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....
Keeping you in view
I do what I do
You are the prime mover of my life
Bristled with tribulations and strife.
Quite innocent you are, I know,
Of the working of my heart andmind.
For never have I breathed a word:
About this forbidden thing.
To you or to anybody else in the world:
My heart’s desires and dreams.
Yet as my soul is about to take wings
Being mortally ill,
I discover with dismay
This must have been an open secret
Known to everybody in the world.
The leaves whisper it,
Birds twitter it,
The rivers murmur it,
And the stars being aware of it
Gossip in the galaxy high.
Only you do not know
How dearly you have been loved.
Since when and how long.
Be this the swan-song of your poet
My Innocent Babe, Unsuspecting!
If you reject co-existence,
the alternative is war and
mutual destruction.
Speech in Parliament 29 September 1964