Rajaram Ramachandran Poems

Chandramathi and Devadasan
The two got up early morn,
And did odd jobs as menials
In the Brahmin’s house.
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There was a show of crocodile,
In the National Geographic Channel.
Crocodile is powerful in water,
But on land, it can’t run faster
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Oh! You rational animal, are you really superior,
Or, like other creatures, far inferior?
Among all the creations, where lies your place?
It's for you to judge and elevate your race.
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The three girls, in search
Of wood, had their march,
Down the rough roads,
And winding river beds.
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Sankara knew where to go
Yet he walked miles to go.
He reached Narmada River,
That overflowed with water.
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Narendra fell down, one day,
When he went to play
And hit against a sharp stone
That pricked his right eye bone.
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MEERA (1498-1547)

The life story of Meera was shown in black and white Tamil film somewhere in the year 1976 or so. The famous actress M.S.Subbalakshmi acted as princess Meera and the actor Nagaiah as King Kumbha Rana of Chittor. Even today the songs of M.S.Subbalakshmi in Tamil are very popular. This story attracted me from my young days for the reason that Meera’s character was unique in that one can notice her sincere devotion to the Lord Krishna from her childhood days. Though a princess she was, she faced several hardships through out her life, yet her faith in Krishna was unquestionable. More than that, her captivating melodious songs in Vraja-bhasha, a dialect of Hindi spoken in and around Vrindavan, also sometimes mixed with Rajasthani, are still popular like folk songs even after 500 years.
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Who discovered the mirror?
We don't, at all, remember.
To show our faces beautiful,
How much it's really useful?
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To learn the Language English
To a cheater went a foolish
Village Indian, not very old,
Not so young, but middle aged.
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Look thro' a glass Yellow,
Everything appears Yellow.
And thro' a dark glass,
So dark an object looks.
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