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triveni spotlight: 1st February 2025

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triveni spotlight A FEATURE EVERY ALTERNATE DAY hosts: Anju Kishore and Mohua Maulik GUEST EDITOR: Arvinder Kaur

1st February 2025


triveni spotlight February 2025



strawberry picking

the hallelujah chorus

note by note



Kat Lehmann Blount

Kingfisher 2, 2020

 


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Red is the colour of life. It is also the colour of death. In fact, we encounter ‘red’ in so many ways all through our lives. It incorporates passion and particularly in the month of February, we resort to ‘red’ to say the unsaid. It does the talking on Valentine’s Day, be it the colour of the rose you choose, the heart shaped balloon or just a dress that confesses or confirms your love status. It is also the colour of devotion. In India, red being the colour of celebration, it is associated with a bride. The red dot on the forehead symbolises the marital status of a woman. Again, red bangles acquire special significance for many women in India. It acquires another dimension of beauty when this hue spreads on the horizon.


In fact, the mystery of red is intriguing. I was curious to know the dialectics of its meaning through the eyes of our haijin all over the world. I have been overwhelmed by the response. As you read the poems through February you can check it out for yourself.


Wishing you happy Valentine’s Day and all the celebrations of life.  


Ciao!



Arvinder Kaur 



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Thank you for being our next guest editor, Arvinder. We look forward to a vibrant February.


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joanna ashwell
joanna ashwell
7 days ago

A beautiful ku to begin this feature of red, thank you for sharing.

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The colour red is also for hunger. My father's own restaurant wasn't the only one that had red as a dominant colour, just as the Berni Inn chain in the past, and other chains past and present used this and still use aspects of it successfully.


Some of the colors that make people feel hungry include: Red:

This color can trigger numerous emotions, the first being passion.

However, it's also an attention grabber and stimulates the appetite.–27 Dec 2023

How Fast-Food Chains Utilize Color - HunterLab


Red is the most stimulating colour for our appetite, linked to the body's natural response that increases heart rate and blood pressure. It also speeds up body's metabolism and create a sense of excitement…


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Absolutely! Red is open to so many interpretations.

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