the teacher.....!!

the teacher tries his/her best

to make a concept clear

the child does enquire,

what is it?

how is it?

why is it so?

who told it?

with a smile on the face

with untiring efforts,

with all good intentions

the teacher answers.

just like a ladder,

which helps others to go high

the teacher endures the pain

while the child is transformed.

the ladder is in the same place

the sign board is in the same place

the facilitator is so.

let us bow our heads

in respect to our teachers

who felt with us

who valued us

who motivated us

who inspired us.

freedom and responsibility...!!

indeed the bird is free,

what is freedom...?

'i want to be free'

says everybody.

absolute freedom is a myth.

freedom always presupposes a certain amount of responsibility.

here the bird is free. but it has to go in search of food,

the bird has to find ways and means for security,

the birt goes in search of a friend...

all these we call the responsibility of free bird.

there is no absolute freedom.

i 'm a student and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a teacher and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a doctor and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a housewife and i want to be free,

well and good

i 'm a person and i want to be free,

ofcourse all of us are free

but it is a qualified freedom

otherwise it won't work

teacher's reward...!!

on a fine morning
there came a lady,
inquired about the principal.
we had a small conversation.

are you the new teacher
who teaches my child?
do you teach disaster management?
with wide opened eyes she asked me.

yes i do. i replied.
oh! my God..!!
my son loves your class,
why don't you teach some other subjects too?
please teach some more subjects.

after a while she went home,
dear lady,
it was you who gave me the best gift
on this teachers' day.
thank you, may God bless you.

salesperson...!

a new transformation,
rather a forced one,
against the will and wish,
from now on you are cursed to be...
what ...?

be always in the market,
speak the language of profit,
make money, gather profit,
then where is life? i asked.
life is like that, replied the sage.

when you say one 'yes'
it presupposes so many other 'no's.
it's the irony of life...
life is like that, replied the sage.

the power to say no,
is always there:
then how about the destiny?
to reach there, do all
even if against your will.

is it so binding that
there should be only one way,
i can move this way or that way,
the onus is completely on me.

guide me you Oh! eternity,
to get through the momentary existence.

land of rasam and kolambu...!!

innocent people live here
they enjoy rasam and kolambu
with the white rice cooked.

my friends brought three lunch boxes
we are but five.
what is the problem? its usual.
we sat in a circle sharing the meal.

chellam open your mouth
have this ball of rise immersed in kolambu.
super its wonderful.
the rasam is superb.
inform your mother that
we enjoyed the food.

its a wonder, my friend
you just open your mouth sitting there
the other gives you rice and kolambu
right in your mouth.

the love expressed
the love experienced
the love shared

thankom eat, eat,
otherwise you will be tired.
the motherly care,
sisterly concern...