A. R. Narayanan

“ Even after knowing the occult deceptive function of it, man stakes his life in the grand race for money. Blinded by the spell of its tinkle, money becomes everything for him. He plunges into all sorts of malpractice to earn money and to create a comfortable cushion of savings.
No man is an exception to it. However, the most culpable are the public servants that have turned the public offices into private profit centres. Their pray are the poorest of the poor and those who are in distress. ”

“ Accountant is trained to do a balancing trick,
Lifting the pane of profit counterweighed by black!
Businessman is busy scooping profits to prosper,
With other's money, while his own idling in coffer! ”

“ The idiosyncrasies of the Heavenly Father and the earthlings, you and me included, are exposed, with a tinge of sarcasm.
If you don't like any of the sharp, straight and sour quips it is certainly unpalatable for me too, but it is a fact we have to reconcile with.
I have no enmity with anyone who feels targeted and hurt by these couplets; for I know, I myself am the bull's eye!
We should point our index finger against each other; for none is perfect and invulnerable to mistakes or resistant to allurement to eat the forbidden fruit. ”

“ Religious fanaticism is another epidemic that has, of late, invaded the mankind. The intolerance of alien faith assumed devastating proportions and threatens the very existence of social, national and international amity. While none of the staunch fanatics have met God and ascertained his identity, they do not realise, all their frenzies to safeguard and sanctify the name they attribute to the God are all ill disposed. The masses follow the religious leaders blindly reminding the innocent children that walked into the back of beyond trailing the Pied Piper under the spell of his magical music. ”

“ However fast, through life, we race,
Death will follow us at the same pace!
Dead, we may not be re-born, as legends say;
Our souls, caught in condoms, will be thrown away!
(* Hindu tenets say that every soul has rebirth)
Know, death is not at all a calamity,
It's life's destination at eternity! ”

“ To depict the Lord as the Superpower.
(* Hindu gods are depicted with multiple hands)
Accustomed to, even pitch darkness
Could be of perceivable brightness!
Say one thing and do something else,
Is the first step towards success!
Man is prisoner of his own mind;
None else can bail him out of the bond.
May be "Money is what money does",
But it can't buy love, a single dose.
Wealth of learning is intangible
Wealth of cunningness is tangible! ”

“ Man derives all pleasures, respect, opportunities, and even a ticket to contest elections as candidate of a popular political party, get through it and reach positions on the top rung of political ladder by mere might of money. ”

“ Money has become everything to man and he is today and addict to it. His prayers, religious rites and marital, paternal, filial and fraternal relationships are guided by the quantum of money inflow. Here, in this era, man would do anything for handful of money because money is power. ”

“ Laughing at others, we should also be bold to direct the very scorn at ourselves. But many of us simply won't or refuse to in the belief that each one of us is an exception. Laughter is a good medicine and, coming out of the hermit shell, we should learn to laugh at all laughable actions of the self and others. Man is sincere to and concerned only about himself. In his frenzy to own all the comforts and happiness of the world, he forgets his roots, tradition, nobility, culture and obligations towards the society, rendering his every action a ludicrous one.
"Man invented money for trading ”

“ Nature dame had borne millions of life thro' eons;
Still, she looks Miss universe as every day dawns!
"In the beginning was the word........ word was truth"
Now the word of truth has become old-fashioned myth!
Judas, not Jesus, was the cause of Christianity,
For, his betrayal led Jesus to eternity
"Searching the Lord is beginning of knowledge"
And does not end until you break sensual bondage.
Light cannot comprehend darkness ever;
If put out, darkness again takes over!
Money is most powerful in this world ”

“ The moneyed may be able to buy everything on earth, but not love. To exploit and live under his opulence, even distant relations and kith around him will pretend to love him. He will live in a fool's paradise believing that all of them really care for him, until the day his last pie is drained off and the love, sincerity and the loyalty of this so-called kith and kin are put to the acid test. ”

“ Narayanan offers at Thy feet, his couplets stave.
ALMIGHTY If temple idols suddenly start speaking,
All the devotees, from sanctum, start sneaking!
The god who is all pervading
For fear of human, now hiding!
The god Almighty is cemented* To altar, by him He created! (* In Hindu temples, the idols are fixed on the altar by 'Ashta bandham', i.e. eight knots, a rite of cementing and consecration using gum made of eight ingredients consisting of lacs and seeds)
Who created man is unsolved mystery
But, creation of god is man's mastery! ”

“ Religious consciousness and respect for human values are overtly exhibited and upheld by him and he goes though all the rites and customs, in the guise of a man committed to social well being, camouflaging the evil intentions that lie deep beneath his heart. ”

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“ INTRODUCTION Look around us, people are busily engaged in many things; serious, silly or sincere; inducing a spurt of smile or laughter; of fun, scorn or sympathy; on our lips. You and me are no exception. We too contribute to others fancy. ”

“ Man is willing to do anything
For the sake of couple of Farthing!
Lady of the house is Lakshmy*, And man of the house is dummy. (* Lakshmy is the Hindu Goddess of prosperity. In India, chaste housewife who is at the realm of household stands sentinel of the moral codes of conduct and, by it, causes the heavens to shower prosperity on the entire family. She is equated to Lakshmy.) ”

“ At other times, he is satirical, with elements of irony and sarcasm. But he is always effective, because he is in right earnest.
This might be his first attempt at poetic composition, but there is maturity of thought and depth of feeling, which come from his variety of experience in life. I wish more power to his elbow; and hope that this collection, or may be selection, of couplets, will have a wide circle of readers. The quips are thought provoking, without being too harsh or hurting. ”

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“ In it, man gives himself his choicest treat.
Radha* still awaits, on the banks of Yamuna, That determined not to return cupid Krishna. (* Radha, was the consort of Sri Krishna until adolescence in Brindanvan. When he left for Mathura for good, He promised to rejoin her soon but he never did. She awaits him since the moment He left her. The expectation of sweet re-union keeps her alive and her fondness for Krishna remains fresh in her bosom. So does a devotee.) ”

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“ Member: Authors Guild of India.
When Mr. A.R. Narayanan rang me up to ask me for a foreword to his book of verse, I did not know what I was in for. Because I had not met him before, nor had I read any of his written work. But I was instantly impressed by the simplicity and sincerity, earnestness and anxiety in his voice, and I readily agreed.
At the outset, I must say that I was attracted by the title of the work "Truth and the Myth couplets Quips". 'Couplet' reminded me of the heroic couplets of Alexander Pope (Dunciad and the rest) and those of John Dryden (Mac Flecknoe and so on) . ”

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Truth and the Myth, by A.R. Narayanan
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This is neither prose nor verse, nor a testament, nor tenet, nor quotable quotes.
Quipping couplets flag off a train of thoughts, certain are abstract philosophy; yet few are derisive of social evils, coated with sarcasm.
Traversing through the quips, you will find you at both ends, alternatively, the archer and the target! ”