Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

Out of gambling,
One will experience no gain, no loss.
Life is gambling.
No rebirth is bliss everyone must wish.
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His wealth attracted me.
My skin attracted him.
He was black and i pale white.
We get married happily,
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A mother is not great
Because her kids say so.
Kids not hers must say so..
So is one's mother tongue.
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Transsexuals are as much unfortunate
As, say, lepers in people's acceptance.
Both are denied a decent employment.
Both are treated as if untouchable.
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It is not the river's fault
That it has gone dry.
It is not the tree's fault
That it has wilted.
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Born in 1807, lady Jane Digby
Was as romantic as of adventure.
Even at sixteen she turned the nobles on.
Her parents had counted on her beauty.
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Paid votes, paid news, paid media,
Paid politicians, paid bureaucracy,
Paid prosecution and paid jailors
Will see I am unassailable.
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The next day of the wedding,
The groom came out and shouted,
‘I won't accept her as a wife.'
Flashing a snowy bed-sheet
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Andal is on literature, music and dance.
Andal is on drama, cinema and Margali.
Andal to Vishnu as Meera to Krishna;
Andal belongs to eighth century though.
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‘Man has right to hit on woman.' Declared
Catherine Deneuve, French actress, (74)
Condemninga new Puritanism,
Which as witch hunt threatens sexual freedom.
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