Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

‘Silence is the privilege of the grave.'
To speak for, against, or of the buried,
No one must venture unless sanctioned.
To wait for the death and abuse is bad.
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My son has a mother.
His son has a mother,
They are all fortunate.
I live as an orphan.
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Sins are manmade, space bound, time bound.
No punishment from the God's side.
A bad man escapes a bad end.
A good man suffers a bad end.
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Ninety percent population,
Brought up from the frozen mindset,
Will be offended or grow wild
If I speak the truth about God.
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An actor performs as the director bids him.
A person performs as the God desires him to.
Must the credit go to the performers
Or the ones at whose bids things are done?
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There is no corruption.
There is no nepotism.
No racial discrimination.
Meritocracy is the rule.
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Anything that fits your frame of concept
Made in the brain from habits, practice,
Customs, culture or the taste of high-class,
Will appeal to you as ones beautiful.
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Woman to man is a book-
A novel, a poetry or an essay.
She is stale to who has read
And is fresh still to the rest.
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Mind divides, dissects and discriminates
Anything it comes to have contact with.
Mind attracts, distracts and destroys for good.
It’s succeeded in splitting even atoms.
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Two south Indian actress now no more,
Even after five decade obsess me
With their images I see in the screens.
I fear death lest I should miss seeing them.
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