A Nice Poem By A P J Abdul Kalam
Am Quoting an English translation of a Tamil poem composed some 2000 years ago by Avvaiyar "It is rare to be born as a human being, It is still rarer to be born without any deformity. Even if you are born without any deformity, It is rare to acquire knowledge and education. Even if one could acquire knowledge and education, It is still rare to offer service to the mankind and contemplate on the higher self. If one leads such a selfless divine life, The gates of heaven open to greet such an evolved soul." I Read this poem in Dr. Abdul Kalam's book Ignited Minds. It took a while to absorb the import of this poem but later two thoughts built up inside me. I am sharing them below: One that India had a thinker/poet of such high capacity as far back as 2000 years ago [Did some research on net to find about Avvaiyars (Tamil: ஔவையார் ). It means "respectable women" and is a title of more than one poet active during various times of Tamil literature]. Ha...