Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

She sold her beauty
And bought popularity,
And, with popularity,
She got prosperity,
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Faith be the accelerator
And doubts, the brake.
Apply them accordingly.
Faith be the right hand;
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Lady, I love you;
You are terrible!
I can’t spell it out
So I say you’re nice
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Indian women live in two worlds,
At a time or alternatively.
The world of erotica brought by the media.
The world of female virtue
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I dream at night what the lunatic does in day.
I do in day what the great do at night
I am neither lunatic nor the great.
I am either lunatic or the great yet.
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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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I courted many and conquered none.
I feel lonely.
I loved a lot with no returns thereon
I feel lonely.
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The best way to defend is offend.
The best way to hate is be close.
The best way to cheat is gain trust.
The best way to trap is help.
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William Shakespeare has been wrong
When he coined the old age
As the second childhood.
The child is at peak to grab,
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Why do you aspire to become Miss India?
To serve the people.
Why do you perspire to become a Minister?
To serve the people.
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