ಶಿವ!!ಶಿವ!!

 ಏಕೆ ಕೊಟ್ತೆಯೋ ಮನವ
ಏಕೆ ಕೊಟ್ಟಿರುವೆ ಈ ತನುವ ?
ಎಲ್ಲಿಲ್ಲದ ಸಂಕಟ  ಬರಮಾಡುವಾ  ಶಿರವ ?

ತನುಮನದ ಕಾಟಕೆ ಬಳಲಿ  ನೊಂದ ಈ ಹೃದಯ
ಏನ  ಹೇಳಲಿ  ಕಂಡುಕೊಂಡ ನಿಜದ ಆ  ಕಥೆಯ?

ಮರಳಿ ನೆನಪಿಗೆ  ಬಂದ,  ತಾಳಲಾರದಾ  ವ್ಯಥೆಯ
ಕಿತ್ತು ಹಾಕಿದ ನಿನ್ನ, ಕೆಚ್ಚೆದೆಯ ಆ ಪ್ರಳಯ!

ನಿನ್ನಾಟವ ನೋಡಿ, ಚಕಿತನಾದೆನೋ ಈಗ
ಕೈಬಿಡದೆ ನಡೆ ಮುಂದೆ, ಬರಲಾರೆನೇ  ಬೇಗ?

ನಿನ್ನ ಸ್ತುತಿವೊಂದಿರಲಿ, ಅದ ಮಾತ್ರ ಕೊಡು  ವರವ
ನಿನ್ನ ಕರುಣೆಗೇನ ಕೊಡಲಿ, ನಾನಂತು  ಬಡವ
 ಮಗುವಂತೆ ಕಾಪಾಡು  ನನ್ನಪ್ಪ ನೀನೆ  ಶಿವಶಿವ.











 


 

On the move...?

Is move a part of this life? Or is the life always on the move?
I must confess, I do wonder what it wants to prove?

While I enjoy its pace and its mischievous ways...
I see that it leaves nothing to trace!

Though a terrific and constant reckoner
Always cheating me to believe that I am mightier?

I sing and dance merrily with these moves
As they now fill me with peace & leave no clues!

Great indeed are HIS "Plays"
They make me rejoice the moves and their maze!!

Is there anything else to seek movingly...
Other than HIS wonderful grace?

Conducting Seminars in upcountry schools

To me personally, conducting Robotics Seminars in regions like Villupuram, Pudukottai etc have been a terrific learning experience. It is a feast to watch the students and teachers with so much passion to learn something new and interesting. During my interaction with the heads of schools and students in these regions, I have found that in these places, there is a constant urge to learn and understand new things. In Metros, they are all caught in the whirl wind of having access to too much already, so things are different here. The students in the upcountry regions have a very simple upbringing and are very plain. The students in Metros are also keen but there is something about the students in small regions that is totally missing in students in the metro. I guess it is simplicity. I have always believed that it is easier to learn something when you approach the subject with a plain mind without having any preconceived notions or conclusions about it. How can I question if I have already concluded the answer in my head? This can boost my ego but can never lead me to learn. Most students in Metro think they already know everything, so there is always this barrier which prevents them from learning more. This can be broken ofcourse and that is my job as I present the seminar to them, but it is a lot easier on either side if the students come with an open mind without drawing conclusions in their tiny heads. Our seminars are always very interactive, and I always allow the students to do most of the talking and make them think by throwing questions at them and asking them to come up with their answers to explore and learn. I am only pitching in to summarise and present facts now and then and in the process giving them information that they may now know.  So learning is happening on its own and is not thrust on them. I tell them upfront that I am there to learn as much as they have come to learn from me and I really mean it. Every seminar to me is a great experience. Students from different backgrounds, regions, cultures, different mind sets, so much of an opportunity to learn. It is a great privilege too, because I am addressing young minds and can actually influence them so It is a huge responsibility indeed. So I am with them through the seminar listening to them as much as they are listening to me. This helps me to build a rapport with them instantly and by the time the seminar is over, we are in a relationship that is so wonderful and mutual that is tough to express in words. I find myself falling in love with every child in the seminar hall. So much of energy and thirst for knowledge, so much to learn from them. The teachers and the correspondents, most of them highly qualified but yet so humble and simple. They are full of respect and regard for others and with all this it is needless to mention that they form great hosts.
It is critical to unlearn as we grow to be able to re-learn certain most important aspects that will help us  in our growth and well-being. This is a lesson that people in urban areas must practice for well-being. Otherwise, it hurts to see lack of basic values that are essential in youngsters in the city which have fortunately not yet influenced the rural areas that much as I can see.
As far as UniRobo Labs is concerned, our endeavour is to ensure that we are able to reach out to as many students as possible across regions  and introduce them to Robotics to prepare them for what may be inevitable in days to come. To me personally, I am just enjoying this journey of unlearning and re-learning so much from these experiences and to connect with so many young minds is an overwhelming experience indeed. :)

Ninna baLLiye iruva thavaka

etha nOdidaru atha huchu suLLara kAta
neenilladiruva illi hEge nadesali Aata?

IshtAda mele innyEke thada ariye?
Inneshtu kalialideyO illi? inneshtideyO pAat(h)a?

NAnu, nannadu emba ee huchara seLLedAta
NOdalarenu shivane, thALLalArenee mAata

Elli hOdaru illinda, Enu mAdidaru sariye
Ninna dhyAnavonde sAku, ninage kay mugive

AadidAtavu sAku, pattiruva bage sAku
Ee nanthara mAthra kareduko ninna baLLiye

ThAyi thande yanthe, akka thangiyaranthe
maguvanthe, mariyanthe, idu yAva santhe?

KashtagaLanu varavAgi kottu kApAdida ninna
Enendu hOgaLlali ida hElu mathe


InyAva kAllaji enage, yAva bayake?
sthiravilladee kathege nA padenu chinthe

Hididiruve nee enna ninna koosanthe
BidabEda  hagaliruLLu ashte mathe!

"The Nothing" - that lasts forever!

You flew so high on what did not exist
And so fell with a thud that hurt you beyond what you thought you could resist
How silly you were to go hither and tither?
And then to come back to where you again began to gather
You went on and on like this forever
Until the Master arrived and saw you through this seemingly endless horror
Yes, now you are in peace and you know what lasts, however!

The pain and suffering had to be all yours, because you were so full of yourself
All you needed to do is to just look around to see how blessed you are
For there are so many without even half as much as what you have and are!
You are such a speck in this Universe so vast
That is changing every moment and is moving ahead, leaving the past
And all along you pondered and worried about your own silly forecast!

You went over and over again to what never was
You also allowed your weakness to stamp you and surpass?
You watched yourself with empathy and pity
Dipped yourself in further misery that made you even dirty
There is always an excuse for weakness and the loss
The one who wins indeed is the one who walks through all this stead fast
Discarding weakness and  pity to where they belong!!

Ironically, only that misery led you to the light
That shines forever and is ever so bright
So thank every cause that led to misery and the past
Waste no time in looking back and analyzing  the role you cast

You now feel so joyful and pampered
This happened only because you surrendered
To the will of the creator whose grace has never ended

And all this not until the Master arrived
To hold you by your hands to show you this truth and to see you through the seemingly endless horror
Yes, now you are in peace and you know what lasts, however!


- :)

Moodha manave!

Gathigettu aleyadiru moodha manave
horage dorakadaa vasthu huduki huduki
thillidu thillidu silukadiru moodha manave

neleyillada jagada maayege siluki siluki

oddaadi bendu nova thindu
ellillada shokhava bara mAdikondu
yAru gelleya ninage yAva bandhu?
innu thillidillave ninage neene Aathma bandhu
Illiruva kArana yeke ninage?

Ninna kelasava mAdi idu hejje munde
kechedeya ullavanendu arithu
sathyavondanne hididu adaralle berethu
thirugi nodadele saagu munde
avaniralu adigadigu yaake chinthe?

Jeevanada amruthava savidu nOdu
idakintha sihiyu yAvudaadaru iddare nanage hELu
nee Adida AtagaLa mAthra ninthu nodu
bereyavara kAllaji ninage yEke heLu?
Ninna noyisidavara mannisi nOdu
haguraagiddadare ninnollage bandu kELu

sAgalu ullidiruva dAriyatha
kanhAyisi, yOchisi mAdade samaya vyartha
ee kshanada sathya arithukondu
ada kApAdu ninna jeeva kottu
innelli ulliyuvudu novu nalivu?
ellavu nee noduva bageyaluntu


illiruva kelavu kshanagalaa beleyanarithu
bALlalu kalithu nodu Aaga ellavu yeshtu sogasu?


Gathigettu aleyadiru moodha manave
horage dorakadaa vasthu huduki huduki
thillidu thillidu silukadiru moodha manave
neleyillada jagada maayege siluki siluki

:)

Seeker's Agony!

I see you in everything in and around me
You shine like a diamond even inside the tiny bee
The more I look around, the closer I am drawn towards thee
I wish neither to die nor to be born again
All I seek is to be one with the infinite
that one which does not change any moment
that which neither shall perish nor decay
I seek such a simple thing and yet why is there such a delay??
Bless me soon either to live here with equanimity
while I perform my duty
or simply to dissolve into eternity
For I find no charm in this world's vanity...