On Kalki.....

Hi Gowri

I happened to buy a KALKI at Nagpur station enroute to Delhi...which was available with a vendor...just to know if any other magazine is readable .... apart from my favourite...

I was quite surprised to see the cover of the Kalki which has improved a lot (sort of oil paper) though it continues to be on the same odd size that it used to be.....!! There were quite a good number of articles and jokes that were worthy to ready & considering my idleness at the train, I think I read through every inch of the magazine..

Posting below an English Translation of a beautiful Tamil Pudhu Kavithai that was published in Kalki...I got reminded of Bharathiyaar who is acknowleldged as a pioneer of vasana Kavithai....and had infact written some thing on the same subject....

Please be aware that my intention was to give the contentwise exact translation...and did neither have the urge or the mastery to present it in a professional format of english poem......!!



My Foe

The neatly arranged toys in the showcase
go berseck with the dust sprayed all over.......

The well shut windows gifting chill air when ever I wanted
gets beaten up incessantly irritating poor me.....

The opened up books get turned over rapidly as though
they reached the hands of an illiterate fool...



How to win over this wretched wind......??
I keep pondering within myself......

He leaves out of me all of a sudden....
as if he decided to call off the fight with me....

I lay there in the ground......still & frozen....
with a silent heart.....and closed eyes.....!!

suchoo