Obituary By A K Ramanujan Comments
Father, when he passed on,
left dust
on a table of papers,
left debts and daughters,
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Part 3.. Malayalam Poet of yesteryears wrote, "thaathan marannaal thanayan thudarnnu/ Thad vruththakhandam paripurnamaakkum..". Works left incomplete by father are completed by his son with zeal, is the meaning.
People leave the world leaving many of their duties and wishes incomplete. It is for the next generation to complete them.
In today's society, transferring the torch from one generation to the next is a pipe dream; you won't find sons following in the footsteps of their dads or forefathers; everyone wants their own identity, and allegations of nepotism have become all too common..
A very forthright account of ‘life after death'. People, well, many of them, leave this world,
It is a poem to ponder. What caused the son to pen this poem?
Carrying the load of life due to careless people is beautifully presented
The poem is so touching.....while reminding his father...he sarcastically comments the obligations that he has to fulfil......so great lines.
What a poem this is! It has nothing of a poem. It bears no poetic zeal. It's much shocking and disgusting that today we have killed our poetic zeal and sensibility. We appreciate even a bundle of words. This type of so-called poems are not worth following. We should come out of these dead bundle of words. Shame to the universities that prescribe this type of so-called poems in their syllabus. Shame to the publishers that publish this type of triflities.
Why don't you try and write a poem with poetic zeal, you would surely be appreciated more than Ramanujan.
Poetry is not a commode for the diarrhea of zealotry. Thankfully it allows more subtle emotions. So, try to overcome your stale ideas for poetry. Read more from Indian authors in English. Even if you fail to understand it will be a worthy failure.
liked the way poet has added to the end of a line but unending suffering...
It is generally a matter of fact thing to carry out and think about next step after the demise of a great person!
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7/22/2025 5:49:58 PM # 1.0.0
I am surprised by the number of comments on this poem, I remember - wrote in 2019 my comments now seems disappeared, was it due to Covid? ? ? well, the continuity is something...one cannot overlook in human race. Family to family and generation to generations.