HAPPY DEEPAVALLI

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

happy divali! wrote this today, and posted it with images on my facebook wall. :).

HAPPY DEEPAVALLI (A POEM)

This year, i thought i'd order
a solar lamp
here at the border
'tween orissa and andhra.

liberty lamp seemed an apt moniker
of all the products
i'd viewed
online
(e-commerce, i tell you!)
-holds solutions for consumers
once our rights
are put in line.

the lamp arrived and stood in the sun
soaked in celestial light for fun
and perhaps for a little spark.

the candle-mode, 
it works ok
the brighter look
is more of a solar flare.

i'm all for solar grids, you see
mainstream-plus
but in the meantime
this liberty lantern
works
for drink and dine.

has a hand-crank as 
the literature says.
USB ports and other ways
to charge your phones, computers, all.
in-bound, out-bound
the wherewithal
to work on starlight
and dispel
the darkest hour.
Oh, well.

here are two images
but there'll still be
a finer power:

radio-waves
might charge our shells
hi-fi, sci-fi, not quite what you think:

don't have to mine 
don't have to quarry
-that's primitive tech
for this scientific age.

we have advanced
it's not restricted
to the world
of postage
or daily wage

here's the irony:
science has the answers
technology's lagging behind
and i suspect it's to do with the sponsors

ie 
the possible
cluelessness 
of those who plan the economy
-makes for a deadly combination
with 
the corrupts (sic) of the nations
and beyond.

Anyway,
happy diwali, all!
-let there be light.
(infact, there shall).

My travels begin on the morrow
and i'll see you soon!

Refined Committees Vs Helter-skelter Legalese

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

greetings
from
the past-masters
of collations.

be it nbsap
or JPCs
or all sorts of democratically elected committees
(conducted in good faith
and fettle).

this is why
one said, yesterday,
that the leg. is the leg.
and the bats
should stick to their
exclusive
hats.

Orchestrating

By V. Shruti Devi (quill-o-the-wisp)

Having accessed
a thousand-plus
pages
almost everyday
in the recent past
and so
having exhausted
and renewed
the data-plan
Also, in part,
atrributable
to tricksels of pixels
of the billionosphere

The iris
was trained
on
post-dark-sky-gazing.
An inter-galactic
hangover.

Now, this differentiates itself
from the muse
And talks to one
from the pews
of the
higher
judiciary.

At the outset
i'd say avaunt-
go scurry
-tabulate their ramblings
into a matrix,
a sort of grid
-the worthies on an axis
And on the other:
citations, doctrines, pearls
of the constituent assembly,
the law commission
(Just to rid the plebs of all confusion,
and to ensure there's no ommission
While reading.)

Now back to what
One thinks
-Irrespective.

The legislature and exec
were all within their right
to expect
to have a stake in the process
Of handling the justice-delivery mess.

However, it might've been
a bit extreme
(to say the least),
to have slipped in clauses
that allowed the beast
of democracy to make
certain
future amendments
Without a by-your-leave
to the
Constitutional Amendment
process.

And p'raps
The manners
and the provisions pertaining to their eminences
Should've envisioned
something more elaborate
at that stage
rather than leaving the rules (poetic for details)
to alleged crooks
and assorted fools.

All in all, it's the parl's domain
But one can hardly complain
If their lordships have
plugged a gap
(Deftly, i must add),
To call for a sap
Yeah, that's a strategy
And an action plan.

We're buying
some time,
spouting some words
Occupying garden benches,
and sun-bathing mats,
Listening to the sonics
of senior bats.

Having reinstated
bygone-era
realities.

The zombies in the circular house
Must, no doubt,
this flame arouse
(and, ironically, douse).

Without any hesitation,
we reiterate
-we are one nation
So let's hope we're over-heard
And an appropriate legislation
(Or amendment)
Is preferred
without much delay.