Επιμέλεια: Εύα Πετροπούλου Λιανού
NARAYAN (THE LORD) by Jernail S Aanand
Do you want to possess me
Or my body?
The lover was non plused.
Was there really a difference
Between the two?
The scenes of men and women
Fighting battles
Over bodies in the courts
While their minds have already taken divorce
Appeared on the screen of his mind.
It was not an easy choice.
To decide whether a woman
Lived in her mind
Or in her body, and
What she considered more sacred.
A scene from Mahabharata
Appeared in his consciousness
Was he to go for Narayan,
Or for Narayani Sena (armies of the Lord)
And the lover without faltering said, Narayan.
MISSION FORBIDDEN by Dr Jernail S Aanand
Pride that comes from our being
Is genuine and desirable too
But the pride
That knowledge injects
Is venomous.
When we find ourselves capable
Of walking on our own legs
And thinking
With a mind of our own,
It is a matter of pride
Not only pride,
Of being thankful to gods
Who make us capable
To complete the cycle
Without any physical disruptions
Man was going smooth
In his love for the creator
And for procreation too
When Satan felt threatened
And planned mission forbidden
Now, things were plain
The noise of I know I know
Grew louder so that one day
It eclipsed Eden
And man said, who is God?
This challenge could come
Only from a mind
Soaked
In knowledge and insolent pride
Which had lost its sense of belonging
To the holy tribe.
Dr Jernail Singh Anand is an Indian poet and philosopher credited with 170 plus books of English literature, philosophy and spirituality. He was recently honoured with Seneca Award ‘Laudis Charta’ by Academy of Philosophical Arts and Sciences, Bari, Italy and Giants of Global Culture at Pontifical Univ Rome by Federation Global along with Doctor’s Degree Honoris Causa.He won great Serbian Award Charter of Morava and his name adorns the Poets’ Rock in Serbia. He is Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics and conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by Univ of Engg & Mgt, (UEM), Jaipur. His most phenomenal books are Lustus:The Prince of Darkness (an epic) and Philosophia de Anand, a work of philosophy comprising ten of his books under one roof.
