a happy goodbye

Endless hours of chitter chatter

Sharing happiness and pain

Now, no hello, no hi, no how are you

Damn, has it all gone in vain?

What used to be, is not what's now

I feel so sad for us

My friend, now you have changed a lot

This is beginning to be torturous

If we were meant to drift apart

Why did we ever meet

I tried my best and gave it too

Nowadays, you don't even bother to greet :|

Its ok pal, this is life

Accepted and  established by all

And now by me too,

By letting you go

I'm setting myself free

Moving to a different dimension

With loads of positivity! 

This marks the end of our journey.

Situational Musing

....

so cheer up, as the God's have sent

challenges and opportunities for you on rent

even if for something, you are hell-bent

only those things happen, that are for you meant

refrain from indulging in anything in the present

that'll make you & your tomorrow repent

analyzing the time till now you've spent

cannot change already the incurred dents

confusion persists at most times

all I'm doing now is whine :-|

the time now is not all that fine

hence sat down, to type a poem that rhymes :P

hopeless as i can get

riding a low tide now, you bet

its not hard as it now seems

life looks like an unfinished dream

having loads to achieve in life

where problems are a rife

its just as if at my neck, pointed a knife

why does success come only after strife?

crucial decisions for me await

how much of me is this gonna take?

body mind & soul, this does consume

all will be good thereafter, i presume

......

Nobody Cares!

Welcome to planet- nobody cares!

I would have called this place Earth, 

lest you all behaved like earthlings!

In a population of 6.8 billion...

Please show me at least one human being!!!

Exclaimed the devil (in everyone) are you kidding!!?

This is nobody cares land!

Peoples' souls are made of dust and sand!  

Shocked when I figured,

The grey shades of people.

Growing up is not as easy as it seems!

For broken toys and lost pencils were better,

than broken hearts and lost friends! 

Use and throw, being the motto

Of everyone I know.

In trouble they play,

Knock knock, Who's there?

I say; it’s me, your fri-end!

Sorry pal, it's 'the end'!

Nobody cares if you are crying,

Nobody cares if you are dying,

Nobody cares if you are lonely on the street

Or with family and friends on a scrumptious treat!

When I'm gay,

Have seen on their face, dismay.

They dance in the rain,

When I’m in pain.

If you are sad,

It brightens them up.

They drive you mad,

By not turning up.

You text them with love and care,

And what do you get?

No reply! Or a mere 'K'!

Rediscovering every time, 

That no one gives a damn..

Even the so called clan!

For me, it's so difficult and painful, to 'not care'!

I guess I have to take this as a dare!

Everytime life doesn't give you a choice!

I guess this decision is something I will forever rejoice!

Wearing a new outfit?

They are gonna, glare! :-P

You are beautiful?

Oh! They are gonna stare! ;-)

Green with jealousy

With their hearts black as char

Deep inside they'd... 

Love to give you a scar!

They are like nomads,

Moving on with new people everyday.

To all such people, hear this:

You make me sick!

You better stop your cheap tricks!

They see you rise..

And sink like a ship..

Dear Lord!!!

Do tell me this!

Why have they become

Like this???

Where has humanity, compassion

and love gone?

Maybe it has distorted into jealousy, hatred 

and show off!!!

Testing my patience time and again,

All through my life

I have forgiven and forgotten and loved even more,

Well, enough is enough! I can do no more!

With the right people around..

Life is a fairy tale!

Else, get this straight!

It's not gonna be an easy sail!!

People with tainted characters,

I don't wanna know.

The world suddenly feels like

An awful place to grow!

7th June, 2012 

Why this Kolaveri, Karunanidhi?

Tamil Nadu CM Jayalalithaa on April 13th, 2012 led the state in celebrating Tamil New Year (Tamil month of 'Chithirai'- mid- April in Gregorian calendar). Soon after Jayalalithaa-led government took over, it had reversed a 2008 decision of her arch rival M Karunanidhi to celebrate new year in the Tamil month of 'Thai' (mid- January) to coincide with the harvest festival, Pongal. The practice of celebrating the Tamil new year in the month of Chithirai was being followed for 2000 odd years and the calender was based on seasonal cycles and other geographic parameters. There was also a mention of Chithirai as Tamil new year in inscriptions of Chola and Pandya kingdoms besides literary references. It seems the scholars claim that the mid-April celebration was an Aryan practice that filtered down to the south, while the Thai month that heralds the festival of harvest, Pongal, was the original Dravidian celebration. Jayalalithaa also recalled that Karunanidhi himself had greeted people on Tamil New Year’s day in Chithirai in the past. In 1990, Karunanidhi had, on two occasions, affirmed that Tamil New Year’s day begin with Chithirai. Despite the then DMK Government effecting a change, people had, however, continued to celebrate the Tamil New Year in Chithirai only.

What Karunanidhi did hurt the sentiments of people, big time! Jayalalithaa took a swipe at Karunanidhi for his decision to change the calender as he did it for purely publicity/ commercial  motives and it, in no way was to help in development of the language. The sentiments and the opinion of the 'people' were not taken into consideration at all. I mean what is he? GOD? To make such changes? For the record, Karunanidhi married thrice. So, in his next term (if there is one) is he gonna promote polygamy in Hinduism? Huh! Looks like he's capable of making any insensitive change! :-/ Moreover, he's an atheist- so is this the kinda CM, TN would like to look up to? NO.

I have never ever taken any interest in National politics and for, that matter I have never been 'for' or 'against' any political party. But, this thing Karunanidhi did in 2008 really got me thinking. Well, now I'm definitely not 'for'-DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam)! Who the hell is he to change our new year? Every year, till 2007 we have been celebrating it in April and overnight we come to know that the new year has changed to January??!!!! This is not fair!! Chithirai is the first month in the Tamil Calender and will always be!!!  

On a personal note, infact, the "imposed Tamil new year" in 2009, 2010, 2011 at my college have been working days and I remember attending classes. And I used to think, being in Tamil Nadu we don't have a holiday for our new year, whereas Ugadi- Telugu New Year was ALWAYS a holiday! I never accepted the 'new' new year and we continued celebrating it in Chithirai. I mean why did he have to mess up with this? Are there already less problems in the State? Sheesh! My heart really ached to see the Tamil new year marked in the month of January but alas in 2012 it was removed and it was for the first time in 4 years the University was actually shut down for the "actual" Tamil New Year! Felt really really good to see things falling back in place! Good work done by Jayalalithaa. AIADMK(All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) totally rocks for this cause! Infact she went one step ahead to nail down the matter by ordering a grand celebration by her government on April 13th. The grandiose celebration was personally kicked off by her at the Madras University centenary auditorium in accordance with Tamil tradition and culture. Three cheers for TN CM Jayalalithaa for restoring our Tamil New Year! :)

14th April, 2012