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Mothers Day
- (May 22nd, 2007)
Rajeshwari dedicates this poem to her mother on this special day...
Sarvajith
- (May 8th, 2007)
Rajeshwari sings of the greatness of the Tamil New Year Sarvajith...
Salutations to Tamil Mother
- (April 14th, 2007)
Rajeshwari sings in praise of Tamil and its rich literary tradition...
Diwali, Shubha Deepavali!
- (Oct 24th, 2006)
Raji sings of Deepavali and its sounds and colours and also the reason behind celebrating the festival...
Saraswathi
- (Oct 10th, 2006)
Rajeshwari plays a glowing tribute to Goddess Saraswathi...
An ode to Arunagiri
- (Sept 19th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings in praise of Tamil saint poet Arunagiri and his quest for a guru in Lord Muruga...
GaNapathi Bappaa mOriyaa!
- (Sept 5th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings of the glory of the elephant-faced God and his benevolence...
Lead kindly light...
- (Aug 29th, 2006)
Rajeshwari harks back on the glorious and painful history of India...
LSD
- (Aug 22nd, 2006)
Rajeswari writes a satirical verse on the kick one gets out of LSD...
The Flag
- (Aug 15th, 2006)
A flag signifies many things for many people sings Rajeshwari Iyer...
My Messiah
- (Aug 8th, 2006)
Rajeshwari gives a modified translation of a verse from Kandhar Alankaram...
Hill God
- (Aug 1st, 2006)
Rajeswari sings in praise of Lord Muruga...
Kuzhambi
- (July 18th, 2006)
Rajeshwari makes a jestful poem out of the Tamil word for coffee...
The mosquito
- (July 11th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings about the mosquito and how it foils all prevention to spread diseases...
Autorickshaw
- (July 4th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings of the bumpy ride by an autorickshaw, the three-wheeler automobile...
Cell phone
- (June 20th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings of the omnipresence and omnipotence of this tiny instrument...
Mango - King of Fruits
- (June 13th, 2006)
Here is a sweet ode to the fruit that is the flavour of the summer season...
What do we gain?
- (June 6th, 2006)
Here is an English variation of a poem by Rajeshwari Iyer...
Envisioning Mother
- (May 30th, 2006)
This is an adaptation of a Bengali verse from a book on Swami Vivekananda...
A Tamil New Year wish
- (May 16th, 2006)
Rajeshwari rings in the Tamil New Year, Viya, with great joy...
Nachiketa
- (May 9th, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings of the sweet wisdom of this boy who knocked on Yama's doors...
Crow
- (April 11th, 2006)
Raji sings of plain old crow...
Crow
- (April 11th, 2006)
Raji sings of plain old crow...
Birds
- (April 4th, 2006)
Rajeshwari Iyer speaks glowingly about the beauty and brain of birds...
There is chaos in Kailasam, sings Rajeshwari
- (March 14th, 2006)
Here is the translation of a Sanskrit sloka that sings of the clash in this Siva-Shakti abode
A Valentine song
- (Feb 14th, 2006)
Here is a different poem to suit the mood of the season from Rajeshwari Iyer…
Nandikeswara
- (Jan 31st, 2006)
Rajeshwari sings of the white bull that Siva rides and that obstructs our path…
Destiny
- (Jan 24th, 2006)
Rajeshwari has written a modified venba translation of Avvaiyar’s Nalvazhi…
Pongal
- (Jan 10th, 2006)
It is a time for thanksgiving for the rain and the shine and, time for revelry…
Naaladiyar
- (Dec 27th, 2005)
Rajeshwari Iyer does a free verse translation of the famous Naaladiyaar
The truth of it all
- (Dec 20th, 2005)
Honest but harsh words help one better than sweet untruths, says Rajeshwari Iyer...
The heavenly bird has the final word
- (Dec 13th, 2005)
Why do we kill and offer prayers, asks Rajeshwari Iyer...
I need to learn
- (Nov 29th, 2005)
There are so many things that remain to be learnt, declares Rajeshwari Iyer
A liberty poet
- (Nov 15th, 2005)
Are we sincere and honest in all our dealings or are we just pretending to be so...
Sombre reflections...
- (Nov 8th, 2005)
There is no need to lose heart if you fail, just learn your lesson, says Rajeshwari...
How much longer…?
- (Nov 1st, 2005)
As age withers and weakens one’s body, will not Lord Shiva bestow his grace, asks Rajeshwari...
Shakthi dAsan
- (Oct 18th, 2005)
Do I have to rehearse and nurse the phrases and my words, asks Rajeshwari...
SwayamvarA
- (Oct 4th, 2005)
Find out what it means to sing in one language about another language.
Katrina
- (Sept 27th, 2005)
The devastating hurricane exposed the nation that claimed to be supreme.
Ode to Muruga
- (Sept 6th, 2005)
Rajeshwari recalls the Thirupuzagh of arunagirinathar as she thinks in praise of Muruga.
Sunrise song
- (August 30th, 2005)
Rajeshwari sings of the waking up of life along with the rising of the sun.
Then and now
- (August 23rd, 2005)
Making a hell of heaven or a heaven of hell is an illusion made by man…
Swamimalai
- (August 16th, 2005)
Swamimalai was the place where Muruga proved that child is the father of man
The younger brother
- (August 9th, 2005)
There are many lessons to be drawn from the younger brother of Ravana, Kumbakarnan
A stomach's song
- (August 2nd, 2005)
Imagine what the stomach would say if only it could express itself...
How we bend
- (July 26th, 2005)
Like a hairpin, says Rajeshwari, to meet society’s demands on us
The fisherman
- (July 19th, 2005)
Rajeshwari sings of one man's battle as the tsunami took him by surprise
Lullaby to a lovely language
- (July 12th, 2005)
Rajeshwari sings to the mother of many languages, Tamil…
Master of words
- (July 5th, 2005)
Rajeshwari shows how Maruti and Thirumal are in fact one and the same...
Friendship
- (June 28th, 2005)
Restrain that abrasive tongue and nourish friendship, says Rajeshwari Iyer…
Fall days
- (June 21st, 2005)
Rajeshwari paints in beautiful words about the autumn of life
Inner beauty
- (June 14th, 2005)
Is it a beautiful that constitutes beauty...
Modern woman (With Tamil version)
- (June 7th, 2005)
What is it that keeps a modern woman going in spite of multi-tasking?
Arunagiri, my Arunaikili
- (May 31st, 2005)
Here is a sweet translation of a Tamizh kavithai into English verse by Rajeshwari
The silent guru
- (May 24th, 2005)
We introduce to you yet another poet, Rajeshwari Iyer, from across the seas...
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