Daily Archives: June 25, 2016

A Child’s Smile.

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A child’s smile

Is worth a million

Soothens the heart

Softens the feel

To see it is itself

A reward.

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A drama enacted with a precision

Expected to bring a windfall

Ended in a tragedy.

Strange are the ways of God.

Living In Tropics February 26, 2020
It is been a hot daywith no breezeturns out sultry. Exhaustion catches upI spend the daysweating all the more. It is nothing new to meas I am a native,born and bred in this place. This day appears worsepredicting the dog daysthat will be in the next months. Fearing the oppressive heatI sulk. The other place […]
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The Known Man February 24, 2020
Clearing the debris from the landturns a chore . Once I remove, I findmore the next day. Where do they come from?I think aloud, as it goes on increasingday by day. One bin the day beforemultiplies by threes I like to catch the onered handed. Knowing for surewho would have done? I control my angermore […]
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Mother Once More February 23, 2020
Being with grand kidsa lovely experienceone unexpected leavesme filled with joy.It is not the happinessthat counts alonebut the responsibilitythat calls. it is been a forgottenrole, that of a mother,My children being awayfor more than a decade.I try to refresh and rekindlethe passion lost long.I take care of them,cook what they like. Not any day, a […]
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Ayyanar Again February 20, 2020
Back in the portalsof Ayyanar templewith baskets liningon the entry, the ritualsbegin. devotion permeates. A ceremony modest,the priests by hereditywith no formal education,conduct the puja. Year after yearthe communitygathers for prayersa belief since unknown. The day long worship,goes with a spectrum,provides solace andpeace to the clan. The remote avenuea […]
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Coronavirus February 2, 2020
It is only a morselnothing much,I has its significancehowever small it be. So goes the talkthe one accusingthe other discardingall done in earnest. The bit in questionbeing a virusbeginning with coughending in death. It is simple as it looksturns deadly in the endaffecting the lungscausing pneumonia. The virus from animalsespecially from reptilessnakes in pa […]
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Seeing Through The Lens February 1, 2020
I find a picturethat of big and smallsome very minuteand negligible appearbig and remarkablebeing made to understandthat prejudice playsa significant role,the one who wins favourstands at an enviable statetop of the world,where his defects go unnoticedhowever colossal they might bewhile one who has no cloutis placed in a situationdevastating, his slips turn […]
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On Your Mark Get Set Go January 28, 2020
The days pass in a hurrywhy do they?Could they not take timeto breathe, to enjoy?Ever on the run, theyflow into months,thereon to years. It is as thoughthe day beforeI got admitted in school.Now my grandsonis going to complete schoolingI wink in a blink. Silence!A great deal has flown. I feel that my eldestwas born yesterday.Oh! […]
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A Disaster January 27, 2020
My cell phone takes my life out,I hear the callerbut my voice doesnot go beyond, At one timewanted to throw it, I say hello,the one on the other endcannot hear me,I shout with all my might.the voice does not travel. The mobile ringswithout break. I answerwithout fail. None couldhear me. Looks as thoughI have become […]
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How Does The Garden Grow? January 26, 2020
with thorns and thistlesgrass and shrubs,creepers and cratesrise high and flow deeplie reckless in clustersencircling and entwining, my lovely roses look pale,jasmine stay mangled,lilies and poppies shy away,lemon and mango appear withered,coconut stands erect though,neem and mango are bare. Aiyo! I cry with painGaze at the incorrigiblebefore me. Stricken wi […]
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Nature Remains January 25, 2020
As I open the main door in the morningI am greeted by chill air which makes freeze.I walk down the path to gather the newspaperswhich lie on the grass. I return with a shiver down the adrenalinesit in my patio to go through the news.But really could not continueas the wind is too cold. My […]
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Daily Archives: June 25, 2016

A Child’s Smile.

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