Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar Poems

I have some relations on father's side;
I would like to lose them.
I have got some relations on mother's side;
I would like to lose them.
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Value is a type of illusion
Formed of emotion common
To children, lovers and idiots.
Value is nil to the enlightened.
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When to fight and when not to fight,
Where to fight and where not to fight,
And whom to fight and whom not to fight
Would determine one's successes.
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I had kept an album of my photos
In the drawing hall for the visitors
To see and admire or pretend to do.
They were very few and far between.
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N.M. Modi rose to be Prime Minister
From an ordinary class, selling tea.
M.S. Dhoni rose to be Cricket Captain
From an ordinary tribe, living low.
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Pain is unavoidable
but suffering is optional.
Loss is unavoidable
but sorrow is optional.
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One values money more than time
And the other, in the reverse.
Who is happier of the two?
Both are, though vary in its level.
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Krishna is made a romantic god.
He is surrounded by pretty women.
Every girl loves him; he reciprocates.
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Family is sick where the mother is undermined.
Society is sick where the teachers are undermined.
Culture is sick where the scholarsare undermined.
Justice is sick where Juries are undermined.
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To be invincible and enviable
Is the drive that makes one a celebrity.
To be the object of adoration
Is the drive that makes one a celebrity.
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