My 300th poem

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IDENTITY AND VIOLENCE THE ILLUSION OF DESTINY BY AMARTYA SEN(book review)

The world is a fascinating place and it is brought to life by our perception. This book deals with our various identities especially the religious one.
The book has opened my eyes to a new way of seeing things and has helped me understand the world  better. The coherence and flow is beautiful. If ever there [...]

The madman

Once upon a time, I found a key. It  opened all the doors I tried. And in one room, which I walked into , I found a madman.
He seemed to be talking to himself. Papers were strewn around the room. There was a musical Instrument , I noted(but I forgot which string it was) and [...]

Beyond illusions

We will open our eyes,
See beyond the horizon
And sit in our castle’s porch,
Knowing from where we rose,
That finally we reached where we chose,
Albeit the illusions and the remorse.

For the strength of an illusion lies with the perceiver,
And somewhere in there we always want something better;
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quarter dozen awards

Ya ya its raining awards! *hey anybody wants to erect a statue of me? *
This time its Kanagu , celebrating a year in blogosphere  *ha young man congrats *.
Anyway , he has given me the Wordsworth of blogsphere award *see someone reads my poems * . Anyway how do I feel about it? [...]

62 and counting

We all know what day it is today – Yup Independence day.

So we all chirp(and tweet) , Sing(and eat) and finally watch a movie! Jai hind! Another holiday , shops closed(ya right , tell that to Saravana Stores , Pothys etc) , low traffic.
We sing Jana Gana Mana , feel all [...]

What are your Identities?

Something lesser than a dot in the universe.
Something as big as a dot in the galaxy.
A thicker dot in the system.
Earthling.
human being.
Asian.
A person from the subcontinent.
Indian.
South Indian.
Tamilian.
Hindu
Brahmin
Iyengar.
…….(other identities)
This is the Identity the world(i.e. those who might not know anything about me and also society collectively) would attribute to me…but is it the one I want? [...]

As we talk together

When I see light ,
I know nothing can die.
When I see you,
I know I need not fight.
When I know you ,
I know what is right.
When we are together,
The world not perish,never;
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A couple of awards and a tag

*Let me do the tag first *
Sahefa tagged me ..ya ya its again one of those question answer things Anyway lets see if I can make it fun
- What is your guilty pleasure Disney movie?
Wall-E
- What’s the longest you’ve gone without taking a bath?
maybe 25 [...]

My little sister’s project on Mughals :)

Yup thats my sister and her friends They did this for a computer science project (after making me download a software called Photostory { ya microsoft does have a few free software!} ) .
” Laziness is the mother of invention” , so mom feels because :-
Got them [...]