Raag Silence.

The cool fragrant breeze blowing in the open,
Why, not having the heart to flow towards me ?
My love ! Oh, My Love !

When I touched the cool silvery full moon,
Why it burnt my fingers ?
My dear ! Oh My dear !

Will the sky anywhere,
Refuse to resonate to Raag Poopalam ?
Please tell ! Oh My darling !

Why he and she 
Should live the life like
Non-adhesive water on Lotus leaf ?

To live like friends,
What is the necessity for
The garland and musical band ?

Without you to shower the love,
What is the life ? Tell,
Oh my flowery beauty !

Life is not the stage,
After the end of the play
To pull the curtain and go away !

Life is not the turbulent stream
To change the normal course 
Every now and then and travel !

In the sky, striding
Oh shining silvery moon !
Why can't you walk along with me ?
*****

26/1

On the snow covered mountain 

I was sleeping like a statue.

Like the garland with various
Colorful fragrant flowers

The young lady came before my eyes:

Seen her lowered beautiful face,

Seen its saffron color,

Seen her sorrowful cheeks,

And seen the marks of flowing tears.

Seeing her state, quivered:

"Mother, Oh Mother !" 

Knowing her tearful condition,
Along with her,

wept the moon, wept the sky,

Colorful flowers were in tears,

Crying music and wept the forest.

" If you say the reason for your weeping,

We, the young men can help you.

We will call everybody 

Decorate the entire city 

Drive the chariot,

And take you in a procession

Tell the reason, please tell me."

The young lady raised her head

And told :

"I sincerely stood in search of peace,

Wanted the perennial flow of love

Kept open my heart

From Himaly to Kanyakumari .

"To quench their hunger

Thinking the whole world would come,

With variety of food and fruits

And pure milk

I invited everybody .

"Out of the ten people

who came to quench their hunger,

There came one,

 To quench his enmity

And commit the sin.

What I can say ?  

"Whom I killed ?

Whose family I destroyed ?

If carrying the good-will is the sin

That I have committed."

I heard all what she said

Then came dashing strength in my body
and overwhelming confidence in my heart."

"We are the brave soldiers
With strong shoulders
And have the sound knowledge,
Superior technology and warfare

To win and claim the victory.
Above all we are virtuous
And have the virtuous commanders.

Oh Mother !
Your loving sons
With affection, patriotism 
Duty and discipline
We are there, don't worry."

Bharat Matha smiled:
In that fragrant patriotic smile, 
Closed my eyes and I lost myself deep
In the brave war imagination. 
*
HAPPY REPUBLIC DAY.
*****
Strength and Unity are
Necessary factors,
While bargaining Peace with neighbors 
or with any country. 
*

My Cooing Cuckoo.

Fragrant flowers soaked in dew drops

to bloom and smile,

Golden clouds in the crimson twilight sky

to float and move,

Greenly spring, the happy season 

to gently arrive,

With all, colorful Rangoli in the eyes  

to beautifully spread,

Koo Koo - Kokukoo

Koo Koo - Kokukoo

Oh my sweet Cuckoo !

Come near, hear the music

And recite the song !

With my soft flow

I am also the breeze,

With the flora and fauna all over

The village is the grove;

I run everywhere,

Swim in the river,

Hold the flowers,

And live the life as I like.

Thandhana thana thana

Thandhana thana thana

The period of youth seems very sweet,

The world appears wonderful.

Chorus

One world, whole magical,

One God anywhere

One religion, one justice

Joy and happiness for ever 

Dham, dham, dham

Till I lived in the Palace jail

No freedom.

Now I am free

The doors are open

The bird opens its wings and flies

Thandhana thana thana

Thandhana thana thana

The flora and fauna 

And the beautiful groves

are simple temple

and the home for the God.

Chorus

Hari Om ! Hari Hari Om !

Hari Hari Om !

Oh Madhava ! Oh Sridhara !

Oh Raghava !

Om Om Om !

*****
Yes, enjoying the freedom.

Punishment to The God!

Prologue:

If I have the heart to drink,

I can forget her.

If I have the heart to forget her,

I can take the drink.

But I have only one heart,

What can I do ?

Song:

I expressed to the Lord my desire,

To provide me hearts two:

One, to remember and suffer;

Another, to forget and live.
Yes, two hearts are required.

Before recovering from

Smaller wound and big suffering,

Next occurs another wound.

If the wound is on the body,

Medicine is enough.

But, what the poor heart can do ?

So, I expressed to the Lord my desire

To provide me hearts two.

If day and night are different,

If pleasure and pain are different,

If union and separation are different,

Then, one heart is not enough.

So, I expressed to the Lord my desire,

To provide me hearts two.

Punishment to the eyes is

Through the vision,

Punishment to the vision is

Through the love,

Punishment for the love is

God's will,

But for the punishment of God

Is there any way ?

I expressed to the Lord my desire,

To provide me hearts two.
One to remember and suffer,
Another to forget and live.
Yes, two hearts are required.

*
Drama:

- Latha.....

- Please drink this.......

- Now, whose blood is this........

- Please excuse me........

- Why should I drink.......?

- To remain alive........

*
Epilogue:
A reason to drink 

And the reason to live !
A reason to love

And the reason to forget ?
No, no......
*****

Jai Kisaan.

To-day is the Pongal Day, 

the First Day of Tamil month Thai (தை )

Auspicious Day of Auspicious Month,

People Start performing marriages during this month,

which were not performed during the last month of Margazhi ,

considered inauspicious for marriages.

That is why people say,

'With the start of Thai, a better way in Life starts'

தை பிறந்தால் வழி பிறக்கும் .

Pongal irrespective of any religion, it is

- Tamil festival

- festival of Agriculture community, 

Jai Kisaan.

With new grains reaching home, thanksgiving

to the God, cattle, friends and relatives.

Let us Celebrate Pongal happily. 

May God bless us with all Peace and Prosperity

during the year to come.

Also, it is the day of
 Happy Makhara Sankranthi

And not to forget the Jawaans guarding the borders
in hostile, high altitude and snowy conditions:
Jai Jawaan 
Happy Pongal and Makhara Sankranthi to you all.

My Lord !

Chola Kingdom,

One of the three erstwhile Tamil dynasties : 

Chera, Chola and Pandiya.

Fertile lands due to flow of  perennial Cauvery

river and regular rains.

Happy people and happy King of the Kingdom,

Manu Needhi Chola, 

known for his Exemplary Justice.

He had erected a large bell in front of his palace.

Whoever in his kingdom suffered and required

immediate justice can pull the rope of the bell.

Proper Justice in his court delivered without delay .

One day, his young son, the Prince was happily

driving the horse pulled chariot on the road.

At the same time, a cow was returning home

with her young calf after grazing.

The cow and the calf were crossing the same road

on which the prince was driving his chariot.

The cow crossed the road but the calf came

under the wheels of chariot.

Hit by the chariot of the prince the calf died.

Understanding the death of her calf, 

the cow shed tears for long.

Then it went to the King's Court pulled the rope

of the Bell of Justice.

Hearing the sound of the bell, 

the king came out of his palace.

From the people, he learnt that the prince,

his son was responsible for the death of the calf of the cow.

Justice delivered immediately:

"Like the suffering of the cow without its calf,

I will suffer without my son."

The king took the same chariot,

made his son to lie down on the road,

drove the chariot on his son and killed him,

shedding tears.

No, It is not the grandma's story.

But the statue in front of 

Madras High Court at Chennai 

will speak about the Exemplary Justice.

 We have faith in and respect of 

Indian Judiciary.
But is it not
Justice delayed is Justice denied ?
Due to the lacunae in the effectiveness of 
the Legislature and the Executive,
it needs to be addressed without any more delay.
The Nation is ultimately eager and expects more from you,
My Lord !  

*****

Pi's Lullaby.

kanne !kann maniye !kann urangayo, kanne ?
mayilo, thogai mayilo, kuyilo, koovum kuyilo ?
nilavo, nilavin oliyo, imayo, imayin kanavo ?
Ra Raa Ro .. Ra Raa RoRa Raa Ro .. Ra Raa Ro
malaro, malarin amudo, kaniyo, seng kaniyin suvayo ?
Ra Raa Ro .. Ra Raa RoRa Raa Ro .. Ra Raa Ro
*

ENGLISH:

Oh, my love ! Oh, the delight of my eyes ! Would you not sleep, my love ? 
Are you the peacock, the peacock with feathers ? 
Are you the cuckoo, the singing cuckoo ? 
Are you the moon, or the light of the moon ? 
Are you the eyelash, or the dreams from eyelash ? 
Are you the flower,or the nectar from the flower ?
Are you the fruit,or the sweetness of the ripe fruit ?*

Congratulations ! Jayashree. For your nomination to Oscar.*****

Light Music.

It is the grace of God,

Hearing my music the world will sway.

Seven seas, sky and earth will play with me !

Music emanates from me.

My song can be the feast to the ears,

My song can be medicine to cure any disease.

Oh God ! All my honor is your blessing.

Now, I pray for light from non-lighted lamps

Seven seas, sky and earth will play with me

Music emanates from me.

With the fate playing, Oh music !

Come light the lamps

And save the life.

Oh lamps! Come alive with the light,

And cure the sin of disease.

With my music, coming running 
Oh, moving sea waves ! 

With the music, coming dancing lamps,

Even after hearing the song with my music,

Why the delay in reaching ?

What sin I have committed ?

With the fire in my eyes,

And with the light of lightning 

Hundreds of songs will flow

Oh Lamps !

Light, Light, Light ...

*****

Chakra Vahan.(Bus)

Fearless young lady she was

Boarded Chakra Vahan, Bus,

Knowing only the entry,

And not knowing the emergency exit.

Fought the evils with tooth and nail
But fell prey to the heinous crime.

Flying innocent Lady Dove,

Surrounded by the lustful,

greedy & ferocious vultures, 

Merciless hunt of the body and soul.

Grazing young deer,

cornered by the gang of

cunning foxes tore the flesh 

and licked oozing blood.

Was it in Animal kingdom ?

And in Forest Rule ?

No, in Gandhi Land, Hamara India !

Hamara Mahan Bharat !

Slained Abhimanyu fell in Chakra Vyuha

 Fate and the perpetrators mocked & laughed,

The world along with the Creator wept. 

Grief  in heart and sorrowful tears in eyes.  

Cloud of endless darkness surrounding, 

The candles carried throwing light:

Where and what we are?

Civilized humans
or less than beasts in forest ?
*****
Bus: Yes, no more.

Magical Song.

My singing of this song

should bring your wellness.

Flooding of the music

should flow like river.

There, your young heart 

will swing like boat.

The color on the cheek of my lady,

seen in the golden colorful flower daily.

Where I search myself to-day

for the non-spilling kisses to flow ?

She dances on the stage of my heart

like embracing the falling fragrant snow.

For ever she is the happily 

enjoying musical woman,

Yes, the musical woman.....

With the music, my song flowing,

And with the beat, your legs moving,

If you start walking,

It is the honor to my song.

If you don't walk along,

It is again our loneliness. 

Like the dark shadow, 
your hair flowing,

You, my young lady ! 
If you rise and dance,

Oh beauty ! 
behind you the swans will walk !

Yes, the swans will walk...! 

*****