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DB 92034 'Kipling'
stabled at Warrington Bank Quay.
Now owned by DB Cargo Bulgaria and carries the number(s) ;
91 52 1 688 034-3 / 88034.
India is in the mid season of despair. While the summer is just about to break in after a winter of not much snow and rain, there have been problems at large for India.
We have BJP, a party at the helm of the nation, which has an agenda of religious supremacy with an organization at their back called RSS which fashions itself on Adolf Hitler of the WWII fame and his policies to boot, being replicated in 2016.
Just the other day, the police, the media, the lawyers and the nitwit public supporting the BJP muscled their way to arrest a Student Union leader called Kanahiya from the Jawahar Lal University in Delhi for provocative and anti national utterances. He languishes in jail and the charges on which he was arrested now turn out to be doctored videos by a media channel called Zee Television which itself owes a great debt of gratitude to the R-SS for bailing it out while it was at the verge of a closure.
In the same week, in a neighboring state called Haryana, where the very same BJP is also in power, a community of rich and powerful farmers called "Jats" suddenly came into the forefront with a demand that they be given special status of Reservation of jobs and other allied benefits as they were backward. For almost 5 days the state has been in lockdown mode with the roads and the railways sealed plus the mobile telephones jammed and the internet deactivated to prevent the spread of the real news on ground zero.
The Grand Trunk Road which Rudyard Kipling in his famous long tale of "Kim" described with such alacrity also stands closed with travelers stuck on the road for the past 36 hours.
I will excerpt the exact words from Kim-
"Look! Brahmins and chumars, bankers and tinkers, barbers and bunnias, pilgrims -and potters - all the world going and coming. It is to me as a river from which I am withdrawn like a log after a flood. And truly the Grand Trunk Road is a wonderful spectacle. It runs straight, bearing without crowding India's traffic for fifteen hundred miles - such a river of life as nowhere else exists in the world."
On a road such as this, stand a clutch of dhabas at Murthal which would be like serais of old. You have Pahalwan Dhaba, Gulshan, Ahuja No 1 etc that provide wholesome fare to the travelers
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I have passed Murthal about a 100 times or more and without fail stopped at one of the Dhabas for their vegetarian Parathas. Wholesome bread baked with different stuffing of potatoes, onions, cottage cheese etc with dollops of white butter and fresh curd.
This particular photograph was shot in the Pahalwan Dhaba while shooting / writing for BBC GoodFood for a feature on the restaurant. The issue appeared quite some time ago.
I have been told that a few newly made dhabas like Sukhdev, Haveli etc in Murthal on the Grand Trunk Road where stranded travelers in their hundreds had taken refuse suffered at the hands of the lawless mobs and as per one report the former restaurant was burnt down ( I need confirmation for this ).
I have no news about the Pahalwan Dhaba or the others but I do hope that some sanity prevailed.
The country however is going to burn in the coming summer not only because the monsoon rains will be poor once again but the core of humanity and kindred living that is the essence of peaceful co existence is missing as the BJP and RSS work their best to create a Reichstag of their own.
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‘God could not be everywhere and therefore He created Mothers’
Rudyard Kipling;
proverb quoted in the film "I am with you".
“Dio non poteva essere ovunque, e quindi ha creato le madri”. Rudyard Kipling;
proverbio citato nel film "io sono con te".
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On the eastern side of Sicily, August 15th, the day on which the Catholic Church celebrates the moment in which the Blessed Virgin Mary is welcomed into Heaven (the dogma of faith asserts that Mary at the end of her earthly life went to Heaven in soul and body), thus realizing the Feast of the Assumption, there are mainly two traditional festivals that more than others deserve to be known: the "living float" of Randazzo and the float of Messina. On August 15th of last year 2022 for the first time I photographed the "Messina float" celebration, that are the photographs that I propose here. The float of Messina is a large votive chariot dedicated, in fact, to the Madonna Assunta (the patronal feast of Messina instead is for the Madonna della Lettera, in June), the float is 14 meters high, weighs about 8 tons, it has a shape pyramidal, in the lowest part there is a shrine where there is the very sweet, tender statue of the Sleeping Virgin Mary, a shrine which before departure is placed on the ground in front of the float (it will be hoisted onto the float shortly before departure), thus giving way to the devotees to greet her; on the float around the reliquary there are the statues of the apostles, higher up there are progressively placed the little angels, who revolve, according to a Ptolemaic conception of the universe, together with the sun and the moon, with the earth at the center (inside the float there are mechanisms operated by hand, which allow rotation on both the vertical and horizontal axis of its various components), let us not forget that the float has ancient origins, initially the Triumphal Chariot was built in 1535 to honor the passage of the Emperor Charles V, the chariot was subsequently adapted for the Feast of the Assumption (initially it was a "living float" where children took their places similar to the Randazzo float, however in 1681 the float broke, 6 children fell to the ground between the crowd remaining unharmed, another similar episode occurred in 1738 when four children fell to the ground, so in 1866 it was decided to replace the children with statues); at the top of the float there is the statue of Christ who holds and offers with his right hand "the Alma Mater" (sometimes referred to as "Alma Maria") ("the Alma Mater" is subject to different interpretations, according to some it means "Nurturing Mother" referring to the Son, for others it means "Virgin", according to others "hidden and secret Mother") to the Empyrean (for Dante, the Italian Poet, the Empyrean was the tenth heaven that enclosed the whole universe, it was the seat of God, beyond which nothing existed, almost coinciding with Einstein's theory according to which the universe has a finite volume but has no limits). The float, pulled by many devotees using two large hawsers, initially walked on wheels, these were subsequently replaced by two large skates, initially in wood, then in steel, so the float proceeds by dragging, and this is why the tankers precede the procession continuously wetting the asphalt, to allow it to slide.
I photographed the shrine with the small and sweet statue of the "Sleeping Virgin Mary" inside: in 1950 Pope Pius XII proclaimed the dogma according to which «The Virgin Mary, having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed to celestial glory in body and soul », this dogma does not specify whether Mary's Assumption was preceded by a deep sleep or natural death (the term “Dormitio Virginis” is ambivalent, it can refer to both sleep and natural death). I photographed "the two mayors" of Messina, the current mayor of Taormina, Cateno De Luca leader of the autonomist and southernist political party "South calls North" and mayor of Messina from 2018 until 2022 at that time recently replaced by the current mayor of Messina, Federico Basile, upon their arrival in the moments exciting who preceded the “departure” of the float. I have photographed many devotees pushing or pulling the float, for "narrative" reasons I will only publish some of them, I thank them (as I thank all the others that I do not publish).
post scriptum: with the second, third and fourth photos I participated in the first edition of the 2022 photography competition, called "la Vara di Messina", promoted by the cultural association "Messina Sacra", the third photo (with the title "stay with us ") received a special mention.
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Sulla fascia orientale della Sicilia, il 15 di Agosto, giorno in cui la Chiesa cattolica celebra il momento in cui la Beata Vergine Maria viene accolta in Cielo (il dogma di fede asserisce che Maria al termine della sua vita terrena andò in Paradiso in anima e corpo), realizzandosi così la Festa dell’Assunzione (o dell’Assunta), sono principalmente due le feste tradizionali che più di altre meritano di essere conosciute: la “vara vivente” di Randazzo e la vara di Messina. Il 15 agosto dello scorso anno 2022 per la prima volta ho fotografato la festa della “vara di Messina”, sono alcune fotografie che qui propongo (a differenza della vara vivente di Randazzo, che per ragioni affettive ho fotografato, impegni lavorativi permettendo, più volte). La vara di Messina è un grande carro votivo dedicato, appunto, alla Madonna Assunta (la festa patronale di Messina invece è per la Madonna della Lettera, a Giugno), la vara è alta 14 metri, pesa circa 8 tonnellate, essa ha una forma piramidale, nella parte più bassa prende posto una teca ove si trova la dolcissima, tenerissima statua della Madonna Dormiente, teca che prima della partenza viene posta a terra sul davanti della vara (verrà issata sulla vara poco prima della partenza), dando così modo ai devoti di salutarla; sulla vara attorno alla teca si trovano le statue degli apostoli, più in alto trovano progressivamente posto gli angioletti, i quali girano, secondo una concezione tolemaica dell’universo, insieme al sole ed alla luna, con la terra al centro (all’interno della vara ci sono dei meccanismi azionati a mano, che consentono la rotazione sull’asse sia verticale che orizzontale dei vari suoi componenti), non dimentichiamo infatti che la vara ha origini antiche, inizialmente il Carro Trionfale fu costruito nel 1535 per onorare il passaggio in Sicilia dell’imperatore Carlo V, successivamente il Carro fu adattato per la Festa dell’Assunta (inizialmente era una “vara vivente” ove prendevano posto i bambini analogamente alla vara di Randazzo, però nel 1681 la vara si ruppe, 6 ragazzini precipitarono a terra tra la folla restando illesi, un altro simile episodio accadde nel 1738 quando precipitarono a terra quattro ragazzini, così nel 1866 si decise di sostituire i bambini con le statue); al culmine della vara si trova la statua del Cristo che regge e porge con la sua mano destra “l’Alma Mater” (a volte indicata come “Alma Maria”) ("l'Alma Mater" è soggetta a diverse interpretazioni, secondo alcuni significa “Madre che nutre” riferendosi al Figlio, per altri significa “Vergine”, secondo altri “Madre nascosta e segreta”) all’Empireo (per Dante l’Empireo era il decimo cielo che racchiudeva tutto l’universo, era la sede di Dio, al di la del quale non esisteva nulla, quasi a coincidere con la teoria di Einstein secondo la quale l’universo ha un volume finito ma non ha limiti). La vara, trainata dai devoti tramite due grosse gomene, inizialmente camminava su ruote, queste furono successivamente sostituite da due grossi pattini, inizialmente in legno, poi in acciaio, quindi la vara procede per trascinamento, ed è per questo che le autobotti precedono la processione bagnando continuamente l’asfalto, per consentirne lo scivolamento.
Ho fotografato la teca con dentro la piccola e dolcissima statua della “Madonna dormiente”: nel 1950 papa Pio XII proclamò il dogma secondo il quale «La Vergine Maria, completato il corso della sua vita terrena, fu assunta alla gloria celeste in anima e corpo»,
questo dogma non specifica se l’Assunzione di Maria sia stata preceduta da un sonno profondo o dalla morte naturale (il termine “Dormitio Virginis” è ambivalente, può riferirsi sia al sonno che alla morte naturale). Ho fotografato “i due sindaci” di Messina, l’attuale sindaco di Taormina, Cateno De Luca leader del partito politico di ispirazione autonomista e meridionalista "Sud chiama Nord" ed ex sindaco di Messina dal 2018 fino al 2022 in quel momento da poco sostituito dall’attuale sindaco di Messina, Federico Basile, al loro arrivo negli attimi concitati che precedevano “la partenza” della vara. Ho fotografato molti devoti “tiratori” della vara, per ragioni “narrative” ne pubblicherò solo alcuni, li ringrazio (come ringrazio tutti gli altri che non pubblico).
post scriptum: con la seconda, terza e quarta foto ho partecipato alla prima edizione 2022 del concorso fotografico denominato “la Vara di Messina”, promosso dall'associazione culturale “Messina Sacra”, la terza foto (col titolo "resta con noi") ha ricevuto una menzione speciale.
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52 Weeks of 2023 - Week 34 Hockney Mosaic
This is Rudyard Kipling's desk at Batemans (National Trust).
A maintenance of way worker makes a break in the railhead at Obico jct so he can thermite weld it back in time for train 246.
A deliberate mistranslation of something I saw on Facebook, with a TMBG chaser.
Such ich dich hinter dem Licht
Wo bist du
So allein will ich nicht sein
Wo bist du
I'll look for you behind the light
Where are you
I don't want to be so alone
Where are you
RUDYARD KIPLING - Se - If
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Se podes conservar o teu bom senso e a calma
No mundo a delirar para quem o louco és tu...
Se podes crer em ti com toda a força de alma
Quando ninguém te crê...Se vais faminto e nu,
Trilhando sem revolta um rumo solitário...
Se à turva intolerância, à negra incompreensão,
Tu podes responder subindo o teu calvário
Com lágrimas de amor e bênçãos de perdão...
Se podes dizer bem de quem te calunia...
Se dás ternura em troca aos que te dão rancor
(Mas sem a afectação de um santo que oficia
Nem pretensões de sábio a dar lições de amor)...
Se podes esperar sem fatigar a esperança...
Sonhar, mas conservar-te acima do teu sonho...
Fazer do pensamento um arco de aliança,
Entre o clarão do inferno e a luz do céu risonho...
Se podes encarar com indiferença igual
O triunfo e a derrota, eternos impostores...
Se podes ver o bem oculto em todo o mal
E resignar sorrindo o amor dos teus amores...
Se podes resistir à raiva e à vergonha
De ver envenenar as frases que disseste
E que um velhaco emprega eivadas de peçonha
Com falsas intenções que tu jamais lhes deste...
Se podes ver por terra as obras que fizeste,
Vaiadas por malsins, desorientando o povo,
E sem dizeres palavra, e sem um termo agreste,
Voltares ao princípio a construir de novo...
Se puderes obrigar o coração e os músculos
A renovar um esforço há muito vacilante,
Quando no teu corpo, já afogado em crepúsculos,
Só exista a vontade a comandar avante...
Se vivendo entre o povo és virtuoso e nobre...
Se vivendo entre os reis, conservas a humildade...
Se inimigo ou amigo, o poderoso e o pobre
São iguais para ti à luz da eternidade...
Se quem conta contigo encontra mais que a conta...
Se podes empregar os sessenta segundos
Do minuto que passa em obra de tal monta
Que o minuto se espraie em séculos fecundos...
Então, ah ser sublime, o mundo inteiro é teu!
Já dominaste os reis, os tempos, os espaços!...
Mas, ainda para além, um novo sol rompeu,
Abrindo o infinito ao rumo dos teus passos.
Pairando numa esfera acima deste plano,
Sem receares jamais que os erros te retomem,
Quando já nada houver em ti que seja humano,
Alegra-te, meu filho, então serás um homem!...
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On 30 April 1966, 70035 (minus its 'Rudyard Kipling' nameplates) heads away from Carlisle Kingmoor 12A depot to Citadel Station and take the return leg of The Jubilee Railway Society's
'South Yorkshireman No.5 Rail Tour' over Aisgill to Bradford. This hurriedly and only partly cleaned 12A Britannia was drafted in to take the train when the Jubilee 45593 'Kolhapur' that brought the tour to Carlisle was declared failed at 12A.
- Quase um Leopardo... -
Gatinho com alma de Leopardo... Como seus antepassados !!!
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Class 92 no. 92034 "Kipling" on display at Crewe Rail Day on 27 August 1995. 92034 was built by Brush at Loughborough and was new only a few weeks before the date of my photo, in May 1995. It is currently employed working freight trains in Bulgaria.
"If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs..."
This little scene caught my eye as I was walking past The Gap on the way to my car this afternoon.
ODC Challenge - Encouragement
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HMS KIPLING G91
Class……………………………K-class Destroyer
Builder……………………….. Yarrow & Co. Ltd., Scotstoun, Glasgow
Yard number……………….1706
Laid down..………………….26 Oct 1937
Launched….…………………19 Jan 1939
Completed.………………….22 Dec 1939
Propulsion.…………………..2 shafts : 2-shaft Parsons S.R. geared turbines, 2 Admiralty oil fired 3-drum watertube boilers
Speed..…………………………32 knots (full load)
Range…………………………..5500 / 1050 nm at 15 / 32 knots
Fate…………………………….11 May 1942 : HMS Kipling was bombed shortly after 2000 hours by German Ju 88 aircraft north-west of Mersa Matruth in the eastern Mediterranean. She sank almost immediately. Twenty-four of the crew were killed or missing. Two ratings died later of wounds sustained during the sinking of the ship.
Vessel allocated the following pennant numbers:
F91……………..Feb 1939 until 1940
G91…………….1940 until loss
IWM Caption : HMS KIPLING with her guns manned and ready for action.(1940)
© IWM A 1450
Acrylic on wood
Show: The 7 Deadly Sinners present Monkey SEA MONKEY Do
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January 2006
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I went into a public 'ouse to get a pint o' beer,
The publican 'e up an' sez, "We serve no red-coats here."
The girls be'ind the bar they laughed an' giggled fit to die,
I outs into the street again an' to myself sez I:
Oh it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' " Tommy, go away"
But it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play
The band begins to play, my boys, the band begins to play,
Oh it's "Thank you, Mister Atkins," when the band begins to play.
I went into a theatre as sober as could be,
They gave a drunk civilian room, but 'adn't none for me;
They sent me to the gallery or round the music-'alls,
But when it comes to fightin', Lord! they'll shove me in the stalls!
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' "Tommy, wait outside";
But it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide
The troopship's on the tide, my boys, the troopship's on the tide,
Oh it's "Special train for Atkins" when the trooper's on the tide.
Yes, makin' mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep
Is cheaper than them uniforms, an' they're starvation cheap.
An' hustlin' drunken soldiers when they're goin' large a bit
Is five times better business than paradin' in full kit.
Then it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Tommy, 'ow's yer soul?
But it's "Thin red line of 'eroes" when the drums begin to roll
The drums begin to roll, my boys, the drums begin to roll,
Oh it's "Thin red line of 'eroes," when the drums begin to roll.
We aren't no thin red 'eroes, nor we aren't no blackguards too,
But single men in barricks, most remarkable like you;
An' if sometimes our conduck isn't all your fancy paints,
Why, single men in barricks don't grow into plaster saints;
While it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Tommy, fall be'ind,
But it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind
There's trouble in the wind, my boys, there's trouble in the wind,
Oh it's "Please to walk in front, sir," when there's trouble in the wind.
You talk o' better food for us, an' schools, an' fires, an' all:
We'll wait for extry rations if you treat us rational.
Don't mess about the cook-room slops, but prove it to our face
The Widow's Uniform is not the soldier-man's disgrace.
For it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' Chuck him out, the brute!
But it's "Saviour of 'is country" when the guns begin to shoot;
An' it's Tommy this, an' Tommy that, an' anything you please;
An' Tommy ain't a bloomin' fool - you bet that Tommy sees!
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Dawn off the Foreland — the young flood making
Jumbled and short and steep —
Black in the hollows and bright where it's breaking —
Awkward water to sweep.
"Mines reported in the fairway,
Warn all traffic and detain.
Sent up Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."
Noon off the Foreland — the first ebb making
Lumpy and strong in the bight.
Boom after boom, and the golf-hut shaking
And the jackdaws wild with fright.
"Mines located in the fairway,
Boats now working up the chain,
Sweepers — Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."
Dusk off the Foreland — the last light going
And the traffic crowding through,
And five damned trawlers with their syreens blowing
Heading the whole review!
"Sweep completed in the fairway,
No more mines remain.
Sent back Unity, Claribel, Assyrian, Stormcock, and Golden Gain."