Triveni Journal
1927 | 11,233,916 words
Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....
Oft in your wanderings you’ve met
Men who strut and fret morn, even and noon,
Sparsely clothed and sunburnt s
Black as the blackest midnight,
Sleeping under the startstudded canopy.
Who are these with matted hair and loin cloth
Moving, bowl in hand, from porch to porch
Blessing the hand that puts alms,
Cursing luck when driven by unfriendly
Stern and directing hand?
Who are these ‘gathering round dim
Street-lamps to share their shameless toil?
Who are those huddled in the corner there
As the Himalayan wind creeps idly through dusty
Streets and over their half-covered bosoms?
Unaccountable
... men? Citizens of a country...
Children of God ... Perhaps they are men thrust
In unalterable circumstances, made unalterable to them
By others, selfish and mean.