Missing

After a bitter fight

Hot words and hard words

She walked out

Days later they kissed and made up

And she was back

Both pretended that it was like old times

Yet there was something missing

Something lost

In the interlude…

Meaning

"What meaning does the word "own"  have?
what meaning does the word "related" have?
"own "and "relatives" are mere water marks"
wrote the renowned poet Thampi
for an old  Malayalam film song

Today I say, more and more pain
disillusionment awaits man
if he's  unable to give a wider connotation
to terms like  "öwn" and "related"
 with the whole world one's own
All of mankind, your relatives..

You never feel deprived this way
one relative may not stand by you
but another steps in to help
you also help and relate
to multiple relatives
connected in bigger and higher ways
not just by the birth...

Everyone lives and does things
guided by their true nature
not as a quid pro quo
not worried whether you are returned
what you have given
it does'nt matter any more
being connected to the entire universe

Shameless

Have they forgotten

The meaning of ‘Shame’?

Have they forgotten the meaning of ‘Democracy’?

Or have they begun

Misspelling it as ‘Demo-crazy’?

What else can explain

The total disregard,

Nonchalance to allegations

of scandals aplenty

of corruption, sex  escapades

And what not…

Charges levelled by, not just opposition

But by  those

In their own front!

And all this in a state

Whose people

Held most literate, knowledgeable

And politically savvy!

Sad to see the fall,

Depths to which

the country has plunged…

At one time, a union railway minister

On news of accident, resigned

Owning moral responsibility

Today, the minister sits tight

As if nothing has happened

“Where is the proof?” he smiles

“Give it to us and our police

Will investigate”

Yes. You smile

Knowing very well

It’s “your” police who will investigate…

Long live democracy!