Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Why must India be the colony of England?
The leader asked and Indians thundered.
Why must some in India be untouchable?
The leader asked and Indians kept quiet.
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It is not certain if I go to heaven.
Why must I invest if gain is not certain?
I don’t want to die; I don’t want to invest.
Let me spend my life and wealth.
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Minus one added with plus one
Cancel the plus one.
Minus one multiplied by plus one
Gives the minus one.
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Love is fear; so is anger.
Fear to lose that you love
And fear to get that you hate
Manifests as love and anger.
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Poachers, butchers and choppers
Have no mercy in their acts.
God is a terminator and an annihilator,
From whom exudes duty not mercy
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Maqbool Fida Husain,95, is no more.
A controversial Indian painter is no more.
He, a Muslim, pictured Hindu Gods in nude
And had to live in exile and die abroad.
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Rare things in auction fetch huge values.
Be it a queen’s blouse or the ball of the final.
It shows arrogance of money and madness.
Emotion defies the thing’s value and suffers.
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Pleasure is given up for pride
And pride is given up for pleasure.
When senses or ego is fed
The pleasure spot in the brain is trickled.
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My mother tongue is of my mother.
When my father differs from mother
In cast, clan, race, regions and religions,
I’m of my mother, as come from her flesh.
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As an event to the visitors
And a burden to the hosts,
A funeral is conducted.
The next day is a relief to all.
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