[Introduction:
Sankranthi or ‘Sun’kranthi (the way I prefer it) or Makara Sankranthi is a major Hindu festival marking the transition of Sun into Capricorn and occurs in mid January, about 21 days after the tropical Winter Solstice. It’s a festival of farmers and of harvest and of their cattle, of increased human activity and enlightenment. The goddess of wealth, Maha Lakshmi is invoked, among others. Lot of fun and frolic is associated, with children loving to play their kites, and girls and women drawing up symbolic geometrical patterns in their courtyards and displaying an array of various dolls in their houses. A lot more events happen during the Sankranthi festivities. The Sankranthi-2009 was celebrated under the shadow of the terrorist strike of Mumbai on Nov 16,2008.]
Come the warm and bright ‘Sun’kranthi,
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With wonder-wide eyes man delved
deep into the myriad mysteries;
Nothing is far! Moon or Mars, or Matter
beyond aeons-long light years of galaxies.
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[INTRO:
In the backdropp of the recently surfaced mega-scam of Satyam Computer Services Ltd, Hyderabad. The promoters of ‘Satyam’ had floated the ‘Maytas’ group to look after infrastructure, properties and various other activities. The letters in the word ‘Satyam’ reversed, would read as ‘Maytas.’]
With 'Satyam'
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[In the context of cross-border terrorism in India]
Certainly I want peace
Who doesn't?
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Damn and blast!
There's no escape anywhere in sight
From the tangled web of noises!
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Life is like a cell phone
I can’t give it up
Until I receive
That one welcome call
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A train’s window view yields you an enlivening panorama
No home theatre, no Imax screen gives you as much drama.
The tinsel movies are edited, raucous and patchy
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I love February
because it’s a brewery
of chilly winter
and sunny warmth.
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I try to reach out to her
She teases me, she eludes me.
Yet
I woo her, I serenade her.
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