Jan26 the date and debate -Towards united states of India-A creative destruction a la Schumpeter -for the peace and progress of people and not for vested interests

BJP  has become like congress  with a difference of arrogance and misplaced ego as if there is no alternative   that was the case earlier when congress was ruling for long..In this political arrangements  it will be a game of Northerners and south India will not have more space

The time has come to have a serious debate to divide the country into four or many  zones and they will  have dominant leaders to address the problems  in those regions .I am not a political science student   Eminent thinkers must give a workable solution to give more political space  and economic power to all the regions..These regions must decide how the centre must be constituted and vested with powers like defence', currency and so on ...a truly federal India. And the subject experts must decide the shape of new united states of India.

  we have to study how other federations work in the world and  we must take some permutation and combination in order that there will be an equitable devolution of both political and economic power among all the states in the country.It should be such that there is no room for agitation by any militant group of  any shade and colour.

One leader for the whole country and the centralization of power in his hands will be a disaster in the long run.Let experts think about the workable solution for the Indian sub continent with more decentralization of power without bringing in dead leaders name and their message The old nation is young  dominated by a favorable demography and it should not be frustrated by corrupt, power seeking, all knowing politicians


Without affecting the union- namely the united states of India -how to provide dress and food ,water and sanitation ,power supply and housing and so on is a million dollar question..


when I see the leader wearing 15 lakh coat there is revulsion and  nauseating feeling.
when there is bullet train proposal  between Bombay and Ahmadabad  for fancy and showcase to the outside world I think about TN where reserved compartments are inadequate and people travel like cattle in few compartments

Let southern region decide what they want   paddy fields or hydro carbon    we do not want  somebody rooted far away from our soil to  decide my fate and my grandchildren livelihood.

pain is the reality but holding dignity is more important

The simplest and greatest truth about life is :
you should love your life and yourself..
who else is there for you excepting yourself ;
there are many but it's all virtual and yet real
and also intimate and much warming and yet

you must remain at peace with yourself,and the books
that have blanketed you thus far;
True there has been more pain that
you have expected and bargained for..
That's the fact of life for many and or
Is it a self inflicted fate?

Am I right when I say and suggest that
ultimately everything is good;
If they are not good ,why should
they happen?
but many things are not good
and they are likely to be worse much worse
 in future too
Can we avert them by worrying or
 feeling that we do not want them...

Let the wheel of karma rotate and the
fleeting fortunes embrace the brave and the bold
among the good and honest and hope  the God too
will not play any game of dice!

It is said that at the end there will be more joy
will the poor benefit and profit by this
empty slogan though bristling with consoling component..
with nature's fury and avarice of the greed filled
administrative machinery,
the downtrodden has nothing to lose but to fight
To hold their dignity and earn their bread.

There is a reason for all of us to be here ,
As each one has been designed/destined for something
towards some destination/goals /purpose/
I have hardly had any optimizing objective function in life!
I did not run fast as no one was chasing me in teaching?

After investing my time in student community, my great
social capital,
my goals are still clumsy and naive like my personality,
Rooted in love, friendship and romantic thoughts
about non existent love and of course the
 unforgettable images of early seventies.

When I get plopped down and fumble my life
and irrationally glum and remain unhappy,
occasional phone calls and students' visit,
prop up the spirits now and then ,
but they are not effective substitutes for the
vibrant life force of enthusiasm and fun from within.

I have no right to be unhappy here nor suffer over
the trivials of life;
No need to understand the mystery of this life,
as you can never understand it....the only way
to confront this life and surmount the problem is

to go inward and meditate on the subject  as that
alone will  be strong enough and long enough to
provide comforts in moments of despair and agony.
There is nothing like the first love to calm you down
and wake you up to see the brighter side of life...

(poem by prof D sambandhan)

Translating Nakulan's poems -part 2

This is the second part of a sample of Nakulan's poems translated :

When you and me
are here ,
there is nothing like ,
yesterday,
today
Tomorrow.
Yes there is nothing.

Excepting you
who else  is there  for you?

Roaring sea
Its bottom is calm
Incredibly calm..

A triangle
At the end of it
Needle sharp wisdom.

The person who came to me
Asked ?
"Do you know me ?"
"I am sorry I can't position you "
Do you know yourself ?"
I don't know".
Then tell me what do you know?"
( in a persistent tone)
Excepting you and me
I know everything..

Between the writer
and readers,
words,
S
T
A
N
D.

Before I conclude let me remember what Nakulan said  with all sense of humor about the event of his death...
Please do not conduct condolence Meeting after my death..Because I can't attend it .

( courtesy  Anandha Vikatan  Tamil weekly, dated 3-1 -2007.)

The poem was translated when I was getting ready to  visit a hospital where my childhood  friend was admitted

Translating Nakulan's poems...Part one

Poems of the great Tamil writer Nakulan:
Translation by Prof D Sambandhan..

While rereading the poems  yesterday I felt like translating.It is only a sample of his infinite variety.

Whichever book we read,
they only contain
what has been already written
within us
There is nothing beyond that..

All of us come here to stay,
But after a while we disappear
and cease to exist
and exit from here.

If life is simply meant
wearing different masks
on different occasions and also
dancing to different tune of others,
It is better to die
That will be more honourable.

There is no one  for me
Even I am not .

In a land of nothingness,
What is happening?
Everything.

A poem written by late Sujatha and recollected in his column in Anandha Vikatan in the year 2006.

Let me attempt to capture the flavor of the poem written in a haste for a quick delivery in connection with the celebration of children's day on demand from a publisher of a Tamil weekly...

Since nothing has changed to improve the conditions of children's, especially in the urban and rural slums, I felt it worth while to translate this poem in my mother tongue into English for the wider audience.

"You will be waiting the in the temple to clean the car, in the crowded hotels,
you will clear the table once the customers have finished their meal....
you will sleep without mat and take bath on platforms...
day in and day out you would hammer with iron cutter in the leth of blacksmith,,,,,

In the evening near the beach, you will sell sundal...
in the dark lanes you will canvas customers on behalf of girls
you will help tailors to take kaja and do some building works by breaking stones..

After lying below an automobile for a while you will emerge black,
Help clean the table, and get trapped in to the crowd while buying tickets for matinee show....
in a subtle and gentle way, you will sell tickets in black..

You will take jug and fetch drinking water,
By dissolving into the crowd....
you will do pick pocketing, scissoring neatly..

My dear darling, Oh my raja, this year also we intended to celebrate,
throughout the county with all festivities,
we will make documentary films and give snacks to you,
we will seriously discuss how to lift you from the pitiable state...

We will draw the road map, discuss and debate,
smoking a lot and then, we will deliver your future dreams in multi-color projects

Don't find fault with us...
have some patience and perseverance for a few more days..

We will have meetings and conclaves in air condition rooms,
think about your conditions and take a quick decision soon....

Sorry, I don't have change now....
you go somewhere and come thereafter..

These lines were written at a time, when along with the destruction  of  humans, there were all kinds of human rights  violations via missals and bombs in Vietnam war:



 To capture the spirit and the flavour of human tragedy.

"There is no spring
in the immediate neighborhood
a butterfly is
sitting with all sadness
on the dead body"
                                  -  Unknown
Translation by d sambandhan.

Come to think of his poem, I  can't help but remember the damage being caused in my homeland in the name of development and growth through methane projects and eight way lane in fertile lands.To add insult to the injury a series of natural disaster largely due to man's folly strike the land,pushing the vast humanity into deprivation and penury.