009.

My son's Toy

Ishaan calls it Meme..........

Toys....' the generation gap'  exists here too!

A special one for our Son!

Created this one with my Mouse as my Wacom is suddenly not working... :(

494_Toy

Today's word is Toy.

To a child, often the box a toy came in is more appealing than the toy itself.
~ Allen Klein 

Happy Drawing :)

budget holiday!!

How many Holidays?

This Calendar is for real. In Oct 2012 there were 10 holidays!! I did this joke then.

493_Holiday

Today's word is Holiday.

Every holiday on the calendar, I check in a hotel and fast - I don't eat, I don't drink, I don't talk.
~ Dick Gregory


A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.
~ George Bernard Shaw 

Happy Drawing :)

PARTY!!

party in summer v watermelon

Party Hopper?

492_Party

Today's word is Party!

I believe that if life gives you lemons, you should make lemonade... And try to find somebody whose life has given them vodka, and have a party.
~ Ron White 

Happy Drawing :)

Thank God Its Friday....

All i could think of is this........!!!

When thoughts mismatch!

Friends, I have also cleared the back log of 2 days i.e. 13 and 14th March. Pl see them if you find time.

woohoo it's friday

491_Thank God it's Friday!

Today's word is Thank God it's Friday!

Make each day of the week like Friday and your life will take on new enthusiasm.
~ Byron Pulsifer

Today's topic was suggested by Akhila.   

Happy Drawing :)

490_Plucked Chicken

There once was a plucked chicken

Who was strangely stricken

To see

A pretty

Girl with the cut "Plucked Chicken'!

I plucked and got plucked!

490_Plucked Chicken

Today's word is Plucked Chicken.

"She recently got a haircut, and now she looks like a plucked chicken!"
~ Anonymous

Today's topic was suggested by Akhila.   

Happy Drawing :)

Why so?

Feasting

Today's word is my kinda thing. Had a ready image too. So here it is.

This is a picture of a fabulous feast of my first ever Tibetan meal at a restaurant called Yeti at Hauz Khas village during my recent visit to Delhi in January this year.

489_Feasting

Today's word is Feasting.

“Strange to see how a good dinner and feasting reconciles everybody.”
~ Samuel Pepys

Happy Drawing :)

Fast..Fast!

Fasting...

488_Fasting

Today's word is Fasting.

“The best of all medicines is resting and fasting”
~ Benjamin Franklin 

Happy Drawing :)

shiva

Shiva- dancing god

487_Shiva

Today's word is Shiva.

The dance of Shiva symbolizes the dancing universe itself, expressed in the ceaseless flow of energy going through an infinite variety of patterns that melt into one another.

~ Diarmuid O'Murchu


"This is the gist of all worship: to be pure and to do good to others. He who sees Shiva in the poor, in the weak, and in the diseased, really worships Shiva. And if he sees Shiva only in the image, his worship is but preliminary. He who has served and helped one poor man seeing Shiva in him, without thinking of his caste or creed or race or anything, with him Shiva is more pleased than with the man who sees Him only in temples"

~ Swami Vivekananda

Happy Drawing :)

Evil eye or evil intention!

486_Devil

Today's word is Devil.

The devil has put a penalty on all things we enjoy in life. Either we suffer in health or we suffer in soul or we get fat.
~ Albert Einstein

Happy Drawing :)

Little Angel

angel kid

The Divine Messenger

a

485_Angel

Today's word is Angel.

I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
~ Michelangelo 

Happy Drawing :)

Happy women's day

"The story of women's struggle for equality belongs to no single feminist nor to any one organization but to the collective efforts of all who care about human rights" Gloria Steinem

Some successful women of today....

484_International Women's Day

Today's word is International Women's Day.

For the kickass women of the world.
Those that are, and those that are growing up to be.

The daughters. The mothers. The sisters.
The fribblings – friends like siblings.
The wives. The girlfriends.
The aunts. The nieces.
The grand-somethings.
The young uns. The teens.
The women in your life.
Who love, lose, cry.
Laugh, heal, thrive.
Nurture. Create.

You.Are.Amazing.
As.you.are.

Stronger than you know.
More beautiful than you think.
Worthier than you believe.
More loved than you can ever imagine.
Passionate about making a difference.
Fiery when protecting those you love.
Learning. Growing. Not alone.
Warm. Giving. Generous.
Quirky. Sexy. Funny. Smart.
Flawed. Whole. Scared. Brave.
And so, so, so.much.more.

Be Strong. Be Confident. Be You.

~ Tia Sparkles Singh, 2011

Happy Drawing :)

Water Crisis in Blore? Follow my example then!

483_Camel

Today's word is Camel.

I tell you the truth, it is hard for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven. Again I tell you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven.
~ Jesus Christ 

Happy Drawing :)

Health is Wealth!

482_Wealth

Today's word is Wealth.

It is only when the rich are sick that they fully feel the impotence of wealth.
~ Benjamin Franklin

If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
~ Socrates

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness.
~ Thomas Jefferson

He is richest who is content with the least, for content is the wealth of nature.
~ Socrates 

Happy Drawing :)

Health is Wealth!

Just Saying

481_Health

Today's word is Health.

A healthy attitude is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier.
~ Tom Stoppard 

Happy Drawing :)

What nonsense!

Be who you are!

480_Dr. Seuss

Today's word is Dr Seuss, whose birthday was on 2nd March.

I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living, it's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Which is what I do, and that enables you to laugh at life's realities.
~ Dr. Seuss 

Happy Drawing :)