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....
DR T. RAMADAS
“You budding doctor!”
I stopped the dissection on hearing the call
And looked around in Anatomy theatre.
That was the call from the cadaver allotted to us.
“Sorry to disturb you.
After graduation I got tired of job-hunt,
Interviews went off just for name sake,
I went round all the offices in hunger;
By then the excavating bellies of my parents
Too started heckling me,
I couldn’t even feed them with my sweat,
In despondency I wanted to slacken my hunger
Even with tears, but they too evaporated,
And I died of starvation
–
At least my body is useful to you –
I am glad!”