Points to ponder!

[Visalakshi Ramani]

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[FONT=comic sans ms,sans-serif]When shall softer saner politics,
Where of we dream,
have play in each proud land?

"A local cult called Christianity"

Good but not religious good.

Quotes by Thomas Hardy.[/FONT]

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 54. Intermissions?

Is this constant percussion,
In fact a secret admission?

Of a person's mental depression?
And a terrific hidden fission?

There is not a trace of compassion,
The fury is in its full emission!

Has antagonism become a passion?
That indeed is the general impression!

But life must have a better mission,
Than pointless verbal aggression!

On one pledged in non aggression,
Why is this incorrigible obsession?

Resulting in perpetual transmission?
The occasional regular recession,

Is purely a toning up intermission!
I Never assume it to be an omission,

The recessions are just intermissions
Between the consecutive sessions!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 55. The alchemist.

He was a great chemist,
Till he became an economist.

He then became an alchemist,
His eyes were in a dreamy mist.

When he was a good chemist,
He was also an optimist.

When he became an alchemist,
He also became a pessimist.

He slowly became an extremist,
He badly needed a hypnotist!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

The election alliances and the forum friendships seem

to have so much in common that I often wonder it really is

A friendship? :decision: An alliance with a motive and a purpose?

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Half of world's problems can be avoided if only

we stop attributing more I.Q to people

than what they really have!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Laugh ... and the world laughs with you.

Cry... and the world laughs at you.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A smile can be more eloquent than pages and pages of typed words- as proved by a good friend in the comment to a blog. It can give a range of meanings depending on the mental state and mental make up of the persons viewing it.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Solitude...

The bane of those who depend on the external world for their happiness and

the boon to those who know how to keep themselves usefully engaged and employed.

Boon :decision: Bane

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

What a topic to be launched on Vinayaka's birthday

and what an eager crowd chasing the :flock:

Humpty Dumpty downhill??? :bump2:

Amazing group of like minded people!!! :grouphug:

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

His worst was better than any other person's best.:clap2:

He talked on for ever; :blabla:
and you wished him
to talk on for ever.

The art of pleasing consists in being pleased. :high5:
William Hazlitt.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 56. The students.

Students are under pressure,
A secure future to ensure!

They take every possible measure,
And sacrifice every possible pleasure.

They do not waste time in leisure,
They are keen on more exposure,

It is the time for us to assure,
They are the Nation's treasure.

Time to act promptly and insure
Their fruitful lives and composure.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

57. The cool baby sitter.

The cool baby-sitter
Was also a go-getter.

She acted like a blotter,
With words soft as butter.

Whenever you feel bitter,
She made you feel better.

She was an expert in chatter,
And knew well how to flatter.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Adding the serial numbers will help in keeping track of the posts and blogs. The first poem appeared in # 668 on 6-8-2011.
I will not be able to add the serial numbers to the old posts. However I can add the numbers to the old blogs.
I will do it as soon as possible.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

தோல் இருக்கப் பழம் விழுங்கி!

வேலைக்காரனை நியமிக்க வேண்டி,
வேலை ஒன்றைக் கொடுத்தார் அவர்.

"கூடையில் நூறு முறுக்குகள் உள்ளன.
நடையாகச் சென்று கொடுக்கவேண்டும்;

அடுத்த ஊரில் இருக்கும் நண்பருக்கு!
அடையாளமாக ஒரு ரசீதும் வேண்டும்!"

இருவரை மட்டும் சோதித்தார் அவர்;
இருவரில் எவன் சிறந்தவன் என்று!

முதலாமவனுக்கு வழியில் நல்ல பசி!
முன்னெச்சரிக்கையாகத் தரவில்லை,

வழியில் உண்ண உணவு எதுவும்- வேறு
வழி தெரியாமல் உண்டு விட்டான் அவன்

கூடையிலிருந்து பத்து முறுக்குகளை.
கிடைத்தது ரசீது வெறும் தொண்ணூறுக்கு!

இரண்டாமவன் மிகவும் தந்திரசாலி.
இரண்டு பிரச்சனைகளையும் ஒருங்கே

சமாளித்தும் விட்டான், ரசீது சரியாக
சமர்ப்பித்து வேலையில் சேர்ந்தான்!

என்ன செய்தான் அவன்???

கணக்குக்கும் நூறு முறுக்கு வேண்டும்;
'கணகண'க்கும் பசியும் தீர வேண்டும்!

ஒவ்வொரு முறுக்கிலிருந்தும் கவனமாக
ஒவ்வவொரு வரியை உடைத்து எடுத்தான்;

நூறு பெரிய முறுக்கு வரிகளை உண்டான்!
நூறு முறுக்குக்கு ரசீதும் கொண்டு தந்தான்!

தோலிருக்கப் பழம் விழுங்கி இவன் தானோ?

அன்றைய கதை இது தெரியும் !
இன்றைய கதை எது தெரியுமா?

A.T.M இல் நான்கு லக்ஷம் காணோம்!

பத்து நோட்டுக்கு ஒரு நோட்டு என்று,
பக்குவமாக உருவியுள்ளான் ஒருவன்!

'பண்டில்' கணக்கு சரியாக இருக்கும்!
கண்டு பிடிக்கவும் முடியாது, ஹையா !!!

moral of the story :-

வேலைக்காரன் அறிவாளியாக
இருக்க வேண்டியது அவசியம்.

வேலைக்காரன் தந்திரசாலியாக
இருக்கவேண்டியது அனாவசியம்!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

Reading is sometimes an ingenious device
for avoiding thought.

What a blessing the smoke is! Perhaps the greatest we owe to the discovery of America.:smokin:

There is one statesman of the present day, of whom I always say that he would have escaped making the blunders that he has made if he had only ridden more in omnibuses. :flock:

Sir Arthur Helps.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

58. He and She.

He would through the crowd push,
He would always be in a mad rush.

His inseparable companion, a hair brush
Made him presentable to his lady 'crush'.

He would beat around the bush,
He would try her emotion to flush;

At times there will be a hush hush,
That is when he planned an ambush.

Had he known that her lovely blush,
Was the product of a painting brush;

There might be no more gush,
Of his silly feelings - this slush!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

59. The exception.

An exception proves a rule.

An exception is not the rule!

If an exception becomes a rule,

If man is as stubborn as a mule,

If his head is filled with wool,

If all the vacant minds pool,

Man becomes a wooden stool,

And proves to be a great fool!

 

[Brahmanyan]

It is easy to explain an ignorant person.
Easier to explain a scholar.
Even the creator cannot explain to a person of a little knowledge suffering from pride.

Raja Bhartruhari in Neethi Satakam

 

[renuka]

It is easy to explain an ignorant person.
Easier to explain a scholar.
Even the creator cannot explain to a person of a little knowledge suffering from pride.

Raja Bhartruhari in Neethi Satakam

New version:

The Hardest is explaining to a person who says that the Creator doesn't even exist!!!

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

A little knowledge is not very dangerous :nono:

as long as the person does not :nerd:
equate it to a great knowledge.:faint:

 

[Brahmanyan]

Ears get decorated by listening to and reading scriptures and not by ear-rings.
Hands get decorated by charity and not by gold bangles.
Body shines by compassion and helping others and not through sandalwood paste.

Bartruhari in Neethi Satakam.

 

[renuka]

Ears get decorated by listening to and reading scriptures and not by ear-rings.
Hands get decorated by charity and not by gold bangles.
Body shines by compassion and helping others and not through sandalwood paste.

Bartruhari in Neethi Satakam.

Dont you think its so similar to this:

Hasthasya Bhooshanam Daanam
Kanthasya Bhooshanam Sathyam
Srothrasya Bhooshanam Saasthram
Bhooshanaih Kim Prayojanam

Charity is the ornament for hands.
Truth is the ornament for neck.
Hearing the scriptures is the ornament for ears.
Where is the need for other ornaments?

 

[Brahmanyan]

Dont you think its so similar to this:

Hasthasya Bhooshanam Daanam
Kanthasya Bhooshanam Sathyam
Srothrasya Bhooshanam Saasthram
Bhooshanaih Kim Prayojanam

Charity is the ornament for hands.
Truth is the ornament for neck.
Hearing the scriptures is the ornament for ears.
Where is the need for other ornaments?

Dear Dr Renuka,

It looks so. As you know there are many Subhasistas with similar meaning. The Sanskrit version from which I have quoted in English is given below for your reference:

श्रोत्रं श्रुतेनैव न कुण्डलेन दानेन पाणिर्न तु कंकणेन ।
विभाति कायः करुणापराणां परोपकारैन तु चन्दनेन ॥

Regards,

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

O that our love might take no end out:

Or never had a beginning took! :sad:


For where God doth admit the fair,

Think you that he excludeth Love? :nono:

Baron Herbert of Cherbury.

 

[Visalakshi Ramani]

# 60. Illusion and delusion.

The perpetual derision,
Based on truth's torsion; :suspicious:

The unsought repulsion,
Lavished in a profusion.

Every deep incision, :whoo:
Follows an allusion.

Every single excision
Is aimed at seclusion.

Is there a neat collusion
Among those with aversion? :noidea:

Cause of many an illusion
Is just a perfect delusion!

Why is it always adhesion
Instead of one's cohesion?

Why this love's erosion
And the stupid ill-fusion?

The longer the evasion,
The more the confusion!

Get the correct version
And put an end to tension.

The true and perfect vision
Makes possible the inclusion.