மரண முத்திரைகள்.

'கால மானார்' என்பதன் கோலம்.

காலனைத் தழுவிடும் மரண மூலமோ?

'மரண முற்றார்' என்றுக் கூறுதல்

மனதில் முற்றிய மாறா ரணமோ?

'உயிர் துறந்தா'ரென உயர்வுறக் கூறல்

துயர்வுற்ற வாழ்வின் துறவுத் தியானமோ?

'இயற்கை எய்தினார்' என இயம்புதல்,

செயற்கை தொலைத்து இயற்கை ஈன்றலோ?

'இறந்தார்' என்று எளிமைப் படுத்துதல்,

இரந்துப் பெறும் இறைவன் பாதமோ?

'செத்துப் போனார்' எனக் கதைத்தல்

சத்தாய்த் தமிழில் சாவைச் சீண்டலோ?

'சிவலோகப் பதவி' அடைந்ததாய் செப்புதல்,

சாவிலும் பதவியே, சாணக்கியத் தீர்வோ?

'அமரர்' எனுமோர் அலப்பறைப் பேச்சில்,

அதிர்ந்து அலருமோ காலனின் மூச்சு?.

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

பச்சை மாமலை போல் மேனி

             (புரட்டாசி கடைசிச் சனியில்)

உச்சிமுதல் பாதம் வரை 

பச்சைமலை மேனிகொண்டு,

கச்சிதமாய் அழகுவைத்து 

மெச்சிடுவோர் கொஞ்சிடவும் 

துச்சமென நினைப்போரை

வச்சக்குறி வார்த்திடவும்,

குச்சியினை குழலாக்கி 

அச்சுதனாய் அறம்போற்றி,

மச்சாவதாரம் கண்ட

அச்சமில்லா  அனந்தனை,

பிச்சகப்பூ மாலையிட்டு,

இச்சகம் இயம்பாமல்,

மிச்சமின்றி வழிபடுவோம்.!

மெச்சிடும் மெய்ஞானம்

நிச்சயமாய் நெஞ்சினிலே,

அச்சிட்டு அகமகிழ்வோம்.!

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

The trinity of the Karur tragedy

     An insensitive leader, a thoughtless mob and a tethered police force,could be called the trinity that consumed the lives of forty-one people in the political road show of the fledgling TVK political outfit.An insensitive leader because of his ill mannered challenges during his brief speeches arousing emotions, his instant disappearance from the scene of tragedy,and his video address 68 hours after the fatal event, with more challenge to the Chief minister than remorse for the tragedy.

  Political leaders can emerge from any section of society including the tinsel world. But who emerges, what kind of political mindset he has,and what are the distinct features of the political front that one embarks upon, constitute the sustainability of the political formulation. 

  Thoughtless crowd, because of its matchless unruly movement,breaking light roof tops, jumping on tree tops,and rushing even to generator spots,as shown in video clippings. Tethered cop because they were overpowered by a careless crowd and probably cautioned by the government,not to resort to detrimental handling of crowd moves, and precipitate the course of events.

   A political party should be born in the interest of people and society, to generate newer,positive aspirations, besides fulfilling existing expectations. No party can blossom with the sheer stench of unseating a rival,or occupying the seat of governance purely to enjoy power.

  Any person with an entrepreneurial mind frame would naturally give priority to the primary objectives of their proposed enterprise in its genesis, and the foremost programme of action before triggering their mission to move on.A political party needs both a vertical and horizontal structure. Vertical in the sense that it is like a ladder with several rungs from top to bottom. 

  Horizontal in the sense that from every rung of the ladder the persons in charge of the rung, keep an eye on widening their vision from the ladder's  respective stand point, for the management of the horizontal space occupied by the members of the party.This is how the political management of policies, issues,and members of most political parties have been carried on in Tamil Nadu, since the independence of India.

  The biggest question to be placed before the TVK in this regard is, whether it has such a vertical and horizontal structure. If it says 'yes',then such a gory tragedy claiming so many lives,through a mere crowd pulling orgy, would never have happened.Crowd collection,crowd control and crowd management are the three fundamental factors of the inclusive body of any political party.Without this,only chaos will prevail and casualties will happen.If any political party fails to realise this,it will fail in its very formation and sooner or later,find its doomsday.  

  Just as the trinity that caused the massive tragedy in Karur,the aftermath of the tragedy is also shrouded in a kind of trinity. 

1)Like a newborn baby aspiring to become an adult,by skipping adolescence and  teenage,an untested political outfit straightaway dreams to reach the reigns of power,shunning ideologies policies and programmes, just raising the forefinger with fancied utterances towards a frenzied mob.This agressive launch,with mere self aggrandizement ignited by film popularity and fan craze, is highly symptomatic of dangerous consequences.

 2) A seven decade old party, bullied from several quarters purely based on ideological rivalry in the form of insinuation  intimidation and financial injustice, is weighing the pros and cons of the Karur event so as to avoid any undue damage to its regime.

  3) An ambitious alliance group without many takers,is aggressively waiting for any situation that would give it an opportunity to strengthen its roots  for electoral battle, and unseat the present government, by grasping any event that comes to its convenience.

   It is this trinity after the Karur tragedy,that is playing a game of chess.That the present ruling dispensation has done its utmost justice to the victims of the tragedy is well known to all.The crux of the whole issue is that the people are as much important as any political party, even if the fact, that the people are more important than mere political propaganda,is ignored by the parties concerned.

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The long and short of a short temper

   "The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk" says Joseph Joubert., When anger roars, peace reverses its course. The power of anger kills the reasons for anger. Short temper goads a person to jump into hasty conclusions whether the conclusions are right or wrong. A quick-tempered person quickly loses his image, however good he is, and whatever be the causes that triggered his temper to burst. 

   One's short temper might have been exposed to reasons such as discourtesy from others, especially youngsters, or falsehood, or ingratitude, or injustice. But all these erroneous reasons would be wholly immersed in a sudden burst of anger, that unduly victimizes someone good at heart, but naive in reflecting his goodness.

   The evils of life are quite often capable of hunting down the emotions of every just person, with a heart full of love, but a mind expecting recognition of the undemanding love, blended with submission and humility. However, when submission and humility are taken for a ride by an incident of insult, an inbuilt resistance in the form of self- respect, arouses anger at short notice, and instantly short temper is born. 

  If submission and humility surpass self-respect, and silence prevails, the image of goodness survives at least for the self-satisfaction of the individual. Instead, if short temper repeats the tale of insult, it results in breakup of relationship as friends and family members.

  One may not be greedy, envious, treacherous or mean-minded. But still if one is short-tempered, it nullifies the absence of the preceding evils in one's mind frame. Backstabbing is a common occurrence in friendship, family relationship, business promotions and politics, though the last in the list is the first in harboring backstab modules. But in all these cases of backstabs, we could notice the wilful suppression of short temper because betrayal and short temper cannot travel hand in hand.

  According to Swami Chinmayanandha "an emotional person reacts. An emotionally balanced person responds". But Sir Isaac Newton says, "for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction". Even a renowned poet like William Wordsworth has two definitions of poetry. One of his definitions says, "Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings". The other definition is "Poetry is emotions recollected in tranquility". Reflection of short temper also depends upon two things. How a person normally is, and what the situation that triggered his short temper was.However, diplomacy is an easy exit way from the highways of short temper.

  Two theories will go a long way in preserving the union of minds. Wherever peace prevails a temperate mindset with unquestioning submission to silence, is the most pragmatic procedure in maintaining healthy human relationship. On the other hand, wherever pretention, untruth and injustice are obvious, anger has to arise at least to create a balance between the harming wrongs and beaming right waves.

   No revolution would have been possible in the world, against overall or exclusive exploitation, if sensible anger had not been registered against inhuman practices and foul patterns of behavior. Anger is only an ignition and not a long-term solution. But without ignition there can be no drive towards breaking the diabolic blocks. Anger without hatred expires at short notice, as short temper. But motivated anger coupled with hatred, is like malignant cancer and has to be surgically done away with. To conclude, the long and the short of short temper is that it is both cranky and cathartic. 

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Dogged love

     Whenever I visited the US I used to go to the house of my son's friend in Naperville, Chicago, and the remembrance of my trips to that friend's house would be incomplete, without a mention about his dog,called Mango. The beauty of Mango is its craving for caressing, as the cats normally yearn for. It would come and sit near me and keep its head in my lap and expect me to caress its head. Whenever I stopped doing that, it would take my hand and keep it on its head for caressing. It hardly used to bark. Nor would it unnecessarily wag its tail. All that was wanted was, caressing. 

  There are as many dog lovers around the world, as there are lovable pet dogs too. In fact, my love for dogs stops with Mango, because keeping any pets at home is a greater responsibility and my wife and I do not want to be irresponsible managers of pets. However my reluctance to keep pet dogs cannot exclude the fact that of all animals, dogs constitute a trinity of intelligence, sensitivity, and gratitude, which quite a lot of us are found to be lacking.

   Today the presence of a huge population of dogs, especially stray dogs, has become a burning issue knocking even at the doors of the courts, for judiciary intervention. Debates are also going on as television shows, involving the pros and cons of the increase in dog population, especially that of the stray dogs, indulging in a kind of gang war.Their nocturnal barking causes extreme nuisance to elders and the ailing.Besides they keep biting pedestrians especially children and interfere with vehicular movement mostly that of two wheelers,resulting in many accidents that end up in fatality too.

  We are living in fast changing times.We happen to face challenging woes,engulfing a vast section of humanity living under pressures of meeting their daily needs.They    are facing divisive factors of various kinds, hitting them on their faces, and from behind. To keep the body and mind at ease, seems to be the foremost priority now. 

  Without prejudice to lovers of pets of all kinds,and without hatred against any living beings, it should be reasonably stated that routine risks in each one's life have to be addressed with due concern for all, including dogs,and those who are seriously affected by dogs.

    The local administration cannot be expected to bear the entire brunt of a paradoxical issue combing physical danger coupled with emotional empathy. Good sense should prevail upon everybody to accept that emotional empathy cannot be exclusively stuck to love for dogs, but it should also include sympathy for fellow human beings.

    Avoidance of public feeding of dogs by owners of pet dogs, and prevention of a conglomerate of pet dogs and street dogs, will do a lot of good as a first step in not giving room for dog menace, rising from the side of dog lovers. Sterilization of dogs, creation of more dog centers could be left to the management of the municipal forums. Rich dog lovers can part with a monthly sum for the municipal maintenance of dogs. If funding cannot be relied upon, dog fodders can be liberally donated on a monthly basis. 

   The basic principle of life is "live and let others live" and not the slogan 'survival of the fittest'. Not all of us are animal or bird haters. In fact, animal lovers are more in number. But the problem is, a minority people among these lovers, claim their rights over those of others and try to exploit the social media and debate forums, by even comparing dogs crossing the roads, to children doing the same. If parents are expected to take care of their wards, does not the same expectation apply to dog lovers too? Let not our dogged love for dogs, make us monstrous haters of fellow human beings. To conclude in a nutshell, nuisance today is more from a fanatic section of upholders of pet theories, rather than from real pets.

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அறமே வரம். (ஆசிரியர் தினம் செப்டம்பர் 5)

இனிய ஆசிரியர்தின வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

பிரம்பைத் தவிர்த்து

வரம்பை விதித்த

வகுப்புகள் கண்டு,

அறம்பல ஆற்றி

பள்ளிகள் போற்றும்

ஆசிரியர் தமக்கும்,

உயர்கல்வி உயர

அயராது உழைத்து

பல்கலைக் கழக

மாண்புகள் காக்கும்

ஆசிரியர் தமக்கும்,

ஓய்வினில் இருக்கும்

அக்கால ஆசிரியரின்

இக்கால வாழ்த்துக்கள்.

கடமைகள் ஆற்றி

உரிமைகள் காத்து

உயர்வுற்று வாழ்வீர்.

ப.சந்தியசேகரன்.

Teacher's tides and strides (Teachers day greetings September 5th)

HAPPY TEACHERS DAY!

From the kinder Garten, the mind that heartens,

Belongs to those, whose inside steadily enlightens

The learning process, from within the four walls,

With a glow and flow of knowledge that enthralls.

Budding minds, blooming with delights and devices,

Eagerly keep looking forward to progressive prices.

Teachers at every stage, become solid meeting spots,

Strengthening the bonding of brains, to clean the blots.

We live in uneasy times of educational embezzlement

As Knowledge theft and minds' rift, pose embarrassment.

The real teacher seems to find himself in a boiling pot

With past glories staying as sediment, at the bottom slot.

When every day, a relevant teacher has to meet tough tides,

An annual teachers' day greets him for his stalwart strides.

P. Chandrasekaran

 

To fill the bill

  'To fill the bill' is 'to be helpful and useful'. 

   But when murky bills make truth ruthful,  

   They fill the legislature with love and war.

   Amendments often fuel fire,creating a spar.

   There are baleful bills that break the peace,

    Keeping only their treasury benches at ease.

    Torn bits of proposed bills strewn in the house,

    Track the volume of dissenting voices that rouse.

   The 'I' and the 'Me' are ghosts of a healthy democracy.

   They are invisible entrants with their policy of secrecy.

   So long people want their days to go on without issues,

   Many a bill will peep in and pass out as pampered news.

   The pages of history print the postmortem of ruthless rulers

   Whose body without a soul,could only lift their lousy collars.

    P. Chandrasekaran

      

மனசாட்சி

மனசாட்சி மயங்கினால்

மதில்மேல் பூனை; 

குருட்டுப் பூனைக்கு, 

இருட்டொரு பாரமில்லை! 

சாட்சிக்கூண்டில் பலநேரம், 

பொய்சாட்சி ஆலாபனை. 

ஆயுதங்கள் கூர்மையானால், 

அறிவு மழுங்குகிறது; 

தீர்ப்புகளின் கூர்மை, 

ஆயுதக் கூர்மையை 

ஆய்வு செய்கிறது.

வாதி பிரதிவாதிகளுக்காக 

வழக்காடும் குரல்களுக்கு, 

நாசுக்கும் நளினமுமே 

பாசாங்குப் பரப்புரை! 

'சட்டம் ஒரு இருட்டறை'; 

'தீர்ப்புகள் திருத்தப்படலாம்'; 

'நீதிக்குத் தண்டனை'. 

திரைப்பட தலைப்புகளே! 

உறங்கும் மனசாட்சி 

நீதியைத் தாலாட்ட, 

தீர்ப்புகள் தேய்வுறும் . 

மனசாட்சி மாண்புரின், 

தீர்ப்புகளின் திவ்யதரிசனம்,

புனிதப்பயணத்தின் பின்புலம். 

நல்லவனைத் தாலாட்ட, 

நீதிமன்றம் மெத்தையில்லை !

நீதியின் மடியென்றும் 

தீயவனின் தெருக்கூத்துமேடை. 

மனசாட்சிக் கும்பகர்ணன் 

மல்லாந்து படுத்துறங்க,

நீதியின் தொட்டிலில் 

நிம்மதியாய்க் கிடப்பராம்,

நீள்புவியின் நீசரெல்லாம்! 

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

Are you a true Indian?

  'Breathes there a man who to himself

  Hath not said', I am a true Indian?

  True Indian exists not in mere grades

  His is the base, since the colonial decades.

  But today, Indians are Hindus, Muslims,

  Christians and Sikhs, cracking their bonds.

  Websites raise waves, overeating shores,

  Calling each other names, in abusive roars.

  Words are more clouded than the skies.

  Events are shrouded by conspiracy clothes.

  People are touted to buy falsehood as truth.

  When proof is sought, Bonafide is under sleuth.

"Are you a true Indian?" is a question with a stench.

The soul of a true Indian, is clung to the soil's clench. 

P. Chandrasekaran.

Education in the lap of HR&CE

  The progress of humanity through the prism of religion, with God as the torch bearer, should be one of the noblest perceptions of any government, surpassing political and religious barriers. The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowments Board was constituted in 1927 and was subsequently renamed as the Hindu Religious &Charitable Endowments Department in 1951, with the twin objectives of maintenance of temple properties, and promotion of human/social enlightenment. The Hindu Charitable Endowments Act was framed in 1959 and came into effect from 01/01/1960. 

  Ever since the inception of this body, temples in Tamil Nadu enjoyed the benefits of periodical renovation and consecration. During the last four years countless temples in Tamil Nadu have been renovated and consecrated. The revolutionary ideology of the present political dispensation ruling Tamil Nadu, did not come in the way, to avert the fascinating face lift given to age old temples and the various physical facilities made available to devotees, in many of those temples. 

   Besides the substantial maintenance of temples, the HR&CE Department functioning under the aegis of the state government, took up the onus of starting a few educational institutions with the singular objective of making education reach the bottom most sections of people living under meagre financial resources. One of the fundamental objectives of this move, is to free education from the clutches of the caste oriented, conservative designs of education, once aggressively promoted by the higher ladder of the Indian caste system.Caste can never be the determiner of anybody's career.

  In the recent days, a section of political activists, have been venting out their harboured views, supporting the exclusive maintenance of temples by individuals or agencies, focusing only on religion and religion related routines, so that the funds donated to any temple by the devotees, are not diverted to purposes and activities,other than those related to rituals, prasad and conduct of devotional musical shows and classic dance programmes. Most of these aspects mentioned here, are closer to the heart and soul of the upper caste lobby, which vows to wholly own God and religion, so as to make the temple premises as the sole property of specific groups.

   If the temple maintenance is solely vested with any particular Private body, upholding religion and prioritizing only the rituals, an entire section of beneficiaries involved in the maintenance of temples, will lose their voice to be raised for the preservation of their survival rights and benefits, thrown open to them, by any government. In addition to this, delinking of temple maintenance from the hands of HR&CE, will deprive the already deprived sections, of their existing access to temples, and their right to avail themselves of the educational and social schemes, envisaged by the HR&CE.

  Those who are fanatically bound to any religion will always go with their orchestrated religious agenda, and exclude the expanded modules and schemes meant for the progress of all sections of society, living in a region. Basically speaking, God belongs to all living beings and not to any specific religious groups, trying to monopolize religion for divisive tendencies and direct benefits.

  Quoting Allen Bloom, "Education is the movement from darkness to light" and God is the incarnation of light and radiance. Minds require this radiance not only to visualize the ethical and spiritual boundaries of life, but also to enlarge its vision for enriching its global insight. The purpose of education is to perpetuate these bifocal dimensions of radiance. Hence, is it wrong to radiate the deserving downtrodden minds through educational programmes sponsored by temple funds? Does God want any money? When it comes to diversion of temple money for the procurement of educational honey, some people talk about the potential possibility for corruption.

   Corruption permeates everywhere in every walk of life. Where is the guarantee that there will be no corruption in Private agencies, in the form of misappropriation of accounts, diversion of funds to vested interests and evasion of tax through foul means. After all, most of the funds donated by devotees are put into the offertories by cash and coins, and the absence of digital transaction will keep such fund collections in a dark net.

  All said and done, constantly whipping any single political party against corruption, smacks of a concrete and valid move to arrest corruption, because all those who are talking about corruption in one political party, are only throwing stones from their glass houses. Let sanity prevail among the narrow minded political and religious voices, so as to correct their fences first, before blaming others against encroachment.

  Education is the direst need of the hour and from whichever source it is made available, it should be seen as a delighting dawn. HR&CE is one such source that is opening the doors for learning and knowledge as a global tool. It is not a selective musical instrument to be tuned to please the ears of God. God's ears are meant more for hearing the cries of humanity, than for listening to repeated rhythms as prayer. 

  In fact,God must be wanting to see more munificence and magnanimity in humanity, instead of hearing his most familiar musical notes. Education in the lap of HR&CE is like a baby in the lap of its beloved mother and God would certainly certify that lap, as His lap too,

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வெட்கப்படு

வெட்கப்படு!

வேலியே பயிரை மேய்கையில்,

மூலையில் நின்று நீ வெட்கப்படு.

வெட்கப்படு!

வேலெடுத்து வீரம் போற்றிய மண்ணில்,

கூலிக்கு மாரடிக்கும் கூட்டம் கண்டு நீ

வெட்கப்படு.!

போலிகள் பலர்கூடி போதனை செய்கை யில்,

காலங்கள் தோறும் கற்றசுய அறிவிழக்க நீ

வெட்கப்படு!.

நீ ஏற்ற மனிதமும் நீ போற்றும் மொழிகளும்,

கூர் மழுங்க சூளுரைக்கும் சூதறிந்து நீ,

வெட்கப்படு!.

நிறம் மாறா குணத்தோடு நீ கண்ட நீதி நெறி,

புறங்கூறும் சிறியோர்தம் அகமறிந்து நீ

வெட்கப்படு!.

சாதி மதமென்று சரடுகள் திரிப்போரை பார்த்து நீ,

வெட்கப்படு!.

நல்லது நினைக்கையில் நல்லது நடக்கு மென்று நீ,

நெஞ்சுநிமிர்த்தி நேர்வழிநடக்கையில்,

அல்லவையில் திளைக்கும் அறவழி

அற்றோரின் அழிநிலை கண்டு நீ,

வெட்கப்படு.!

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

Free Speech

 Free speech has its right and reasonable reach

 Wherever the 'me' and 'you' assure no breach.

  Free speech is hated by despots as a lousy leech, 

  When it wriggles on the doors of imperial screech.

 Free speech flatly encounters many an uproar, 

 Whenever it expresses fair feelings,kept in store. 

 Inflated or triggered conflicts collect into a core

 As the political bulls sharpen their horns to gore.

Free speech is the forlorn child of the Fourth Estate;

But the media's music is in tune with the power spate.

Even justice raises its voice on heavy issues, ethically late;

So how can free speech remain as common man's mate? 

World around has turned socially vibrant,in digital form

But with no tongue to topple suppression,by verbal storm.

P. Chandrasekaran.

The tragic takeoff

What kind of tragic takeoff is this?

Baggage checked, and security checked.

May be the carrier was carefully checked too.

Who would have ever thought that

The flight they boarded, would soon become a crematorium,

With their hopes of landing, fatally falling into death traps?

The forsaking hands of God 

Were perhaps firm in their grip,

To forcefully pull down the flight, instantly after takeoff.

The passengers and the crew travelled to death's destination,

Taking along with them, a few more unaccompanied lives.

Race, religion, and nationality remained rumbled, and ravaged.

Whose fault caused this ferocious fall of the airborne Boeing? 

Where are our air travel safety norms tacitly, and tactlessly, going? 

P. Chandrasekaran.

கலைஞரின் வாசமிகு நினைவுகளில்,

முத்தமிழும் செம்மொழியும்,

கொத்துக் கொத்தாய் 

கொடிகளின்றிப் பூத்து,

சத்துமாவுச் சொற்களென

வித்தை பலபுரிந்து

வீறுநடை போட்டிடவே,

வித்திட்ட நாளிதுவாம்!

நித்தச் சூரியனின்

புத்தொளிப் பரவசத்தில்,

சத்தமிட்டுச் சொல்வோம் !

"திருக்குவளைத் திருநாளும்

திருக்குறளின் ஓவியமும்

திரட்டிய தீந்தமிழால்,

ஜூன் மூன்றில்,

தான் விரிந்து

வான் மிளிரும்,

வரலாற்றுக் கலைஞரின்,

வாசமிகு நினைவுகளில்!"

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

முரண்

  

முரண்,

அரசியலின் அரண்;

தனிமனிதனின் திறன். 

மாற்றிப் பேசுவது

முரணாகிப் போகுமெனில் 

"மாற்றம் ஒன்றே மாறாதது" 

என்பதும் முரண் தானே! 

காதலில்,

விழிகளுடன் வார்த்தைகள் 

மோதி முரண்படும். 

சாதகத்தில், 

பரிகாரம் முரணாகி,

பல்லிளித்து நிற்கும்;

பரிகாரம் பூர்த்திசெய்ய,

விதிவிலக்கு முரணாகும். 

தவறுகளை சரிக்கட்ட 

செயல்களே தவறாகி, 

தவறென்பதே சரியாகும். 

கொன்றால் பாவம் 

தின்றால் போச்செனில், 

தின்றதன் பாவத்தை 

ஒன்பதில் ஒருவாசல், 

ஒருமுறைக்கு பலமுறை, 

கருவறுத்து கழிக்கும்.

தவறுகளின் பிராயச்சித்தம், 

மன்னிப்புக் கோரலோ?

தண்டனை ஏற்றலோ? 

மன்னிப்பும் தண்டனையும் 

முரண்களின் முகவுரையே! 

மனிதரில் இறைவனைக் 

காண்பதெனில், 

இறைவனே மனிதனாமோ? 

கடன்பட்டார் நெஞ்சம் 

கலங்குவது பகற்கனவே! 

முரண்பட்ட வாழ்க்கை 

கிடங்கில் முடங்கி 

முடியாததும் முழுநிசமே! 

அறன்களின் கண்ணாடியில்,

முரண்களும் முகம்காணும்!    

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

  

When bad neighbours make good fences blast

 Will bad neighbours make good fences?

 Defence detours,far beyond the fences.

 When unholy politics desecrates religion,

 Neighbours of ruptured religion choose war 

 Against peace buttressed by pages of holy books.

 Terrorists are tins of munition packed by 

 Pirates of the fundamental script of friction.

 Peace lovers are pawns in the game of war.

 The voices of middlemen vanquish mutuality,

 Adding fuel to the fire, heaping a higher casualty.

 Terrorism and its counter moves are teasers tense,

 Turning into sickly serials, suffocating sound sense. 

'Good fences make good neighbours' said Frost.

But bad neighbours force the good fences to blast. 

P. Chandrasekaran.

Patriotic Vibes

" Patriotism is not short, frenzied outbursts of emotion, but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime". Adlai Stevenson

"Breathes there the man with soul so dead, 
Who never to himself hath said,
This is my own, my native land!" asks Sir Walter Scott.

  Well,from several such quotes we can decipher that patriotism is not an occasional distraction from one's daily routine but a lifetime bonding. Love for the country means, love for fellow human beings of the country, without prejudices against any of the branches of its national tree in the name of religion, caste, creed and language. Wherever peace prevails, patriotism relaxes in the lap of love. If the patriotic vibes are constant and credible, they will spontaneously rise up to times of crisis, without any room for a political call for rituals to trigger patriotism.

   Patriotism has to be protective against any external assault on the sovereignty of one's country in the eventuality of any unprecedented war between countries. People have displayed their patriotic instinct by contributing their mite in whichever way possible, to strengthen the hands of their warring mother. 

  This is what India had witnessed in the past, whenever there were undue terrorist attacks and short time border wars between India and its hostile neighbours. Even monetary contributions from the citizens during those times, reflected the spontaneous patriotic fervour. But on many such occasions no rituals were held as a token of patriotism. Patriotism is generated and inculcated but can never be orchestrated as an opportunistic tool for political aggrandizement or political survival.

   We are now living in the times of globalization. There has been inter placement of citizens between countries. As a result of this inter placement, the citizens of one country have chosen to be the citizens of another country.Let us imagine the probability of a war between countries that have seen inter placement of citizens, and the consequent choice of external citizenship by those, who have foregone their native citizenship. What will happen to these inter placed citizens and where will their patriotism lie? These are in fact disturbing questions, in the midst of a few countries permitting dual citizenships.  

   Terrorism is a potential human evil that has to be sternly dealt with, shunning laid back attitudes and strategizing suitable control machinery, through predictive avoidance of attacks and proper retaliatory moves so as to prevent any repeat of such attacks. Civil wars are as dangerous as terrorism. Internecine scuffle between tribes,Mao attacks and communal onslaughts have all to be viewed as acts of internal terrorism and the wings of patriotism should fly far and wide internally, to arrest these group-contaminated or politically maneuvered, emotionally boiling, people-killing atrocities. Loss of lives creates the same amount and volume of grief, wherever innocent people fall victims in large numbers, to gangsterism and terrorism.

   Every sensitive and sensible citizen of this country should genuinely feel for the recent loss of lives at Pahalgam, and condemn the brutal terrorist attack on specified targets. But the voices of grief and condemnation should not stop here. They should vibrate to every nook and corner of India wherever violence is perpetuated against women, children and all other fellow human beings, be it Manipur or any other communally vulnerable state. Only then the vibes of patriotism will spread their tunes of love and brotherhood, blended with the spirit of equality.

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Being nostalgic

Time's ticket counter issues life tickets,

Whose distance and destination details

Are known only to the invisible counter.

No one can counter the validity of tickets.

But the human mind like the pendulum

Of an old wall clock, keeps oscillating 

Back and forth, on frequent memory trips,

With tips of intervention and consolidation.

Interventions are like a surgeon's scalpel 

Cutting out the unwanted events of the past, 

Leaving the rest, for memory's meaty quest. 

Memories bake sweet cakes of consolidation.

Nostalgia would knock at the doors of the mind,

Rolling back memories of the unforgettable kind.

P. Chandrasekaran.

The triple pillars in constant conflict.

     "Take but good note, and you shall see in him the triple pillar of the world transformed into a strumpet's fool" says Philo to Demetrius in the opening scene of Shakespeare's 'Antony and Cleopatra', referring to Mark Antony's infatuation with Cleopatra. The Legislature, the Executive and the Judiciary are the triple pillars of a democracy. The strumpet here, is not a woman of alluring beauty like Cleopatra. The strumpet here is the more enchanting essence of power, and the contest of power is born of the greed to usurp other's domain and dominate in excess.

   It is a known fact that children's upbringing  up to a certain age, mostly vests with the parents. But after that, the children have to be made independent so as to fend for themselves. Parents can intervene and mediate wherever they are called for. But they cannot stay as stumbling blocks or enforcement agencies. We have also seen cases of right-thinking parents being loaded with wrongdoing children and crooked parents being blessed with well-meaning children.

  This is how sometimes good, elected governments are cornered by bad executive agencies or good executive agencies are slighted by bad governments. If these two pillars frequency indulge in a tug of war, the third pillar called the Judiciary which has the power to intervene between parents and children can also intervene between an elected government and an engineered executive machinery.

   Power games are not new to India. In the abuse of Article 356, the powers went crazy during the last century, until the apex judiciary firmly tamed the bull to a great extent. Here, no doubt the Union Government is in a parental position; but it is not expected to take a tough posture, in dealing with the vital regional issues of states that stand as independently grown children, capable of fending for themselves. If states as good children fail to get a fair deal from their parents called the Union government, the next alternative open to them is to knock at the doors of the third pillar. 

  Whether the third pillar offers a fair deal in all issues, depends on the fairness in application of mind of the judiciary. That is why we have a three-tier level of justice system with the second and third tiers, eligible for the constitution of benches so as to make everybody feel that justice delivered is justice earned and not yearned for. However, every verdict is always a matter of contention for the losing pillar involved in a case.

  The new millennium norms with regard to distribution of powers, have taken ugly dimensions on account of the never seen intense ideological war between the power centres. The zest for equitable power distribution, to facilitate fairness towards attaining legitimate goals of education, cultural identity and economic empowerment of the underprivileged, turns topsy turvy, when the intermediate nominated executive machinery unfairly blocks all moves,with its ulterior agenda stuck to its own ideological pole, absolutely unsuitable to regional aspirations. It is almost similar to parents preventing children's growth, just because the aspirations of the children are not acceptable to parental perceptions.

  The power pillars need more than an opportunistic, transitory settlement of issues, as truce. The two need a permanent and balanced devolution of powers so as to enable the elected state to avail of adequate financial resources, to frame laws towards fulfilling regional growth in education, health and infrastructure, besides letting them breathe afresh,with their linguistic and cultural moorings. 

  Let the ideologies halt their aggressive incursions and let the country be ruled for the people and not for ideological shifts in the name of religion, language, and caste. It is only then, the pillars of elected legislature and the nominated executive will have no need to waste time in blocking bills and knocking at the doors of the Judiciary. Moreover, instead of being on a testy conflicting base at all times, let these two pillars give the Judiciary its much-needed time to deal with tons of cases relating to the citizens of the country, for a fair disposal.  

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Pets and bets

Pets and bets are perfectly connected 

To the human mind,

As passions and perilous stakes,

With pets often being pledged as bets.

Pet theories and passionate ideologies

Peddle with projects, for profits.

Politics shuffles positions 

By transforming bullmastiffs into terriers, 

Letting them transgress their protective protocols,

And hunt people's representatives, as victims.

When protectors of the constitution 

Become terriers of victims, constitution fails.

Failure of the constitution draws the attention 

Of jurisprudence, to fix the mastiffs in their position, 

And save the victims, against more terrier onslaughts.

If pets are mere pets, there is no room for bets.

But if pets promulgate themselves as bets,

Both pets and bets are thrown into petulance.

Instead, if pet ideals pass through responsible gateways,

Bets as contenders, could see their fair field for a contest.

                 Note :-Bullmastiffs are guarding dogs 

                             Terriers are hunting dogs.

P. Chandrasekaran  

தேர்களின் தெய்வமெல்லாம் ,

   இனிய சித்திரைத் திருநாள்/

தமிழ்ப் புத்தாண்டு வாழ்த்துக்கள் !

           (ஏப்ரல் 14,2025)

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சத்திரங்கள் சரிந்தாலும்,

சித்திரை வந்தால், 

சாத்திரங்கள் கதை பேசும்! 

ஊர்சுற்றித் தேர்வர,

தெருவெல்லாம் ஊர்க்கூடி, 

தேரிழுத்துத் தெம்புரைக்கும்! 

நெஞ்சில் நேர்மையுடன் 

வஞ்சனையின் வேரறுத்து, 

அஞ்சாத ஆக்கமுடன் 

ஆற்றலின் அரிச்சுவடி, 

போற்றும்வழி பெருக்கெடுத்து,

மாற்றங்களின் மடியாகும்.!

எல்லோர்க்கும் நன்மையெனில், 

மாற்றங்கள் மாண்புபெறும்!. 

தேர்களின் தெய்வமெல்லாம் 

சோர்விலா அன்பின் 

சுடர்விடும் ஒளியாகி, 

சூழ்ந்தடர்ந்துப் பரவி,

சூழ்ச்சியிருள் முறியடித்து,

சித்திரைச் தேர்களின் 

முத்திரைப் பதிக்கும்!

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

சினிமா! சினிமா!

ஓ சினிமா! ஓ சினிமா,

ஓ சினிமா வா! 

கீற்றுக் கொட்டகைகளும் 

கல்நார் கூரைகளும்

குளிர் ஊட்டப்படா

குறைநிறை அரங்குகளும்,

'சினிமா' எனச்சொல்லி, 

சிந்தனைத் திரளாய், 

கதிரொளிக் கதைகளாய்

கருத்துரு வசனங்களாய், 

காட்சிகளில் கலந்து, 

களிப்பூட்டியதொரு காலம்!

கூட்டுக் குடும்பங்களும்,

பாசப் பரவசங்களும், 

கிராமங்களும் நகரங்களும்,

தத்துவப் பாடல்களும்,

கறைபடாக் காதலும், 

மறைநூல் மகத்துவமும்,

பிறைநிலவுப் பெருக்கலென,

முறையோடு மனம்நிறைய, 

இனிமையுடன் கூவினோம்,

"ஓ சினிமா ஓ சினிமா வா"  என்று.

இன்றைய சினிமா 

வென்றிடும் தொழில்நுட்பம்;

கொன்றிடும் உயிர்கள், 

குறுக்கும் நெடுக்குமாய்! 

வரலாற்றைத் தோண்டி 

வசமாய் வம்பிழுக்கும்; 

குரல்களின் நியாயம் 

சமீப வரலாற்றை, 

சாட்சியாய்க் காட்டிடின், 

சாட்டை கொண்டடிக்கும். 

சோர்ந்த வரலாற்றில் 

சுறுசறுப்பு ஏற்றி,

சவக்குழி தோண்டும். 

படைப்பின் ஆற்றல் 

கூனிக் குறுகி, 

பதுங்கிப் பதுங்கி 

ஒதுங்கிச் சிலநாள், 

ஒவ்வாத சிலர்க்கு 

சிரசினைச் சாய்க்கும்! 

பாடல்கள் எல்லாம் 

வரிகளைத் தின்று 

ஒலிகளுக் கிடையே 

'லைக்குகள்' குவிக்கும்

படைப்புகள் அனைத்தும் 

தலைமுறைத் தவிப்பே!

மாறிடும் தலைமுறை 

மாறாது கூறும், 

மாற்றம் ஒன்றே மாறாதென!

ஓ சினிமா ஓ சினிமா, 

ஓ சினிமா வா!

அரங்குகள் பலவும் 

குளிரினைச் சேர்த்து 

பாப்கார்னோடு பலவும் கலந்து, 

கிரங்கிடச் செய்யும் 

சிலமணி நேரம்! 

அரங்குகள் கடந்து 

ஓ .டி. டி  யாய் 

இல்லக் கதவினை

இசைவுடன் தட்டும். 

ஓ சினிமா! ஓ சினிமா,

ஓ சினிமா வா!,

சிரித்து நீ என்றும்,

சிரிக்கச் செய்திடு.

ஆனால் புரிந்திடு,

ஆற்றல் காட்டும் 

படைப்புகள்  கூட

ஆளும் வர்க்கத்து 

அதிகாரக் கணக்கே! 

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்

Why is Tamil Nadu frequently turning into a warring state ?

      We are living in a world of global tension caused by the imbroglio of the long pending Palestinian issue, the recent war between Ukraine and Russia, besides the frustrating fallouts of trade globalization transforming into 'make in one's own country' slogans. As far as India is concerned, while the Jammu and Kashmir soil seems to be still simmering under discontent, after the abrogation of article 370, the Manipur issue continues to remain unresolved, despite the maltreatment of women and the manipulated and mishandled ethnic conflicts happening there, for almost two years. 

   However, what draws the national attention today, is the undeclared war going on between the state government of Tamil Nadu and the government of India, on various vital issues affecting the political and public mood of every sensitive segment of Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu had been at loggerheads with the Union government several times before, ever since the state came under the governance of Dravidian parties. 

  Unlike most other states, the ideological shift is inherently strong and deeply rooted to the sentiments of Tamils, who have been groomed under the shades of equality, language pride, exclusion of divisive spokes of caste and religion and the quest for social justice. Infact,I am naturally proud of having been born in Tamil Nadu, where the cultural moorings swing between utmost modesty and exemplary pride. It is this innate element of pride that rightly upholds the warring mood of the Tamils, against denial of legitimate rights, imposition of language and prevalence of suppression in the name of religion.

   When it comes to the politics of Dravidian parties, the DMK has always been in the forefront to fight for and establish the legitimate rights of Tamil Nadu, in matters of fund allocation for the management of progressive fields like education and health sectors, in addition to infrastructure development zones. The political turmoil over the delay or denial of funds due to Tamil Nadu for education, under the pretext that the state government has not accepted the NEP and its three-language formula, has caused a war of words between the state and union governments. 

  The DMK has always aggressively stood up against any open or clandestine move towards imposition of Hindi or any third language, with vested interests. A multilingual country like India should be doubly cautious in avoiding passions fanning language flames, for promoting any hidden political agenda. 

  Whenever there is a step ahead for the imposition of Hindi, instantly the DMK would be at the battlefield, with Tamil as the warrior and words as its weapons. Tamil has gradually attained a level of perfect purity by shedding letters reflecting the Devanagari script and sounds echoing the impact of Sanskrit. This transformation started long time ago and became doubly proactive, thanks to the Dravidian movement. Whereas other South Indian languages seem to have evolved, blending Tamil with Sanskrit, more in terms of sounds than in script.

  That is why Malayalam, Telugu and Kannada speaking people, find no hitch in speaking Hindi. Whereas, for those in Tamil Nadu whose mind and spirit breathe the sounds of Tamil, Hindi will be both unacceptable and unnecessary. Attempts made to force Tamils to learn Hindi for the sake of boosting the advantage of the Hindi heartland at the cost of Tamil Nadu, will naturally trigger the state's ire against such moves, with ulterior motives. Hence the war against forceful thrust of Hindi, will continue!

    Hindi imposition and caste supremacy have always remained as the most burning issues driving the DMK to fight against any kind of authoritarianism in this regard. DMK has been consistently fighting for state's rights and state autonomy and the party's stiff opposition against emergency, landed it in the hands of MISA {Maintenance of Internal Security Act} which as the draconian arm of the Emergency Chart, throttled the voice of liberty and love for regional welfare. The DMK became the worst victim of the Emergency yardsticks, by facing imprisonment and ill treatment. 

   The most recent issue that steered the battle for the frequently warring state, is the ongoing module of delimitation, designed by the union government, without any transparent interpretation or declaration for the reform of electoral constituencies. Indian democracy seems to be under the clutches of demography, holding the sword of Damocles over the heads of states, that went on a pragmatic control of population, through effective family planning schemes, successfully implemented over the years. 

  The union government's vague move of delimitation is viewed as a blatant threat to the electoral voice of the less populous Southern states, through a shrewd and disproportionate increase in the number of voting constituencies in some of the more populous northern states. The DMK as usual, has become the forerunner in garnering and strengthening the collective voice of the to- be- affected states, against this possible course of injustice, devised with a kind of Machiavellian machination.

  The DMK is now preparing a larger army with regional aspirations to collectively fight against the premeditated and puncturing course of delimitation. With the might of the DMK and its allies, along with the like-minded, prospective losers of democratic representation, Tamil Nadu is once again turning into a warring state, for the welfare of its posterity. The corruption stories propagated by its political rivals against the DMK, will soon turn into void, in the midst of the large-scale corruption chapters covering the book of Indian politics.

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God in two episodes

                            I

                     The Feel

   I shunned the hands of God

   And turned down his reach,

   When God came to shake hands with me.

   I shrugged off my shoulders,

   When God put his hands around them.

   But when I cried for the hands of God,

   While falling into the quicksand of my whims,

   Tears of gratitude rolled down from my eyes,

   When God gracefully offered his hands,

   To pull me out of the pits of time.

   The cleanest hands of God made me feel,

   That I had reason to shy away from God,

   Because of my unclean mind.

   My selfish mind was stifled in shame.

                            II

                     The Talk

   Does God expect us to take dips

   At the Khumbu melas, or

   Ask us to skip the day's meals

   To take them after sunset, or

   Look forward to our confession cores,

   To be heard by the priest

   At the reconciliation room?

   Patience without perversion, 

   Passion without prejudices and

   Patterns of the mind with qualms,

   Are the human artifacts made by God.

   And God does not want man to miss,

   What is truly human, and humanly true.

   Standing with humanity, is standing with God.

   P. Chandrasekaran.

 

திணிக்கும் இனிமை.

பசிக்கு உணவு கொடு.

பள்ளிக்குப் படையெடுக்கும்,

பிஞ்சுக் கால்கள்.

உடல்மறைக்க உடைகொடு.

உள்ளத்தில் தன்மானம்,

உவகையுடன் ஊற்றெடுக்கும்.

சொல்லிக்கொடு ஒருமொழி

சொந்தமெனும் தாய்மொழி.

சொல்லிக்கொடு மறுமொழி.

உள்ளுக்குள் உலகளக்க.

உலகெங்கும் சுற்றிவர.

வரலாறு படிப்பதற்கும்

வரலாறு படைப்பதற்கும்

மொழியே மூச்சுக்காற்று.

இழுத்து விடுவதே மூச்சு.

திணித்து அழுத்திடின்

மொத்தமும் போச்சு.

மொழியைத் திணிப்போர்க்கு

விழிகளில் ஈரமில்லை.

மனசுக்குப் பிடித்தமொழி

மனமே மடிதேடும்.

விரும்பும் மொழியனைத்தும்

எறும்பறிந்த இனிப்பே.

திணிக்கும் இனிமையில்

எறும்புகளை நசுக்காதீர்.

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

விமானக் கூண்டு

மகிழ்ச்சியில் சிறகடித்து

வானத்தில் பறப்பதற்கும்,

மாற்றான் மண்ணில்

இகழ்ச்சியுடன் விலங்கிட்டு

வானமே விரக்தியுற

விரட்டப் படுவதற்கும்,

இடைப்பட்ட காலமது ,

கண்ணில் நீர்த்திரையும்

கணக்கில் காரிருளும்

கலந்திட்டக் கதையாம்.!

எண்ணிலா கனவுகளில்

எல்லாம் அடகுவைத்து,

அன்னிய தேசத்தில்

ஆள்கடத்தல் செய்யப்பட்டு,

வாழ்க்கையைத் தொலைத்தல்

விதியெனும் நஞ்சோ,

விதிகளின் வஞ்சகமோ.?

கஞ்சிக்கு வழியின்றி

கால்நடைபோல் வாழ்வோர்கள்,

நெஞ்சு நிமிர்த்த

நெடுங்கடல் தாண்டுவராம்.!

அஞ்சியஞ்சி வாழ்தலும்

அலைக்கழிக்கப் படுதலும்,

அரசின் அலட்சியமோ

ஆசைகளின் லட்சியமோ? 

உயரப் பறந்தாலும்

ஊர்க்குருவி பருந்தாமோ

எனும் ஒற்றைக்கேள்வியுன்

பரிகாசப்பொருளோடு,

உயர்வுற நினைத்தோரை

துயருறச் சிறகொடித்து

தூக்கி எறிந்தனரே!

ஆணவ அன்னியரை

துணிந்துத் தூற்றவோ?

அன்றின் அறிவோடு,

வக்கற்று ஆளும்

தோள்தரா நம்மோரை,

வாள்கூர் வார்த்தைகளால்

வலியாறச் சாடுவதோ.?

எம்மக்கள் அவமானம்,

எமையாள்வோர் இயலாமை!.

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்

Through the Valentine vision.

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY. 

{14th Feb,2025}

Love has many success stories.

Many of them succeeded by failures,

To find pages in history and literature.

For those who love every bit of their life,

Strength would beam high, to beat betrayal.

Filial love is the succulent fruit of conjugal glory.

Parent's love is a long sentence sans punctuation.

Friendship filters, the endearing essence of love.

Fraternal love is made up of friction and fusion.

Romance is a racy, ritzy and roller coaster ride.

God measures love through the Valentine glass

By screening the saints and sinners as a whole,

To display the inside out of the true gist of love,

That shuttles between the soil and the stars above.

P. Chandrasekaran.

சுயபுராணம்

 

பிறந்ததும்,வாழ்வேனோ

என்றிருந்த  என்

உடல்நிலையின் உள்குத்து,

பெற்றோர்க்கு பெரும்சோகம். 

வீழ்வேன் என நினைத்தாயோ? 

என்பதுபோல் எழுந்தேன்,

புதுவலிமை பெற்று.

சப்பைக்கால் கொண்டு 

துப்பாக்கி தூக்கியவன் நான், 

மாணவர் NCC முகாமில்!. 

"பாசக்காரன் அவன்" 

என்பது தந்தையின் சான்றிதழ். 

"கண்ணா" என்று 

அழைத்திடும் அம்மாவுக்கு, 

சந்தைக்குச் செல்கையில் 

சத்தமில்லா எடுபிடிநான். 

கல்லூரி படிக்கையிலே,

என்சுமையை தன்சுமையாய் 

சைக்கிளில் பலநாள் 

என்னைச் சுமந்தார், 

என் அண்ணன்! 

அவரின்றி.எனக்கில்லை

முதுகலை மேற்படிப்பு.

'சைக்கிள்' என்றதும் 

இளமைக் கால

இனிமைத் தோழன்

மனோகரமாய் மனமுவந்து

பலநாள் என்னை

முன்னும் பின்னும்

அமரச் செய்து

மூச்சு வாங்க

சைக்கள் மிதித்தது,

பசுமை நினைவாய்

பளிச்சிடும் நெஞ்சினில்!.

பணியில் சேர்ந்ததும், 

சைக்கிளில் சுமந்து 

திரைப்படம் காண 

திரட்டிச் சென்ற 

நறுமலர் நண்பர், 

நெஞ்சில் நிறைவார்! 

'சுகவாசிடா நீ' 

என்றுக் கூறி,

மனசாட்சி என்னை 

மனச்சுமை ஏற்றி,

மண்டியிடச் செய்யும். 

இளமைக் கால 

இளகிய மனசு, 

இறுகிப் போனது 

இருபதுக் கிடையில்!

இறுக்கம் தந்தவர் 

கிறித்துவ நண்பர். 

''சந்திரா !சந்திரா!, 

உந்தப் படுகிறாய் 

உணர்ச்சியில் நீ! 

பரந்த மனதில் 

கிரங்கிப் போகிறாய்!'' 

என்று சொல்லியே, 

பழுக்கக் காய்ச்சினார் 

பழக்கப் பாதையை!

(Yes!.''You are carried away

By extreme emotions

Or by generosity''.

This is what he said)

இளகிய மனது

இரங்கித் துடிக்கையில்,

இளைப் பாற்றினார்,

தலைக்கு மடிதந்த

இஸ்லாமிய நண்பர்.!

'அவன்தான் மனிதன்' 

படத்தைப் பார்த்த 

இன்னொரு நண்பர்.

" 'பழைய சந்திரனை' 

படத்தில் பார்த்தேன். 

புவனேஸ்வரி தியேட்டரில்" 

என்று எழுதினார், 

கடிதம் ஒன்றினை !

அமரரான அந்தநண்பர்

கணிதம் துறந்து,

வணிகம் விஞ்சினார்.

 "அதிஷ்டக் காரன்டா" 

என்றென்னை அழைத்தார்,

மூத்த நண்பர். 

இல்லற வாழ்க்கை 

இனிதே அமைய, 

எனக்கொரு வரமாய் 

அமைந்தவர் அவரே! 

மனசின் கனத்தினை

மூட்டைக் கட்டினார், 

மனைவியாய் வந்தவர். 

அவரின் வரவால்

விரக்தியின் இரங்கட்பா,

வீரியம் கண்டது, 

வாழ்நாள் முழுவதும்! 

மனை மாட்சியும் 

மக்கட்பேறும், 

மனிதனின் வாழ்வில் 

மாபெரும் தவமே! 

வகுப்பறை வாசம்

ஆசிரியன் எனக்கு

எண்ணத்தால் சிறகடிக்கும் ,

வண்ணத்துப் பூச்சியாய்!.

பாரம் நிறைந்திட

ஈரம் குறைவதும்,

பாசம் பெருகிட 

மனம் கனிவதும்,

மாறிடும் உணர்வின் 

கூறாக் குறைகளே! 

மற்றவர்க்காக மனமிறங்கிட,

முற்றிய வினையும்

முடிவுரை கண்டது.

தனக்கென எதுவும்

கோராக் கூர்வாள்

பிறர்க்கென போர்ப்பல

குரல்வழிப் பாய்ந்தது.

நல்லதோர் நட்பும் 

நல்வழிப் பாதையும்,

நாற்திசைப் பயணமே! 

மல்லாந்து படுத்து 

மனதார உறங்குதல், 

கல்லான மனதும் 

கனிவுறும் காலமே!

பொல்லாத மனிதரும்

மல்லாந்து படுத்து 

மாதங்கள் க(கி)டப்பது

மரணத்துக்குக் காகவெனின்,

மெல்லிய மனதை

கொல்லாமல் கொல்லுமே,

நில்லாத வாழ்க்கை!

எல்லோரும் போல

இன்றுநான் நினைப்பது,

சொல்லாமல் ஒருநாள்

இல்லாமல் போவதே!

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.

நல்லவை பொங்குவோம்

இனிய தைத்திருநாள் வாழ்த்துக்கள். 

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பழையன எரித்தல்,அல்லவே போகி!

அழிப்பன அழித்தது,போகியென் றாகி,

வழித்தடம் வரையுமாம்,வலிகள் விலக்கி!

பொங்கலின் கோலம்,புத்தொளிப்  பூரணம் .

மஞ்சள்,கரும்பு,மாவிலைத் தோரணம், 

நெஞ்சின் நிறைவிற்கு,காட்டும் காரணம்.

பசுத்தோல் போர்த்திய புலிகள் இருக்க, 

பசப்புகள் இல்லா மாடுகள் எல்லாம், 

ருசிக்கும் பொங்கலில்,ரசனை யுறுமாம். 

வள்ளுவன் வழியில் வாழ்வோர் தமக்கு, 

உள்ளம் பொங்குதல்,உண்மைக் கூற்றே!

ஒருவரை ஒருவர்  ஊர்வழிக் காணுதல், 

மருவிடா அன்பின் மனம்நிறை ஊற்றே! 

நல்லவை பொங்குவோம்,நாட்பட எங்கும்.

சொல்லும் செயலும் சுகம்பல பொங்கிட, 

செல்லும் வழிதனில் சிகரம் கூட்டுவோம்.

ப.சந்திரசேகரன்.