- குமரன் (30/09/2020)
Friday, 30 October 2020
தவம்
Tuesday, 18 February 2020
முதற்பிரிவு
அவள் சொல்லிச் சென்றாள்
- குமரன் (18/02/2020)
Monday, 17 February 2020
நாளெல்லாம் காதல்
Saturday, 10 August 2019
My first poem critique
Enslavement of a loner who spurned to visit the wonderlands offered
Is the path unknown?
She stumbles, unbalanced,
takes a few steps back and a few steps ahead, what's so luring?
luring about the forest? Which seems beautiful than of the wonderlands she had come across,
The scared loner wants to get lost,
lost in the forest,
to see, to feel and to touch nature.
She turns back again, is this all hallucination?
A dark unknown forest to give an exotic vibe, this must be a mirage, a trap.
Disappointments become the results as the hand reaches out and touches no skin.
This is wrong, she has to come back to her senses or she'll get lost, lost in the forest of the unknown.
- Vhaishnavi Krishnakumar
* Bio - Vhaishnavi is a makeup artist and the Human Rights - Jaffna District Directress of Child and Women Affairs
From my perspective, this poem talks about the dilemma in the girl's mind who is bound by the chains dictated by society. She wanted to break away from gender roles, norms and culture imposed on her and want to live life on her terms. But, she couldn't make up her mind to take that step toward her presumable freedom because of the uncertainties involved in making such a choice.
She is concerned that the path ahead is unconventional. Yet deep down she wanted to choose that path because she thinks it will be her solace. It will make her truly feel like herself. But, she is also doubtful whether the freedom the path promise is real or just a figment of her imagination. She keeps convincing her mind it is not good to break away from accepted norms though deep down she is not so sure.
I loved the way Vhaishnavi symbolises the journey towards living free and on her terms as a journey towards the dark unknown forest. She has an excellent command of the language. The cohesiveness between the words used can be improved because it affects the flow. Using the forest as a metaphor has been extensively used in literature to denote an unknown journey. So in the future, Vhaishnavi should challenge herself and identify new symbolism.
Apart from that, this is really good poetry for someone who just started writing. She has a great creative mind and the art of abstracting the world around to apt symbolism is not an easy thing to master and I think that comes naturally to her. I'm looking forward to reading her next poem.
Tuesday, 30 July 2019
How to be a better version of yourself
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| Fig 1- The Eureka Moment |
"Nurture the roots, the tree will grow"
When I applied that mantra in my life, the results were astounding. Now, five months after starting to apply, I weigh 17 Kg lesser than I used to be, elected as Vice President - Education of my Toastmasters club, doubled my salary at work and started "Master by Research" under a senior lecturer who had worked in all the big tech companies you could name like Google, Microsoft and etc. So my dear friends, next time when things didn't go your way, don't complain and don't search for happiness elsewhere. You need to realize that some of your roots are on shaky ground, just nurture your roots, the tree will grow.






