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....
HAIR-CUTTING
What’s wrong with your hair Gandhi? Rats have been at it?” “No”. The white barber would not condescend to touch my black hair”, said I. ‘so I preferred to cut it myself, no matter how badly’
- M.K. Gandhi
Then said the white barber
‘I will not touch your black-hair’
Thus, out of anger
You must have purchased
A pair of clippers.
Anyway, you must have managed
to cut the front hair
standing before the mirror.
O Ahimsa Incarnate!
So merciless on your hair?
Such is your sense of humour
Your friends’ comments
You simply didn’t care.
Your hair must have been
like the twenty-two sacred steps
of Lord Jagannath
I very often imagine
you were sent by Heaven
only on deputation
to the world of erring mortals
for this arduous act of
hair-cutting, for making
the rulers round-headed
by the twin scissors
of Truth and Non-violence!