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....
The beggar’s bowl was empty with dust
A heap of bones wrapped with skin
Feeble to hold a stick at the door
A faint voice, too dim and ghostly,
Came as though deep from a dry well
His bare feet tottering on the burning soil
His thorny head an inverted hot pan
He stood a rooted tree and begged alms;
The mistress of the house in silk sari,
With bare arms, stood by her lover
Smiling for nothing on the balcony;
The wealthy man daintily holding
A tempting silvery plate of bribery
Threw a piece into the cracked bowl;
A bitch came in time and devoured it
The dusty bowl smiled at the moving master.