The Here and Now

Verily the Cosmos resides in the Flesh

The Flesh is inside the Cosmos

Thus intertwined and oft intersecting

All that we have is the HERE and NOW;

It is ALL that we can OWN

Sum of ALL that we can KNOW.

Sreesri

A Famous Battle

A Famous Battle

A famous battle was fought here,

Two kings whose name is legend

Fought a battle exactly at this place;

Millions of soldiers died right here on this spot,

Horses, Elephants, Camels…they died too.

It was just before the harvest season,

The weight of the paddy bent the stalks double

And when the soldiers marched on it

The paddy was crushed into the ground.

Luckily, nobody went hungry

Because they had already been killed

by both the armies.

This lake was red from the blood that flowed that day

When

A famous battle was fought here,

Those villages there, all of them were burnt down.

Why? Peace-keeping they were told.

Historians say this battle was decisive.

Both the Kings claimed that they had won.

Lament

I weep for my loss

I weep for yours

I weep for those things

We may never see again

I weep for the Royal Bengal Tiger

Striped, striding, strong and sure;

I weep for the life giving Paalaar river

Wide, winding and wondrous pure

I weep for the Banyan,

Pulled down to make way

For the convenient, useful

Four- lane Highway

I weep for lives that might have been

I weep for dreams undreamt

I weep for a childhood spent in joy

Running free with hair unkempt

The Power of practice

Verily drawing is a constant practice of hand,
Chaste Tamil is that of the tongue; Education’s after all
Practice of brain; even daily walk is through practice of walking.
Everything, thus, is by practice obtained, excepting the capacity for
Friendship, mercy and charity; One is born with these or not at all.

Translation of Tamil Poem by the Poetess Avvaiyar

Eternal Youth - A Boon or a Curse?

Youth - Eternal

Eternal youth
A Curse or Blessing?
After all, when the innocence is gone
what is the appearnce of youth
but a source of envy; a fear of Loss?

Sreesri