If your body was not like the solid teak wood, my eyes would not have even noticed you. It would have skipped you like it did with other men. Your temple-bull-like shoulders kindles desire in every woman, to rest there. Please come and occupy my inner sanctum sanctorum as its deity.
‘Ponnar-Shankar', M. Karunanidhi
I couldn't witness it at all. From time to time people from Hebbar family would come out to fling the leaf plates. The Korgas were falling on them like hungry vultures. Sometimes they had to wrestle with stray dogs and pigs that were waiting for the leftovers too. Where's the meaning of culture, the Vedas we utter? We are wearing masks of a conscience. Is it enough if some get a few morsels or a thatched roof over their heads?
‘Kotta', 1993, Marpadi Veerappa Moily
Pen is brighter than sunshine
And stronger than moonlight
Kalam stands for impartiality.
Kalam cannot be misused
Pen cannot be purchased
The pen must be utilised properly.
‘Kalam' in ‘Motherland', 1998, Mamata Banerjee
It was midnight and all the birds and animals were asleep. In the sky the moon played hide-and-seek with the clouds. Wrapped in a blanket, Purnima lay crying. Through the window moonlight fell on her face. It was exactly a month today since she had been parted from Kamal. She told herself over and over again that his letter would come today, tomorrow or day after. She carried Kamal in her eyes, and cried; her brother, sleeping in the same room, pretended not to see. Tonight her heart was especially heavy....
‘Neelo Choli', Subhas Ghising
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