This is my World

Hunger, a feeling, many of us would have never had a chance to feel in our lives. At least, not due to lack of means to buy food. We, fall into the upper or upper middle class of our country. Washed clothes, fresh food, and soft beds are no strangers to us. We live in relative comfort and are capable of affording a few luxuries. We are a very small percentage of this billion-headed society, using most of the resources, this country puts on sale. For us, hunger is just one more topic to blog and write poems. But for a child, watching his neighbours in new clothes, with bars of chocolate and sweets, bursting jokes along with crackers on a Diwali, wearing his torn rags, and un-brushed teeth, needless to say, with empty stomachs, hunger means a lot more. For a garbage picker, to see a pair of worn out slippers, in one of his garbage cans, who is more than happy to wear it, hunger means a lot more. For a platform dweller, a temple beggar, an undertaker, a rain-forsaken farmer, and for more ...

Have you ever wondered, how many Humans have walked the Earth ? Humans have been here for over a 200,000 years now. The population of the World today is somewhere close to 6.8 Billion people. What could be the number of mammals, that walked with two legs, on the surface of this planet? Well, nothing scientific is possible. So we gotta turn our faces to GUESS. It is guessed to be over 100 billion. A huge, 13 digit number. Well, if the human kingdom is this big, by itself, how about the combined population of all animal, plant and insect kingdoms. Our numbering system, will definitely fall short. It is again a guess, that over 100 million species have walked the earth. Now, what can you say about your life? It is negligible and unnoticeable, when compared to the total life on Earth. We will not confuse ourselves, with too much data, by including all animals and plants, when we are yet to figure out who we are. I tried to find out what percentage of today's World population do i repre...

It all started off with Judas, or at least is believed so. He took money from Romans and offered Jesus, a kiss and the cross. Now, For over 2000 years, men have asked for more than the previous time. Money has become the emperor of this World. It rules and will do, for years to come. Right from the day, a sperm and an egg made fusion, till the day, the bones got porous, we need money. Birth of a child, is the second birth of it's mother.But it is Money that writes, how, when and where you must enter the World. If the dirty corner of a government hospital room welcomes you into the World, well your walk of life is going to be difficult. But, if your birth has to happen in a multi-speciality,modernly equipped hospital with qualified doctors and beautiful nurses, you have to Give More. The first challenge, any father would ever face is to get a school admission for his kid. Hundreds of tests, tens of interviews, Alexander's horse's name, Prince Harrie's girl friend name an...

அவளின், கூந்தல் அழகை இரவு திருடிக் கொண்டது ! நெற்றிப் பொட்டை விண்மீன் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கருவிழிகளை கயலும் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! உதட்டுச் சிவப்பை பூவும் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கண்ணீர் துளியை மழை திருடிக் கொண்டது ! சுவாசத்தின் வீச்சை காற்று திருடிக் கொண்டது ! முகத்தின் ஒளியை நிலா திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கழுத்தின் வளவை சங்கு திருடிக் கொண்டது ! எச்சிலின் சுவையை அமிழ்தம் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! அங்கத்தின் நிறத்தை தங்கம் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கால் கொலுசின் அழகை கவிதை திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கை வலையின் துணிவை வரலாறு திருடிக் கொண்டது ! விரலின் நகத்தை முத்து திருடிக் கொண்டது ! அன்பின் உயர்வை கல்லும்(கடவுளும்) திருடிக் கொண்டது ! குணத்தின் பணிவை புல்லும் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! மனத்தின் தூய்மையை பணியும் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! பண்பாட்டின் கூற்றை பாரதம் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! கேட்கும் ஒலிகளை மெல்லிசை திருடிக் கொண்டது ! பேச்சின் இனிமையை தமிழ் திருடிக் கொண்டது ! அவளோ, தன் நினைவால், என்னையே திரிடிக் கொண்டு போய் விட்டால், இதனால் தான் களவும் அழகோ !

All of we, monkeys would have seen the picture of three monkeys sitting adjacent to each other, facing us, closing their eyes, ears and mouth. We were taught in school, that the moral of the picture is not to see anything bad, not to hear anything bad, not to speak anything bad. Well, we have been true good obedient students to this moral. We close our eyes, when something bad happens around us and walk-off as if it never happened. We close our ears, when we hear harsh words, instead of trying to correct the mischievous with two big blows to the head. We close our month shut, even when we know injustice had been done to someone. We never stand up for others, do we? By being a obedient student to this moral, we have given way to a bad society, that is full of injustice, corruption, violence and what the hell not. Well, To those who wonder, why there wasn't four monkeys, it is you and me, closing our brains. That is not all. We have lost almost, two and a half senses. Those that rema...

நான் உன்னை அணைத்த போது, கண்ணிருந்தும் குருடானேன், காதிருந்தும் செவிடானேன், வாயிருந்தும் ஊமையானேன், தூங்கிய பின்னும் கனவை இழந்தேன்! நீ என்னை கண்டவுடன், மேளமொன்றிசைத்து, மலர் மஞ்சம் தந்தாய் ! மஞ்சள் நீராடிய, நெல் கொஞ்சம் தந்தாய்! சங்குகள் முழங்க, பறைகள் ஓலிக்க, மாலை பல சூடி, மரியாதை தந்தாய்! நான் உன்னுடன் வர, சொந்தங்கள் இழந்தேன், எண்ணங்கள் துறந்தேன், என்னையே நானே, முழுமையாய் மறந்தேன்! தீயிலே எறிந்தேன், காற்றிலே கலந்தேன், என் வீட்டில் நானே, இறைவனாய் மலர்தேன்! சொந்தங்களை பிரிக்க, என்ன வரம் பெற்றாய் ? கண்ணீர் மழை பொழிய, எங்கு விதை கற்றாய் ? எந்த ஒரு வீரனும், உன் முன்னால் கோழையே! உன்னை எதிர்த்து போரிட, முடியாத நான் ஒரு ஏழையே! கொடுமை செய்ய பிறந்தாயே, உயிரை தின்று வளர்ந்தாயே, உறவை முறித்து சிரித்தையே, நீயும் ஒரு நாள் இறப்பையே! ஏய் மரணமே, உனக்கு சாவே கிடையாதா ? I have never seen death so close. It struck my cousin when he was just 23. I was 20 then. I did not have the maturity to face death. I did not cry. I just did write. This one is for him !

Could it be the biggest mystery in History? Well, Most definitely. It has kept men running behind it, for well, over 1000 years. It has led to the rise and fall of empires. And what not. Before writing my next line, I would like to tell you that i am no grail hunter or a surviving knight Templar, with a small cup, or a Dan Brown. I am not interested in adding anything to the already available list of holy grails, by thinking that, if it had something to do with Jesus' blood, why couldn't it be his coffin. No, I am not going to confuse you more. But then, I wanted to know, what this holy grail was about, at least to satisfy myself. As far as my knowledge deciphers, it is believed to be a cup from which Jesus, sipped during the last summer and with which, Joseph caught his blood, from the cross or the bloodline of Jesus, probably through Mary Magdalene, the so-called prostitute. Well, it is far from easy to find any real hard evidence to prove any of these theories, unless and un...

i have been a kinda loner, ever since my birth. Maybe i was brought up as one. I spent the best part of my childhood and teenage, inside the walls of my house. I had hardly any friends. the population of my own small World, never entered double digits. Well, if it was my house in my school years, it was my hostel room in college. Only loneliness has always been a friend of mine. Until she met me or rather, i met her. It was my second year in college. As always, I was alone. It could have been six or seven in the p.m. Not a romantic one though. We meet for the first time. And spent a couple of hours together. I don't think she was impressed in that short time. Me neither. Unfortunately, we knew that, we weren't the first choice of the other. But that's the way it was. We started meeting frequently. Sometimes, every evening. I started enjoying her company. She, i didn't know. Did she like me? I didn't know this too. All i knew was, a relationship was grooming between ...

Well, off late, Men have considered themselves, the saviour of everything. Save the plants, Save the ants, Save the air, Save those bears, Save the rocks, Save the crocs and Save the planet. Well, how are we gonna do that? Men have grown aggressive over the years(or, may i say arrogant). We have started fiddling with everything possible. And saving this endangered species is one more way to fiddle with nature. Nature has seen many things.In its lifetime of 5 billion years, Our Earth has seen a lot. Earthquakes, Volcanoes, Tsunamis, constant pelting from thousands of meteors, asteroids, and comets, plate tectonics, solar flares, magnetic storms, magnetic reversal of poles, and above all, over 4.5 billion years of evolution and over 200,000years of humans. Men, really are nothing but one more nuisance to this planet. Now, a simple question. What is an endangered species? How did they become so? Before answering these, lets see some basic evolution concepts. Even the firmest believer of...

No. This is not my Girl Friend's name. I wish, I had a girl Friend with such a funny name. But, I don't have one. In fact, this is an acronym. Not so common as the, WTF, POTUS or the hell lot. But we use it commonly, without knowing that we are. Not In My BackYard! We, all do have a list of things, that we don't wanna have in our backyards, don't we? Let us take for example, the prison. Will we allow a prison to be built in our streets or will we rent a house, that is next door to a prison. Well, we won't Somehow, we believe all thieves, pimps, crank heads, and junkies will be our neighbours. Are these people so insane to be hanging in front of a prison, where the possibility of they being caught is more than anywhere else. Aren't we making a fool of ourselves? How about a hospital then, where only the diseased and deceased are allowed? Well, crowds, noise, the smell of medicines, the sound of ambulance and much of a fuzz. We say, "NIMBY"! And then, wh...

By now, most of you would be thinking about your last date with your girl friend, sitting in a dark restaurant, in a lonely corner, waiting for things to happen. When they were about to happen, how you ruined all them by spilling your ice cream on her newly made skirt, which she had bought with all love . Then you took her to the wash room, where you opened a jet of water, just to soak her with it. Fully wet now, she would have cursed you and tried to walk away. You would have knelt down to propose, unexpecting a blow on your chin. You spent the whole night crying, only to see her date your peer the next day. Absolute Shit. Well, Unfortunately, I never had a chance to have such a wonderful candlelight dinner. Well, I am 22. I must have had one. But, not. I had a very different candlelight dinner. I had been once to this village, in the southern tip of India, on my friend's request. Well, He was a boy. The village was not welcoming me. But I had to set foot. Hailing from a town, on...

Mahadhi impressed her first footprint in the house, which was going to be her new home. She is here today, because she was there in an hospital yesterday. Her parents had taken her there, to find out the reasons for her different behaviours. Even as a child(she is now 20), Mahadhi was different. To say it in the right language of the wrong humans, she was abnormal. Her abnormality grew with age. Her parents felt her a nuisance and was wanting to get rid of her. Her rich parents, waited for the right moment and when it was offered, they grabbed it with both hands. They had taken her to the hospital, identified her a mentally challenged and threw her out of the house. They weren't worried, because she was not their only child. She was fifth in a long queue, that just reaches double digits. Mahadhi wasn't unhappy either. She was relieved to be away form those uncaring parents and bullying siblings. She was happy to live with people who were like her. She wasn't exactly overjoy...

Which one is bigger? Asking yourself this question, if you feel, the size of your wallet is bigger, you are still a human. If you believe otherwise, I am sorry to say that, you belong to a group which wants to portray itself as a collection of good souls. I said, I am sorry. Including me, we, humans, have a tendency to say so, at times. But, the reality is, when it comes to giving away, we are reluctant, aren't we? We tend to have more than what we need, rather than giving it away to the needy. When questioned, we answer, "I am saving it for the rainy day". But, what about the others sharing this planet with you, this summer. No one really wants to beg for things. They do only when they don't have much of a choice. U will accept the fact that, most of your incomes, (let me be more frank), most of our incomes, are greater than the per ca pita income of our nation. What does this mean. We take more than what the country can afford to give us, simply from others shares. ...