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Rumi - The Poet

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 Rumi Rūmī was a great Sufi mystic and poet in the Persian language, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Mas̄navī-yi Maʿnavī (“Spiritual Couplets”), which widely influenced mystical thought and literature.  According to Rūmī’s philosophy, life should be a journey to union with the one true God, which is achieved by practicing love—by disregarding oneself as an independent being and turning toward the truth of God’s oneness. Aided by spiritual guides, one lives—loves—into that truth, gradually ascending to full knowledge of the one divine presence, then guiding others.   Rūmī’s experience of love, longing, and loss made him turn to poetry. He wrote mystical love songs to his mystic teacher Shams al-Dīn, the Prophet Muhammad, and God; ghazals (short lyric poems, each cohering by a unity of subject and symbolism rather than by a logical sequence of ideas); and many robāʿīyyāt (quatrains with the rhyme scheme ...
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I am a Rainbow( A Poem)

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 *I Am a Rainbow! ( A Poem)*  I am a Rainbow, And I am colourless! I am a Form Changing Energy, A Soul yearning for Unity, With the Supreme Sublimity, To leave the realms of human catalepsy, And attain the great heights of bliss Godly! I am a Rainbow, And I am colourless!  _S.Padmapriya_
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Peace ( A Poem)

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  Peace Note! What? The serenity of its innocent face, Life-Giver of all human ethics, The mantra of inner-fulfilment, And peaceful and joyous living, The Fairy God-Mother of all that lives. The victories of peace,  Conquer all with evergreen wisdom, Victories of war, Make the forest of life - barren! In the beautiful world of Peace, The Poets in everyone awakens, And all falsehood disappears, In a world of Truth for Everyone, Peace always reveals, Human fortunes' correct readings! Dr.S.Padmapriya 
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Part 2 of 'The Bard of Avon' series

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 Part 2 of 'The Bard of Avon' series; Valuable lines from the works of Shakespeare - #Cymbeline  * 'Boldness, be my friend!' [I, vi. 18] *'Fear no more the heat of the sun,/Nor the furious winter's rages;/Thou thy worldly task hast done,/Home art gone and ta'en thy wages:/ Golden lads and girls all must, /As chimney- sweepers, come to dust.[ IV, ii.258] #Hamlet  *'Give it an understanding but no tongue. [I, ii. 249] *There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio,/Than are dreamt of in your philosophy. [I, v.166] *To be or not to be: that is the question:/ [ III, i.56] # Henry IV, Part 1 *Lord, Lord, how this world is given to lying![ V, iv. 148]  * Two stars keep not their motion in one sphere.[V, iv.65] #Henry IV, Part 2 * 'Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.' [III, i.31] * A peace is of the nature of a conquest; [IV, ii.89]
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Important Indian Tribal Literature

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 **Key Indian Tribal Literature  Novels & Authors**   *Kocharethi* : The Araya Woman by Narayan: Considered the first novel by a South Indian tribal author, it depicts the life and struggles of the Araya community.  *Paraja* by Gopinath Mohanty: A powerful depiction of the exploitation of the Paraja tribe in Odisha.    *Chotti Munda and His Arrow* by Mahasweta Devi: A fictionalized account of tribal resistance against colonial and post-colonial oppression.  *Angor* by Jacinta Kerketta: A contemporary collection of poetry and prose focusing on the Adivasi experience.    *Heer* : Aadivasi Mahila Sangharsh ki Gatha by Heer: Highlights the struggles of Adivasi women.  *Pahali Chingari:* A novel based on the first people's revolution of the Santhal tribe. Source: Internet
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Poem: J.Jayalalithaa ( A Tribute to her on her birthday)

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J.Jayalalithaa Benign like a flower, Powerful like a hundred-limbed river, This thousand-faced bower.   Lovely actress-dancer, A charming leader, Of oceans of betrayals and sufferings, A pain drinker.   They say, She could have done better, To blame than to do, Always easier.    Her life like the vicissitudes of life-river, Sometimes kind, sometimes cruel, Contained many lessons for ordinary mortals, As she rose to Goddess’s portals.
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Types of Imagery in Literature

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 *Types of imagery in literature*  Visual. Auditory. Olfactory. Gustatory. Tactile. Kinesthetic. Organic Synaesthetic  Source: Internet
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