Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Patriotism Poems

Patriotism is the seed of violence.
Don’t grow it. Instead, thrash it.
Patriotism has no place for future.
Shed away all inhibition about it.
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To abide by law is patriotism.
Not to plunder the nature is patriotism.
Not to pollute the resource is patriotism.
Working for nation is patriotism.
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Patriotism and nationalism
Look similar in meaning and yet differ.
Love for the country is patriotism.
Pride for the country is nationalism
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Patriotism:it is my country - right or wrong.
Nationalism:it is my country. Be it right.
Patriotism lacks compassion for the targets.
Nationalism has consideration for others.
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I love rose; me, don't force
To hail it in public
Each time I inhale.
I love her, my mother,
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A patriot loves his people to others.
A nationalist hates other people to his.
The former is proud of what his land does.
The latter likes his land no matter what it does.
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Cosmic ideology is a supreme thinking.
It is not confined to time, space and person.
Nationalism and patriotism
Work against it and deserves to be condemned.
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When you think about yourself as the one
By the nation, religion, caste or clan,
You make a division between your group
And the rest, which is the base of violence.
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If the team I am coaching won
The team I once represented
I would be happy for the team
I coached as I, as a coach,
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