Poems

Viswanathan

Rajeshwari Iyer

Indira

Santhi

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Meeting The Society - (Feb 27^th, 2008)
Indira's take on society and its perspectives.....

Living Reversible - (Jan 20^th, 2008)
The Enlightenment of living reversible........

Blood pressure - (Jan 9^th, 2008)
Indira explores the link between today’s disease and yesterday’s recipe of a pickle...

Trepidation - (Jan 1^st, 2007)
Indira sings of how she is bored with being confined to the house…

Writing - (Dec 25^th, 2007)
Indira sings of looking for the apt word to put in place in her writing experience…

Posters - (Dec 19^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the magic that springs from posters on the roads

To Thy Excellency Bharathi - (Dec 12^th, 2007)
Indira wants Subramanya Bharathi to be born again to cleanse society

December moon - (Dec 5^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the beauty of a moonlit night in this month

To Helen Keller - (Nov 28^th, 2007)
This is Indira’s tribute to a visionary who was blind…

Domestic shades - (Nov 21^st, 2007)
Indira sings of the great help rendered by Parvathi patti…

Devi Meenakshi - (Nov 14^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the legends associated with the reigning empress of Madurai…

Devi Kamakshi - (Nov 7^th, 2007)
Indira sings in praise of this presiding deity of Kancheepuram…

Devi Lalithambika - (Oct 31^st, 2007)
Indira sings of the grace and beauty of the Goddess…

Bala Tripurasundari - (Oct 24^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the invincible power of the Goddess…

Navarathri - (Oct 17^th, 2007)
The three Devis sit atop the Kolu and bless everybody, says Indira…

Devi - (Oct 10^th, 2007)
Indira sings in praise of the all-powerful female Goddess…

There was a rooster - (Oct 2^nd, 2007)
Indira sings of the merry life of a rooster in the neighbourhood…

Choices and changes - (Sept 26^th, 2007)
Indira sings of going to live in the Occident and adapting to that life

Ability - (Sept 19^th, 2007)
Indira sings of a woman living boldly with the sound of silence

Snake - (Sept 12^th, 2007)
Who does not fear the appearance of a snake? Listen to Indira...

Prostrating at someone's feet - (Sept 5^th, 2007)
Indira sings about prostrating in front of a deity...

Headache - (August 29^th, 2007)
Indira sings of how the physical pain of a headache can ruins years...

Money does matter - sentimentally - (August 8^th, 2007)
Coins tied in a yellow cloth pouch are infused with prayers, sings Indira...

Mayakoothan - Thirukulandhai - (August 1^st, 2007)
Indira sings of the ecstatic dance of Lord Vishnu also known as Mayakoothan...

Indian rainbow - (July 25^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the duppatta of the ‘Indian angel’...

Insectarium virtual - (July 18^th, 2007)
Indira sings of battling with the insects and pests that pervade her space...

Wisdom parrot - (July 11^th, 2007)
The sound of the parrots calls to mind various instances from mythology for Indira...

Nightmare - (July 4^th, 2007)
Indira sings of soaring to the skies and then plummeting to the earth...

To the ocean - (June 27^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the might of the ocean and its vastness...

Domestic shades - (June 20^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the shortcomings of her domestic help and other such people...

Valliyur - (June 13^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the leelas that preceded the wedding of Deivanai and Valli to Lord Muruga...

Butterflies - (June 6^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the life of a butterfly and compares it with that of the human beings...

Mangoes rule summer - (May 30^th, 2007)
Who will not like this glistening queen of fruits that arrives with summer, asks Indira...

The rising long street - (May 23^rd, 2007)
Indira sings of the various activities while a street wakes up early morning...

Global warming - (May 16^th, 2007)
Is it possible for us to quickly check the global changes in climate, wonders Indira...

Never a female? - (May 9^th, 2007)
Indira sings about the heartrending condition of females in Indian society...

Adi Sankara - the Jagat Guru - (May 2^nd, 2007)
Indira recounts the life of the great saint of India and the way he spread his Advaita...

21 To your dear little boy - (April 25^th, 2007)
Be ever loyal to your parents...

Vaijayanti - (April 18^th, 2007)
Bewitched by the garland of Lord Vishnu, Indira surrenders herself totally to him...

Holy remembrance - (April 11^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the dual between Hiranyakasipu and his son, Prahlada that ended in the death of the demon...

The silvery cloud - (April 4^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the cloud and compares the various types with the various stages of life...

Cloud - (March 28^th, 2007)
Listen to what Indira sings about the clouds and the rain it brings...

Domestic shades - (March 21^st, 2007)
Indira is able to sing beautifully of even domestic chores and their problems...

Simply couplets - (March 14^th, 2007)
What is the reason for the gluttonous grumbles of the stomach, asks Indira...

Westerly - (March 7^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the westerly winds that shower her with dust...

Thank you, Mr Robert Frost - (Feb 28^th, 2007)
This is Indira’s tribute to the legendary American poet whose words inspired her...

Sri Ramajayam - (Feb 21^st, 2007)
Indira sings of how she manages to go through her Ramajayam routine in the midst of the rush of everyday living...

Tribute to Prof P Sambamoorthy - (Feb 14^th, 2007)
This is Indira's tribute to the glory of a musical personality...

Wonder boy - (Jan 31^st, 2007)
Indira is filled with wonder at the boy who conquered his physically disability with courage...

Comrade Ganesh - (Jan 24^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the omnipresence of the Lord, know as Vinayakar, Ganapathy, Pillaiyar...

Thai Pongal - (Jan 16^th, 2007)
Indira sings of the rituals and legends associated with this festival...

Sharadha - (Jan 10^th, 2007)
Indira sings of a school student who got almost drowned in a flooded river to save time...

Wishing the New Year - (Jan 03^rd, 2007)
Indira wishes a continuum of happy almanac in the New Year...

School memories - (Dec 26^th, 2006)
Indira reminiscences about her old school and class under the badam tree...

Upland walkway - (Dec 19^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the beauty of the blue sky and that of the green hills...

Money matters - (Dec 12^th, 2006)
The money that grandma had saved in paises came in handy for her funeral, writes Indira...

City walk - (Dec 6^th, 2006)
There is hardly anything to look forward to in a walk about the city, says Indira...

The holy jaunt - (Nov 29^th, 2006)
Indira describes the cleaning process of a carpet that leads to a sanctum...

Hail to Thee, Shanmukha - (Nov 22^nd, 2006)
Here is a beautiful poem by Indira on the six-faced and twelve-handed saviour...

Kudos cuckoo - (Nov 15^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the honeyed singing of the cuckoo and its cunning in laying eggs...

The caw, caw - (Oct 25^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the crow that frequents her house...

Dawn roused - (Oct 18^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the joy taking a swig of decoction coffee before dawn...

Pell-mell morning - (Oct 11^th, 2006)
Indira writes about the back-breaking hurry-burry of a morning...

Lingering supper - (Oct 4^th, 2006)
Indira sings of an old diabetic couple who chew away on a chappati supper...

The temple lass - (Sept 27^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the visionless little girl who confidently sits stringing flowers in front of the temple...

Leaf lunch - (Sept 20^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the happiness that one gets out of eating from a leaf, true Tamilian style...

Love insightful - (Sept 13^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the love of two blind people and how they coem together despite all opposition...

Tribute to Sudha Chandran - (Sept 6^th, 2006)
Indira praises the resilience and fortitude of this danseuse and actress even after she lost a foot...

O' Peacock - (Aug 30^th, 2006)
Indira sings of the beauty of the peacock and the perils that follow it...

Art of lotus - (Aug 23^rd, 2006)
Is there a lesson to be learned from the way the lotus blooms in the murky pond?...

Agraharam I lived in - (Aug 16^th, 2006)
Though physically the agraharam is extinct, it still exists in Indira's mind...

Get the trees wedded. Be blessed - (Aug 9^th, 2006)
The marriage of trees brings nothing but goodness to the world and people, sings Indira...

Goddess Saraswathi - (Aug 2^nd, 2006)
Indira sings in praise of the Goddess of learning, who glistens all-white...

Monstrous fortnight - (July 26^th, 2006)
A small prayer from Indira brings disastrous rains to Tamil Nadu...

Summer scenario - (July 19^th, 2006)
Indira paints in words the feel of summer with the scorching sun...

Lady mountain - (July 12^th, 2006)
Indira raises a doubt about the cold and snowy mountain...

The smoky Solomon - (July 5^th, 2006)
Indira chides man for taking to tobacco and warns him of its nefarious power...

Salutations! Salutations! Salutations! - (June 28^th, 2006)
Like the idol in the temple, they silently watch people and their minds, says Indira...

The Lord of Tirunelveli - (June 21^st, 2006)
Indira sings of the puranic lore associated with Nellai and the beauty of the temple...

Hopefully yours - (June 14^th, 2006)
Indira laments about the natural disasters during the year-end and hopes for better times...

Cry of a burial - (June 7^th, 2006)
Indira paints a grim picture of the condition of a road and how it is a nightmare...

Ode to Pandalam prince - (May 31^st, 2006)
In this song in praise of Lord Ayyappa, Indira sings of his valour and bravery in fulfilling his mother's wish...

Mind - (May 24^th, 2006)
Indira finds that the mind has a mind of its own and does not conform to popular notions...

O' Youths - (May 17^th, 2006)
Indira exhorts youths to make a vow to serve the needy...

The baby talk - (May 3^rd, 2006)
Indira sings of a mother’s love for an indifferent offspring...

To the Lord - (April 26^th, 2006)
Indira Renganathan raises some valid questions to God...

Indira sings of 'Silence tuned' - (April 19^th, 2006)

Madras - (April 12^th, 2006)
Why has Madras degenerated?…

Madurai to Nellai by bus - (April 5^th, 2006)
Indira describes the joy ride in a bus with her husband, overshadowing her teenage experience…

The untouchable - (March 29^th, 2006)
Indira Renganathan sings of what lies beyond her touch…

Kitchen soliloquy - (March 22^nd, 2006)
Indira Renganthan sings of a life spent in the loneliness of the kitchen…

Over to New Zealand - (March 15^th, 2006)
Indira Renganathan sings of her first flight to New Zealand amidst swirling clouds

Prayer to peepal Pillaiyar - (March 8^th, 2006)
Indira sings of obeisance to the sweet little figure of Ganesha under the peepal tree

Click, click - (Mar 1^st, 2006)
Indira sings of the 90 great grandchildren of the four great grandfathers

Merrily, truly - (Feb 22^nd, 2006)
Their shortcomings do not come in the way of the disabled to achieve something in life…

A mail to Mayakannan - (Feb 15^th, 2006)
Indira prays to Krishna to appear before her as he did before Yashoda…

Guru dhyanam - (Feb 7^th, 2006)
Indira pays obesiance to the might of the guru of gurus, Lord Dakshinamurthy…

Prayer to Ganesh - (Feb 1^st, 2006)
Indira invokes the blessings of the Lord who can make obstacles disappear…

Apollo’s quill - (Jan 25^th, 2006)
Writing comes easy when you hold the right pen, says Indira Renganathan…

A love song - (Jan 18^th, 2006)
What is blue, green, lovely to the touch and also sends down a glare?…

Please - (Jan 11^th, 2006)
Indira says that she wants to be reborn so that she can feel her mother’s love all over again

Blow your Panchajanyam - (Jan 4^th, 2006)
Indira calls upon Krishna to blow his conch to bring about peace in this war-torn world

The breakfast - (Dec 28^th, 2005)
Indira makes delicious chakkara pongal and serves it to the Sun God

The solo performer - (Dec 21^st, 2005)
Indira sings of the horrifying power of the twister, otherwise known as tornado…

Happy birthday Krishna - (Dec 14^th, 2005)
We celebrate His birthday gleefully with lots of eatables for ourselves

The silent prophetess - (Dec 7^th, 2005)
A cruel husband reaps the whirlwind on the death of his wife...

Uncle’s blessings - (Nov 30^th, 2005)
This is a niece’s tribute to her uncle who is fondly remembered for all his good qualities...

The sound of the flute - (Nov 23^rd, 2005)
Indira is compeltely captivated by the sound of Krishna’s instrument...

Paradise - (Nov 16^th, 2005)
If there is a paradise on earth, it is this, it is this, it is this...

Modern-day Yashoda - (Nov 9^th, 2005)
Indira sings soulfully to Krishna to love her as He loved Yashoda of Gokulam...

Amma - (Nov 2^nd, 2005)
Indira sings of her mother who has been her loving teacher and philosopher...

Hare Rama - (Oct 25^th, 2005)
Lamenting that she had wasted several years, Indira finds solace in this chant...

Help me - (Oct 12^th, 2005)
Indira calls upon Milton and Wordsworth to help her polish up her language

Wedding on a jasmine day - (Oct 5^th, 2005)
There is jasmine and its sweet smell all round on the day of the wedding

Jupiter, my guru - (Sept 28^th, 2005)
Indira sings in praise of the God of knowledge and wisdom...

Papa is transcendent - (Sept 21^st, 2005)
Memories are haunting me, Please come back, papa, sings Indira

Moon - (Sept 14^th, 2005)
The love for that silvery orb does not diminish even with time

The wet lyre - (Sept 7^th, 2005)
Indira writes about the acoustics that Nature creates in the form of rain and storm

Whose fault? - (August 31^st, 2005)
What are the consequences of the simple act of cutting trees

Smiling swing - (August 17^th, 2005)
A little heroine, a newborn sister, arrives on the scene to the celebration of all

Motto - (August 10^th, 2005)
What could be a better blessing in life than to be smiling always...

No departing - (August 3^rd, 2005)
What would one ask if one were to meet Savitri, who saved her husband from Yama?

Showpiece - (July 27^th, 2005)
Read how a poor beggar makes it to the house of a rich man

So long - (July 20^th, 2005)
Icy fingers make one tremble wishing one were acclimatised to the cold

HOME 1960 - (July 13^th, 2005)
Indira recalls the joy of living in a joint family years ago...

Panchabhuthas - (July 6^th, 2005)
Indira vows to worship the five elements as the five Lingas...

BLACK SNAKE - (June 29^th, 2005)
The plait looked gorgeous, adding elegance to beautiful ladies...

Mother basil - (June 22^nd, 2005)
No matter what the age is, there is always a fan following for the tulasi, says Indira

Sing, sing - (June 15^th, 2005)
The emerald paddy fields goad Indira to sing

The awakening - (June 8^th, 2005)
Why should there be divisions in this world based on colour, asks Indira

Hopes - (June 1^st, 2005)
Funny how people think of a donkey wedding in a drought year

The plea of a well-wisher - (May 25^th, 2005)
Indira rants about the decay that has set in in all facets of life...

Fistful - (May 18^th, 2005)
Indira explores the world and finds that she ends up with just a fistful...

The forsaken maids - (May 11^th, 2005)
Indira narrates funnily how she could not make any maidservant stay...

Street décor - (May 4^th, 2005)
The dots and lines on the doorstep make for street decoration, says Indra Renganathan

Mother Goddess - (April 20^th, 2005)
We introduce a new poet, Indira Renganathan, who has been bottling up her passion for poems