This land of ours has a hoary culture Fell into the hands of a hungry vulture Lost its glory to be retrieved in future Registered freedom without much of a rupture
Natives were looked down with frown Treating them as not more than clown An English was born with name of Brown Adorned the native language with lovely crown!
Telugu tongue is great and sweet Lyrics and literature vast and deep To unearth the meaning tough and steep BROWN made us learn with peace and ease!
Learnt the language with love nad passion Spread its fragrance with vision and mission Made us look with sense of shame and admiration Inspired us through his boundless dedication!
Effective tool of learning is dictionary Brought out the same with zeal of a missionary Sure was a treasure to the posterity One can quote it with a sense of authority!
Lived his life as a TELUGU SAGE In all his service in the center stage Service offered in golden page Ever green in our hearts is his noble image!
C.P. Brown Memorial Library in KADAPA AP where I was for three years-1995-1998-happy life that will be ever green in my lifetime!Great indeed.
Here is the Sunday Story Post No 2313 based on a communication received from my great friend from Spain Mr. Germain on Ithaka poems..
Sacred India that is Bharath-our holy Motherland- land of erudite scholars in all our languages- Prose and Verse, dramas all are graced by the Gods of learning. Great Ithihasas -Ramayana and Mahabaratha are indeed world admired ones. Not only Indian writers have been graced and writers from other parts of the world are also ibspired and graced. ITHIKASAS and now ITHAKAS!!!! Mr Germain of Spain refers to his inspiration from India where he used to come, spend quite some time, write and gets back to Spain. We are indeed proud of his statement in this regard.
Quite a few of his Ithaka poems have been published with translation into Tamil by me and TODAY IT IS ITHAKA POEM 672.
On the personal literary front very happy developments have taken place which I would like to share with you all. Thanks to CORONA all the Meets, Discussions and so on are all gone online wirh the help of all powerful ZOOM! Twice or thrice in a week all meet and discuss through Zoom! Birds of the same feather flock together is a well known statement of course of fact! In that way, I got a great friend in Mr.Germain and all my ITHAKA posts are prompted by him!.
My dear friend,
For the kind of rather philosophical poems I write, I need tranquility. I therefore used to go to a silent place abroad, in fact, two of my most popular poetry collections, The Road and In the Stream of Time, Meditations in the Himalayas have been written in India.
Since I could not travel abroad because of the corona virus I did not write any new poem since last March because traveling abroad is not allowed. But recently I tried, before switching on my pc in the morning, to write something. Two of the new poems I have sent to friends were translated by them right away. Since I received the translations already and lack time at the moment , I selected those two poems as Ithaca 672. I hope you and your readers will enjoy them.
Best regards
Germain
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Fri, Feb 19, 10:47 PM (8 hours ago)
Great thanks. U will c in Tamil tomorrow Dr N V Subbaraman
Subbaraman NV <nvsubbaraman@gmail.com>
7:11 AM (21 minutes ago)
to Germain
The Light
It dawns… the sun rises out of nowhere, ignites what only apparently comes from afar though it is near and within us— the light.
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Time
t dawns… the sun rises out of nowhere, ignites what only apparently comes from afar though it is near and within us— the light.
—or doesn’t—
a cloud of smoke coming from and returning to the void?
Germain Droogenbroodt
Translation Germain Droogenbroodt – Stanley Barkan
TRANSLATION IN TAMIL by Dr. N V Subbaraman, Chennai, Tamilnadu
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வெளிச்சம்
காலை மலர்கிறது
எங்கிருந்தோ
கதிரவன் எழுகிறான்
எங்கிருந்தோ வருவதை
தீப்பற்றி வைக்கிறான்
அருகிலே இருப்பினும்
நமக்குள்ளெயே இருக்கும்
வெளிச்சம்!
அல்லது
அது அல்லவோ
புகை மேகங்கள்
வந்து திரும்புகின்றதோ
உலகிற்கு!
ஆக்கம்
ஜெர்மெய்ன்
With this we end this Sunday story and till we meet tomorrow bye!
He is affectionately called Tamil Thatha (literally, “Tamil grandfather”)
ENVIUS THOUGHTS CROSSES 2,96,000 views.
I am glad to share with my esteemed viewers that with the 75th view at 16.00 hrs. yesterday the 18th February,2021-Thursday- the overall view score crossed TWO LAC NINETY SIX THOUSAND 2,96,000 thanks to your kind views and support which please continue in the days to come also. Thanks.
God-the Omnipotent, Omniscient and Omnipresent Lord Almighty
Created the Time and the World! Man with his knowledge made seconds, hours, days
Weeks and years! Tremendous Thursday is a day in the seven day week-with its greatness!
A day dedicated to Lord Dhakshnamurthy-GURU BHAGAWAN!
Gurur Bramha, Gurur Vishnu, GururdhevO, Maheswara
Guru saakshath parabramma thasmai sri Gurave nama:
Temple towers shelter hundreds of doves and we see above the doves taking their food in grains that are offered by the devotees a delightful sight to enjoy!
There are several Gurukshethras and one in Chennai which I visit daily.
Padi Thiruvalidhaayam temple is a Gurukshethram-thousand year old temple
Sung in praise by several devotees including Vadalur VaLLalaar
Who also has a temple before we reach Thiruvlidhaayam THIRUVALLEESWARAR TEMPLE.!
I visit the temple daily in the evenings at a distance of twenty minutes walk from my home.
THIRSTY of knowledge, I beseech HIS grace and blessings- happy indeed I am!
I TOTALLY ATTRIBUTE to Lord Guru Bhagwan Dakshinamurthy- THE SUCCESS OF MY BLOG “ENVIUS THOUGHTS” in https://nvsr.wordpress.com which has an overall view score of more than 2,95,000 from more than 230 countries which has fetched me the place in the ASIA-PACIFIC BOOK of RECORDS” which in turn got me Doctorate from the World Records University UK .
Amidst Today’s And till this day’s Pain and pangs Sufferings and sorrows Falls and failures Poverty and penury I do see a Silver lining Bright tomorrow Absolutely bright Based purely on Efforts and efficacy Of hopes and prayer! Tomorrow A bright and prosperous tomorrow Seen through my inward eyes And its melodies Heard through my inward ears!
Yes. Tomorrow your friend and this blogger’s official date of birth is 17/02!!!!!! I seek the blessings of my elders and the wishes of the youngsters. Thanks in advance.
It is green in my memory:during our college days, after every function, we used to SHOUT IN UNISON “HOW ABOUT TOMORROW?”. The Principal will announce “TOMORROW IS HOLIDAY”!!!!!!
