Which Is Shame Of Tamils? Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

Where have gone the troupes of the Tamil youths,
Renowned for their ancient Tamil valour,

Who had stood and fought as a solid rock,
En block, a while ago, over a week,

For their birth right to hurt bulls in a sport
Enshrined in their tradition and culture,

Unmindful of the pressing needs to fight
Against draught, rape, murder and corruption

When the democracy was well murdered
On the floor of Tamilnadu Assembly

And when the legislatures were held as slaves
At the connivance of the law enforcers,

By the family of the accomplice convict,
Who has plundered the state for three decades

With money power and muscle power
In an organized criminality?

Youths the Tamil! Tell me where've you gone?
Where's gone your pride of Thirukkural?

Which is shame- deprivation of Bull game
Or submission to corrupt criminals?
20.02.2017
(Bull game is where bulls are let out for the crowd to be trained, tamed and overpowered.
Thirukkural is the Tamils' Bible,
Two thousand years old, the Tamils pride)