POEMS OF PROFESSOR T V S

I drank poetry and got intoxicated

Entranced on listening to Kalaidasa’s  Meghasandesam

Shed my tears copious  thinking of Rama’s cries

in fire of  separation  in the spring

Bloomed on watching  man and nature in love of

Radha and Krishna of Jayadeva, the moon amidst poets

Took  the nectar of parijata of Tagore’s Gitanjali

Lorded   heaven drinking the poetry of  divine Dante, Goethe, Shakespeare

I wandered  everywhere and slept in a lotus of thousand petals

Listened and  melted to the  goddess Vani’s harp in trance cosmic

         Moved in  worlds amazing  for beauty on seeing  Rambha and Urvasi 

I  gulped the poetry and got intoxicated

I met the cosmos as a lover of art

I wrote poetry immortal as Sarada’s brat -

I  am of the tribe of creator.

                                                                        

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I thought  day and night of  laws exact

          in this stream of  life ceaseless

But I didn’t find any,

Time   flows like a stream of fire burning all to ashes

No flowers and friendships today that bloomed yesterday

No knowledge though turned into ashes

Appear shadows  vague in land of memory

Shadows black sans beauty

Is this life? Is this dance of shadows a way of life?

What does fate say? treasures of knowledge?

What does say human heart?

Stories historical, lives of  men eminent

Seas of blood  streamed in kurukshetra  terrible and inhuman

Demoniac wars of  the twentieth century

that boasts of  marching ahead on  the dawn of science-

Is it truth? Are these laws of fate or of nature?

Are we woods drifting in the sea of time?

Why impatience? Why massacre mutual?

Why lovelessness and lack of compassion?

Why has life turned into such a  desert?

Is it all destined? What is that power?

What is the meaning of ceaseless flow of objects all?

Where is our destiny?

Is it really a play of the lord of universe?

DESTINY MANIFESTED?

I wondered

Umpteenth time about

My destiny

I forgot

I‘ve been living it

It is to teach the brats

And reach the stars.

DOGGEREL

Your  dogs are dogging

You

Like the ‘hounds of earth.’

A sigh of despair

Over  ambition  gone  with the air.

When a loaf of bread is thrown,

Tony, the curious cur  takes it,

Runs and digs a hole to hide it

For future

Like man.

Prof. Alladi Uma Receives Award

Prof. Alladi Uma, the worthy daughter of the worthy father late Sri Alladi Kuppuswami , the former chief justice of high court  was   given an award by Ramineni Foundation for her service to the cause of education  on 12 October,2012 at Visakhapatnam.

Professor Uma  stands as a symbol of hope and courage in the present scenario. She has been an erudite professor, committed researcher , able translator and a compassionate person to the core. Her inspiration has been her parents and her aunt who  taught her the love of the story and imagination and she dedicated her award  to them.

As a professor she has given nectar of knowledge to many batches of students in Osmania University and later at University of Hyderabad  in her illustrious career stretching over three decades.

As a researcher she wrote many articles and books and also encouraged many of her students to develop their original thinking. ‘Excellence’ was her  watchword.

As a compassionate human being she has been imparting education to the children of the poor and disadvantaged sections studying in government schools. Her generosity is natural and her modesty  impressive since she  had to be persuaded by the jury    to accept  the award.    

To her, teaching  profession was not for survival or career but to express her passion for  certain core values which she cherished  deeply. Recently she took voluntary retirement from teaching position.

Her translated works such as ‘Ayonija’ and ‘Untouchable Spring’ (in collaboration with  Prof.Sridhar) testify to  her concern for social progress.

She has  been charting through her life with indefatigable spirit and work ethics.

 All the best in her future endeavours to the cause of society and education.