Dariyo

Dariyo, meaning "Ocean", portrays a symbolic presentation of different colors of life like love, longing, celebration, humor, satire, sorrow, devotion, nature, and life itself in poetic language. Life is like an ocean and its tides are like different colors. Sometimes love splashes you, sometimes mischief. You can see the mischief coming out of love and then love out of mischief. God has given us one life. Enjoy as many colors of life as you want to. Dariyo is all about these colors.
Literature is also like an ocean. The person who understands that does not just splash at the shore but takes a Boat or a Launch or a Steamer to navigate it like an adventurous reader that each one of you is. That is why I say, friends, this Book is about the ocean that is our life.
On the cover page, you will see a young man with his child on the sea shore. The young man is trying to explain the aforementioned idea to the child but he is too young to understand. What he understands is how to play with the splashing waves. There is nothing wrong with that. He can see the ocean, its waves, the water, a bright sky and the setting Sun. Later in his life he will feel curious and many questions will arise. Then emotions and then poems will emerge.
This Book has poems in three languages: Gujarati, Hindi, and English. 30 poems are in Hindi, 6 in English and rest 82 in Gujarati, making a total of 118.
The Book is dedicated to our Shah & Nanavati families and in fond memories of our beloved mother Nirmalaben Shah.