Friday, September 4, 2026

Mondi Dhairyam

ఎందుకని ఆకాశంలో ఉన్నా
అధఃపాతాళంలో ఉన్నట్టనిపిస్తుంది
ఏమో మేఘాల్లో తేలియాడుతున్నా 
భుజాలు బరువెక్కుతున్నాయి
ఏమిటో మొండి ధైర్యం చచ్చే భయం 
కలబడి కలవరపెడుతున్నాయి
ఏబాట పట్టినా ఏఊరెళ్ళినా
గెలుపేదని ఓటమి గేలిచేస్తుంది
చుక్కల్లో పడమటి ప్రయాణం 
సూర్యున్ని అందుకునేనా
అలసి చీకట్లోనే ఆగునా

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Prashanthatha

ప్రశాంతత!
మనిషి, మనిషి సృష్టిత ప్రపంచం, రెండూ నిద్రిస్తున్నాయి
మనిషిని చేసిన ప్రపంచమే చప్పుడు చేస్తుంది

ఆకులూపుకుంటూ చెట్లు కబుర్లు చెప్పుకుంటున్నాయి
చిన్నపిల్లాడిలా గాలి ఊరంతా తిరుగుతుంది
జంతువులన్నీ మనిషి భయం లేకుండా అరుస్తున్నాయి
పాలవెన్నెల్లో చంద్రుడు స్నానం చేస్తున్నాడు
ఆకాశం చుక్కలదుప్పటిలో భూమిని కప్పేసింది

ఈ రాత్రి ఎంత బాగుంది!
ఎవరైనా ఆ సూర్యునికి చెప్పండి, కాస్త మెల్లగా రమ్మని,
మనిషిని  నిద్రలేపొద్దని!

Saturday, April 29, 2017

Why dream

The problem with dreams is that by the time you achieve them, you are not the same age anymore to enjoy them. I wanted a Skoda Octavia back in 2004, I thought I would buy it. But as my salary increased, it's price too. Now if I dream about driving a Porsche, I could be too old by the time I earn enough money to buy a Porsche. But does that mean we should not dream?

When I was a child, I have always wanted to be a civil servant - I made my career choices in line with that. But I finally could not achieve that. I prepared explicitly for that for two and half years, implicitly for 24 years until I lost the romantic inspiration to continue it. I did not find achieving that dream satisfactory anymore. When I joined MoBolt, I could perform my job different if not better than others, because I used to ask myself and others a lot of questions. I questioned processes, conventions, decisions and did not give up until a comprehensive answer was found. This I could only attribute to my preparation for civil services wherein I had to read a wide range of books, present a rational and practical solution to problems with multiple variables and during which I was exposed to handling the possibility of a counter solution as nuanced as mine. Without civil services preparation, I would not have succeeded at MoBolt. Therefore, without dreaming about civil services, I would not have achieved my current relatively happy status. Hence, dreaming is important. The difference is in what to do with your dreams.

Dream, but not make dreams your master

Dream. But do not think about the gains you expect to achieve on realising that dream. Try to scale that down to your current situation and see what you can achieve - even a minute part of those gains - at this moment. For example, if you dream about driving Porsche, one of the possible gains is to enjoy a better driving experience - go faster, lets say. You can possibly do that at this age, not after 20 years if you can improve your current car's engine or tyres or learn tips from a experienced driver. If the gain you expect is to flaunt your wealth, you can possibly come just up with various ideas to earn money and describe them to others - flaunt your wealth of ideas right now! The idea is to grow while realising the dream - in the end, it wouldn't matter when or whether you realise the dream!

Friday, February 3, 2017

Kanubomma kopam

కనుపాపలకేనా కలలు?
కనుబొమ్మ కన్నెర్రజేసింది
మనిషి నిద్ర చెడగొట్టింది

Kanupaapalakena kalalu?
Kanubomma kannerrajesindhi
Manishi nidhra chedagottindhi

The difference

Ask, if you know what you seek,
But read, if you know not what to seek.

Speak, if you want to be heard,
But teach, if you wish to spread your word.

Stand tall, if you want to see far,
But climb up a hill, you will be seen from afar.

Rest, so that you may dream,
But rise, to shine some light on your dream.

Tuesday, January 24, 2017

On History

History is not years and kings,
Nor is it wars and victors.
History is about the choices made
and the lessons learnt, or not.

Every situation we face today,
someone already faced yesterday
Every thought that comes across
possibly not its first time

Keep on, look far and deep,
you shall find what you need.
History is not past reality,
it is transcendental reality.

Sunday, September 25, 2016

Oka maata

కవితవో కాలం పంపిన కానుకవో
కన్నులుగన్న కలవో గళాన పొంగిన పాటవో
చెలి ఊసులు మదిరప్పిస్తూ తనధ్యాసతో వేధిస్తూ
ఇన్నాళ్ల దూరాన్ని మిన్నంటిన మౌనాన్ని
చెరిపేస్తూ సడిచేస్తూ మనసుపలికిన మాటవో!

kavitavo kaalam pampina kaanukavo
kannulu ganna kalavo galaana pongina paatavo
cheli oosulu madi rappistoo tana dhyaasato vedhistoo
innaalla dooraanni minnantina mounaanni
cheripestoo sadichestoo manasu palikina maatavo!

Tuesday, September 13, 2016

Into the Existence

It does not feel like I am on an airplane, but on a spacecraft. The darkness around me creates an illusion that I am traveling in space across galaxies. Above the flight, the stars in their twinkling glory. Below, clouds with night-lit cities under them, or dusty nebulae giving birth to new stars. It is a strange experience. I have never seen stars from a plane window, not that I remember of. The number of stars I saw last night was also something of a rarity. I saw a denser patch in the sky, a cloud of stars - was it Milky Way? 

This makes me realize that I am a tiny part of the existence, and my own existence is not a miracle - but the contemplation of the existence by a part of itself - me - is. As the saying would go, 'brain' is the only part of human body which named itself. The human brain, with its capability of contemplating itself and of its efforts to understand the existence, still has a long distance to travel - across the boundaries of space, time and of newer concepts beyond its current imagination - beyond stars, across galaxies, through nebulae and may be into existence's own idea of existence.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016

A long walk in a strange city

Moon was out and lights were bright,
Shops were crowded full of people,
Walking on a busy road in a strange city,
Searching for something, it's you and me.

Tired of the day but night's even longer.
Find we must that, that we deeply yearn.
Hungry we may be, thirsty we may be,
nothing else matters, 'cause it's you and me.

The world's staring at us, is it the attire?

Haven't they seen any in a jeans and tee?
But the region is known for orthodoxy.
We don't care, do we, you and me?

And when we found the store very very far
we shared the treat, was it made of wheat?
Sharing our lives, all that is sour and sweet
Looking into each other's eyes, were you and me.
Looking at that past, in our memories, were you and me.
Looking into future, in dreams and life, are you and me.

Dark of Unreason

It is not the sharpest sword
that makes the deepest wound,
Nor the new moon the darkest night;
Not even the damning words
of the harshest critic
can mute a voice!

There is no pain greater
no night darker  
no silence deafening
than when a man aims onto his own,
shuts his eyes - blinds the truth,
and accepts unreason as fate.