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©2020 Shefalee Jain
BlueJackal Publication 2020
Afternoon is a 6-page accordion book by Shefalee Jain published in print (Nov. 2019) as well as online by BlueJackal (May 2020). This little book is a wordless exploration through visuals, of a child in a garden in mid-afternoon; afternoon being that stark enigmatic time of the day which is without shadows and yet is punctuated by ‘tonalities’. For Shefalee, her book resonates with a wonderful poem by the well known poet Manglesh Dabral titled 'दिन'(Day). Here is a small excerpt from the same poem:
दिन
'वह एक सुंदर दिन था,
दूर तक एक हरापन, पीलापन, दूर तक लाल
एक नीलापन, डगमगाता चलता हुआ जगह-जगह
एक सरल दिन
जब धूप में रहस्य जैसा कुछ चमकता था
कुछ कांपता था हवा की गति के साथ-साथ
देह के जोड़ों और उँगलियों के पोरों में सरसराता वह दिन
जब कहीं दूर तक जाना संभव था
किसी असंभव को खोजने
और समझ में न आने वाली चीज़ों को समझने के लिए... '
मंगलेश डबराल की कविता 'दिन' से एक अंश