Usually I do not get head ache.Definietly absence of office
politics is not the reason.combined with fever I had a disturbed sleep.At 4 30
am everyone was enjoying the fine cool weather.I gently opened up the lap top
and one FB friend said good morning.I wished him the same and I told him that I
could not locate him.Instead of rolling on the bed with discomfort I wanted to
make this morning really good.I stumbled upon the poem written by Karumalai
Tamizhazhan published in Muthkamalam electronic medium.He is from
Hosur.I have translated the poem from Tamil into English for readers.It is not
verbal translation my own silken touch
is there. Those who know both tamil and English can pass judgement about the quality
of translation:
A sympathetic/ Merciful State: A poem
Karumalai tamizhazhan
Hosur/Translation by Prof.D Sambandhan
It is a small village surrounded/carpeted by green fields
Bristling with nature’s beauty and elegance
Water flowing gently through the small /narrow stretches of
canal
Augmenting nits beauty (and infinite variety)
The aged tall trees
attempting to reach the sky
Near a rock mountain (kal Paarai) the village stands
Whenever there is distress/ disaster there is so much
fraternity
To vie with one another and stand ready to help each other.
It has not yet been molested/destroyed by the seeds of
The fast spreading culture of neighbourhood/foreign soil.
To go to school children need to travel to the
Neighboring village
And to fetch the free(priceless) rice for cooking food
In ration shops one must walk three miles
When you fall sick/get injury
You must run desperately for four miles to get medical care.
A village filled with only slums
Can hardly dream of
transport facility
It does not have any kind of bus service
Having given many representations to the Minister
And also meeting the District Collector
No one has responded
to the requests and visited the village
Those who exist here have been never treated as human
The village is deprived of any basic facilty/amenity
But
even before asking/giving any request
Like the ants faithfully follow the sweet dish
The state has shown feverish enthusiasm
TO OPEN Liquor shop.
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