Category: thoughts

The nine nights or Navarathri
honours the deities
Parvathi, Lakshmi
and Saraswathi,
for a change .

A slot to the fair ones
generously awarded
by the chauvinists,
mean not only the human
even Gods tend to be so.

The womenfolk
deliver, a theme.
meticulous in their
performance, every detail
attended to.

A depiction of
Meenakshi wedding
where Meenakshi
and Sundereswarar
idols stand prominent,

Could be a tabloid
of Krishna and the Gopis
sequential representation
of Krishna from
childhood

Way back Navarathri
has been allotted to women
an opportunity for them
to showcase their skill
and execution.

For once Men give way
to their counterparts.

terrifying,
bludgeoning
as I see around
protests,upheavals,
in every part
of the world.

The ignite
spurs horror,
tear gas, petrol
bombs, shooting,
take place ,
Death turns
in the corner.

Citizens find difficulty
in staying. Affluent
procure golden visa
to countries where
peace prevails.
The less privileged
have no way out.

Atrocities and agitation
rise from nowhere
for no valid reasons.
We look up to the moon
not for refreshment
but for research,

A small community
journeyed across the sea
seeking prospective
business in the
most unimaginable land,
Burma as it was unknown.

who braving turbulence
leaving the women at home
hundreds of them set sail
taking their grown up sons
along with barbers, cooks and dhobis
to help them in chores.

Setting business in a land
unknown,unable to understand
the language, amidst unfamiliar people
being a task, they transacted
business with phenomenal
success.

Enthused by their achievements
many more followed them
together they deviated from banking
to plantation, cultivation trading .
They spread all over Burma.
Came to be known as Chetty bankers.

Burma made a mark in the world map.
The Chettys deployed the gains
in establishing schools,
building temples dedicated
to Lord Muruga. Transferred
part of their profits to the family
and built palatial homes.

The golden period of Burma
came to an end when Japan
set foot on the soil. The Chettys
fled home leaving everything
lands, business, connections
with only a loin cloth to cover
them. Burma came under military regime

Disillusioned for a while
the enterprising community
made good of their savings
commenced business by selling
valuables and properties
in their own country.

The next generation
honed their skill.Education
took them to places. They
found jobs in United States,
Europe and Singapore.
A reward for
‘the undaunted spirit.

Like a phoenix
the Chettys have
regained their prosperity.
Continue their charity
wherever they are,

The turns right and left .
sudden and too quick
makes one wonder.

Not talking of roads
with one ways which
overwhelm with congestion,

Found in a solicitor
who starts with a beguile
prolific with concealed agendas.

Attempts to bring on board
the schedules which bear
resemblances to merits.

An insight into the design
illustrates ‘the deceit
behind the move.

Beware of such professionals
who fleece the clients, either
knowledgeable and ignorant

I think of those days
when I used to jump,
up go my legs in motion
through the air without friction
they touche the ground
violent as a storm.

I visualize the past years
when I worked hard
my head plunged headlong
involved in every activity
one of indulgence
being a coveted asset.

At present I contradict
what I had been
my legs find hard to move
wobble and stagger as I
walk through the flat terrain
I am a poor counterfeit of the original.

Away from the crowd, at this juncture
I turn lazy and live a life lethargic
the brain, at the helm commands
the body remains indolent,
a strained coordination
disturbs the equanimity,

That goes with the age
youth has forsaken me
infirmity embraces
a transition in a kind
distracts and detracts
resignation rescues

The one looks like a park
well kept and manicured,
while the other that
of a playground
empty and dry.

A description accurate
that of plantations
tended by siblings, one
reflects the involvement
the other shows a squander.

Indulgence causes expenditure
earns revenue handsome
being a feast to the eyes
adds charm to the environment
on the whole a silver touch.

Negligence invites no costs
gives paltry income
a gross eyesore
with patches and potholes
turns ugly and out of context.

The distinctions visible
to any commoner
sources to be an enchantment
and aggrievement. With that
goes the world in a spin

It is early in the morning
my eyes start roving
while the body is at rest.

Unwilling to rise up
the mind travels
back and forth.

Being a syndrome
of late, I recall
the past

Knowing very well
there could be no validity
to think of the bygone.

Unable to suppress
the thoughts I turn
nostalgic.

At times I laugh,
other times cry
little dramatic in all.

The duties, not
so pressing as of before,
call me.

Reluctantly I get up
perform the chores
with far less attention.

Meticulous I had been,
now I am a shadow
of what I was.

Such being the status
I carry on with no merit
or credit whatsoever.

Had been out
the whole morning
quite different
from the usual.

I saw a guy
in his late fifties
medium built
agile and alert
a contractor
into construction.

On my way
dropped in at the solicitors
a burly figure, well read
polite and gentle
senior in his seventies .

Had to go the bank
where I met the Manager,
petite and unassuming
a smile lights up his face
that makes for the
rest of deficiencies.

Next I go to a mobile shop
the owner rounded,
with a thin moustache,
little or no hair in the head,
incredibly short sitting
on a tall stool.

Back home, I rest awhile
the day glides through
the visual impacts
of those I encountered
make me wonder
how many different faces
there could be?

Magic like it appears
the brown garden,
with plants half dried
leaves with yellowish hue
thin stems,trees look
weird, bear fruits
without any substantial
flesh, grass seems
like hay,has turned
green.

It is joy to see.
The rounded plants
with shoots of flowers.
leaves in shiny green,
trees are heavy
with lascivious fruits.
grass emulates a gleam
non pareil. The infusion
extends an enchantment,
being a grace.

Looking heavenwards ,
I notice the dark clouds
staying still, ready to come
down as rain. Being the
period of North East monsoon,
the rainfall had been exceptional.
Failure of the rains led
to a pessimistic feel, a kind of
nothingness, Reinforced with
copious rains hope is
around the corner.

Bales of cotton,
cones of yarn
of weft and warp
the varieties of cotton
too many, long staple
and short staple,
superior and inferior,
the yarn in counts
20’s up to 100’s ,
twisted, blended,
all being put
in bay, workers
laid off, factory sheds
lie vacant a stress
on the whole
the affectations
penetrate deep
a dismal context
hard to reconcile.