10 July, 2007

A city in the making...eternally

The endearing honks,
The F1 quality cabbies,
Action all around,
Filled with dynamic inertia

Six directions of traffic,
On a two lane road,
Survival of the fittest
Victory for the meanest

Rising from the greens,
Concrete crass in the name
Of civilization and progress
An immature city in its teens

Masses flock here
To make a living
In this focused quest
We forget to make a life

The heart is binary
The heart is intuitive
The heart is unadulterated
Listen to it, Listen to it.

10 comments:

Pramod said...

Aga Aga Aga!!!!!!

You are right its in its teens, just wait till it gets to the 20s and the worst case scenario is 7 years :) I am willing to wait, coz thatas where i call HOME.

Restless mind said...

kalakkitta arun!

Unknown said...

Hi Arun
A gentle breeze would visit your face
Soft sunlight would bathe your soul,
Scattered with single storeyed terrace,
With no threatening buildings tall-
This was my Home three decades ago.
What monsters you have made of our GARDEN City - YOU IT Guys

Arun Sriram said...

Hi Pramod.. I wish and pray that your optimism is vindicated
Veena.. Danks :)
Bharathi Teacher! Too good!!! Andha Naal Nyaabagam Vandhadhe Vandhadhe
Indha naal bangalore himsai thandhadhe thandhadhe

Anonymous said...

how come your location changed from sydney to bangalore. are u in india for sometime or what???
regards
vijayc

Anonymous said...

hi

too good........oru rasigaiyin thazmaiyana karuthu.....why dont u write more of tamil than english?...ur english poems rock too!! aanal un tamizh kavithaigalukku uyir undu, swasam undu...

nanba nee tamizhil ezhudhu
vaarthaigalin jaalam - aaha adhu
en tamizh en arivukku vanthathu
sorkalin maayam – arpudam, pudidu

hey arun ……….i don’t think u will dispute with me if I told u there are more than a million things in this world which cannot be best expressed but in tamil :)

this is the same anonymous who has posted a comment in pesinaa thaan enna?

Arun Sriram said...

Hi Vijay.. I have come back to Bangalore for good..
Dear Anonymous, With so many words of praise, I would certainly appreciate if you could identify yourself... I wil take all your feedback in any case :)

Anonymous said...

hi

the anonymous back.....

this anonymous is not all that anonymous as u think.......so read this and guess!!

en veedu thaan ippo nee vasikkum idam
en vaalibathai azhagu padithiyathu antha nagaram

un thunaikkum en thunaikkum thaan sammandhama?
illaye…unakkum en thunaikkum kooda sammandham
piranthathu pakkathil, padithadhu kooda kooda
vaalibathil iyarkaiyai rasithathu ava noda

un aanandha vaazhkkai thodangiyathu enakku pinnaal
anaal nee intha ulagathai paarthathu enakku munnal

unakkum enakkum thaan enna thodarbu
numm iruvarukku me ore naadu maamiyar veedu !!

so…………….straight guess sir!!!

Arun Sriram said...

O! Neeya? The one who is earnest and young?

Anonymous said...

no marks for the guess.....!!! but ya ...its right.....some comments on my writing warranted sir.....