ratnakar d mandlik, 12 april 2013
You are omnicient and also omnipresent
Still oh God for you we have to build temples.
It is often believed that you reside there
Inspite of being creator of the universe.
You have created nature as also human
Yet you can not put him under nature
And have to face always cajoling men.
Nature you use to suppress them then.
Stern nature brings floods, earthquakes
That destroy then the proud foolish men.
Reestablishing your dominance over them
Inculcating fear once again in them.
Then perhaps to pay his respects or for show
Man builds temples to restrict your power.
Your power works in temples, they believe
And bend before you after committing follies.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 12 april 2013
The weeping of a child
Every newly borned
Is a symbol showing
A life newly formed
The weeping is greeted
With warmth by parents.
Kith n kin too rejoice
In absence of any choice.
Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 12 april 2013
Pain is the companion
Of all my emotions
And it always resides
In my tiny mind.
Its' company I do enjoy,
Charm of life it do enhance.
I do miss it when by chance
Flirts with me even joy.
Pain is my beloved Joy a pal.
Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 12 april 2013
Sometimes my emotions
Get speedy transactions
And then my little heart,
Forgetting its' own bits,
Entangles fully in thoughts
Of loves' different knots.
A precious knot of love
With the beloved which is tied
After lapse of time gets loose
Sometimes even gets untied.
When the love becomes dim,
In different directions swim
The lover n his once beloved
To become forever estranged.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 10 april 2013
Information and its explosion
And the cut-throat competition
Generated by it among humans
Has snatched every thing humane.
Money was the real power, once
Before it nothing had any chance
To set terms and rule the world.
It's power was a double edged sword.
Money power is now a back bencher
Power is dominated by information.
One who knows, rules the world
Ignorance is a losers companion.
Now dominates even on genetics
The superb science of cybernetics.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 10 april 2013
East and west up and down
In your search I never found
Any shape in which you were bound.
You too had no specific ground
Though in nature n life you abound.
Fascinate me your manifestations
Espoused with varied intentions
With humane desire of sublimation
As also of cunning intimidations
To project self and it's promotion.
Lover and beloved in this pair
You mask adroitly carnal desires.
Infatuation n longing on separation.
A mastery you show in presentation
In celestial form human relations.
Money and miser in this pair
Of greed you become embodiment.
You are a quantity for a miser
Of money n it's agrandizement,
For which he crosses all extents.
Lust for power and more power
Is your mask with a power monger
You may think then to annihilate
The weak for the conquest ultimate
Of your devotee- the power monger.
Show me love all such places
Where you reside just for your sake.
Where your bonds no one can break,
Your presence creats no mess
And it goes on showering pure happiness.
Which are the forms you too love
Is it compassion! tell me oh love.
Are pity n sympathy your own forms.
I too know all their charms
Tell me if you follow any norms?
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 10 april 2013
An universal anecdote on pain
In frustration you are a companion.
In limit an elixir and a potion
A must you are in our celebrations.
Ambrosia secured through churning,
By divinity and demons, of oceans
You are the award to their off springs.
Born you are for the sublimation
Of every thing humane n their emotions.
No poor soul could know truth eternal
Till the all knowing monarch did spell
Notion of producing you from food grains,
Keeping crores hungry for the gains
Of the greedy embodiment of devils.
From elixir, anecdote n a potion
They have transformed you in poison
For uprooting coming generations,
Who could make superpower to our nation.
Omnipresence as base you are in potions
Omnipotence you have for intoxication.
Best friend you are for those in agony
Though deceptive mirth is your progeny.
You in yourself were always fine
When you were only a peg of wine.
The unhappy can forget all the pain
When you take them in your domain.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 8 april 2013
Romance is an elixir an ambrosia,
A gift from Almighty to flora and fauna.
An anecdote it is a soothing balm
To all human beings attracts its' charm.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 8 april 2013
Blooming of a bud into beautiful flower
Breath taking hues mingled in its attire
More precious it is than even a sapphire
Bounty of the nature every where appears.
Flower is destined alas soon to perish
Unlike mother India's charm celestial.
Unity in diversity its off springs cherish
No onslaught can push it into grave peril.
Mountains, rivers picturesque landscapes
Scattered everywhere are scenic expanses.
Every thing contributes to it enhances
Abounding scenic beauty of varied shapes.
Like a phoenix it did come out of ashes
Of slavery of centuries imposed by tyrants.
No doubt will come out soon from the mesh,
Quagmire of corruption of own lieutenants.
Sons of this soil by default were innocent
Weight age their lives had for spiritualism,,
Sacrifice was boon for foes of materialism
Legacy of such teachings was too sacrosanct.
Status of diety was conferred here on guests
Forgiving their ulterior motives or quests.
Eternal joy was pursued through contentment,
Infants were fed on this potion by parents.
The tyrrany of intruders had its toll
Deceit was ushered in in place of innocence
Forgetting the morals the place of sacrifice
Our legacy of values too had a back roll.
Concept of globalization tossed by big players
Ensured their feeding at the cost of smallers,
Paralyzing our wisdom though for a while
Definite is our victory in the end on guile.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
ratnakar d mandlik, 8 april 2013
India's cultural capital n oxford of the east
Is the identity acquired by the Pune city.
A hub of education n I.T. centre universal
Has now become once the Peshwa's capital.
Y2K phenomenon boosted Pune's growth
Pulling talent scattered in south and north.
Rural men n women too came in great demand
To serve the talent and obey their commands.
Rural womenfolk absorbed as maids
Mended the households and cooked their breads.
They were enlightened by power of education
That slowly imbibed slowly in them ambitions.
Mothers in the maaids made firm resolution
To uplift their families and dear children.,
By imparting them best possible education
By investing their own optimum perspiration.
Such maids in Pune toil for prolonged hours
Their struggle to improve lot of their dears
Compells every one, even strangers
To bow before those untiring mothers.
-Ratnakar D Mandlik
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