Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star! – I am grown up man. Completed academics. Married with children. Seen few countries and worked in some countries. I consider myself well-learned. I can write few sentences, keep feeding my website (www.shitwhole.com), and also keep filling the journals which I passionately write. I was contended. I was happy. This idyllic […]
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Where the Sidewalk Ends
In the early morning peace and solitude, I had selected at random a book called ‘Where the Sidewalk Ends‘ from the bookshelf of my library. I do not remember when I read it last. Nor do I remember the content of the book. The fight for bread took away everything from me. Hence, I began […]
I AM RIGHT!
She was my North She was my South She was my East and was my West! She was my working week She was the joy of work She was my Sunday rest and was my holiday best! She was my noon warmth She was my midnight beauty She was my sweet talk and […]
YOU DID NOT LEAVE INSURANCE – WHY?
The following poem was written by Ms. ANNIE DENMAN titled ‘From the Heart of a Little Girl’. This poem was published on advertising card of the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company – MetLife – 1924. Daddy, if you know we’re hungry, Know that we are very poor, It must break your heart in heaven Because you […]
KARYESHU DASI
Who said the verse कार्येषु दासी, करणेषु मंत्री is a mystery. I am sure each of us may have heard this verse at some point of time or the other. Some people opine that this is written by a poet Baddena, in 13th century as a part of Neeti Shastra. Baddena was a Telugu poet […]
GANGI GOVU PAALU – Which idiot wrote such a stupid poem?
An anecdote as told by my father: My Tayaji (my father’s elder brother) late Shri. Atmaram ji was reading the following Telugu Vemana Shatakamu poem aloud when he was in his 3rd class. గంగిగోవు పాలు గరిటెడైనను చాలు కడివెడైననేమి ఖరము పాలు భక్తి కలుగు కూడు పట్టెడైననుచాలు, విశ్వదాభిరామ వినురవేమ. అర్థము: మంచి ఆవు పాలు కొన్ని ఉన్నా చాలు. గాడిద పాలు […]
