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....
RIGHT AND WRONG
R. Suryanarayanamurty
I live in the corridor in between right and wrong
The right is the area of righteousness
Where only good deeds are performed
Where good neighbourhood, charity and love are practised
Where nobody’s bonafides is suspected
When heroic deeds are performed with a spirit of sacrifice
Where death produces no ripples of fear
But deemed as culmination of a well lived life
Where forces of evil have no chance to penetrate
As each house is built on the hard granite rock of faith
Where each one makes his life one of triumphant glory
Revolving the Dharmachakra
To live a life of subdued joy and inner peace.
The wrong is the area where evil has its perpetual sway
Where people wallow in crime, sedition and intrigue
Where evil is not confined to one part but spread all over the body
Where shafts of cruelty and barbarism are used to pull to ground
Pieces of art soaked in the sanctity of a glorious past
Where diabolical plans are nurtured with devastating effect
To target citadels of power and authority
Where people steeped in a philosophy of obscurantism call the shots
And law is demonised to impose bondage and servitude.
As for myself I have chosen my path long
To live in the safety zone of the corridor
Where honest people are allowed to live
Still I watch with dismay predations of evil forces
To carry away sheep and cattle
To make a bonfire, to indulge in revelry
Still I live in hope the corridor will one day become
A land where peace and joy prevail.