Guaranteed Blessings Poem by DrTP Sasikumar

I left this lovely land

Twenty years ago-a land

Filled with Gods' blessings

Gods who belonged to us

Or did we belong to them?

Lighted lamps in the dusk

Accompanied by evening chants

Portals of houses adorned with

"Om Namo Narayanaya" or

"Jesus blesses this home"

Picture of Mecca in some others,

But buses were secular

Carrying all the gods in an array

And some buses carried boards

Attributing its glory to GOD.


In the early nineties

On my short visits

I learned that life and lifestyle

Had changed over the years

In Gods own Country,

The lighted lamps were now off

Pooja places moved aside

No 'keerthans' and 'bhajans'

No one had time to 'waste'

Each one totally occupied

The TV awarded the prime place,

Buses ran with film songs

Music system in full-blare

Picking up the passengers

Enjoying the drive and the ride.


As the new century rolls in

I am back on a visit, expectations anew

To see the 'splendid' speedy change

God (wo) men on the campaign

"You may identify with any God"

Each swami(ni)has his/her own

Full-time Telecast Channels

Ladies are full-timers

Gents have some leisure

Spirituality can be purchased

Both as wholesale and retail

Buses have boards-'blessed by…'

Safety of the trip-'sponsored by…'

People feel happy and safer still

Everything is taken care of.


Where did the traditional god go

Giving way to the human gods?

Gods who give blessings

Are as per your payment

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Guaranteed blessings! !

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