‘Riding With the Silver Wolf’: Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha’s poems renew belief in love and stories
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What can we gift our future generations?
We can gift them love, the ability to trust, the belief to love, and the courage to take on challenges.
That’s exactly what Riding With the Silver Wolf, a collection by Bindiya Bedi Charan Noronha, does.
Each poem tells a story of hope, and should Noronha choose to write fiction, I suspect she’d do a great job at it. The collection starts with a sweet memory of her mother singing Sukhmani, a prayer. In “My Mother’s Song”, she writes,
“Ignorant of its wisdom,
I hummed along.”
Songs of hope
We often do not realise when a moment becomes a precious memory. We are oblivious to their value, and do not seem to recall them till a difficult time falls upon us. The wisdom, often embedded in these memories, emerges thus
“Casting aside the murmurs of doubt,
I sing the Sukhmani and soar –
A flying crane,
Rising above the flames.”
The intent of being hopeful, which I cannot say is on purpose or unconscious, is appreciable. I felt the tumult and rage in my heart wash away as I read more. They were replaced by the desire to nurture dreams.
She uses the metaphor of Noah’s Ark innovatively and winds up “My Mother’s Song” by saying,
“I found my tranquil island
By shedding the shadows that
I choose now to live, light and...