From Emerson to Asrani

 

Saturday, October 25, 2025

Poems, books, and songs

 Collated X posts in original by Tusar Nath Mohapatra

Rituals are part of religion

Backed by mythological fiction

Involve a lot of aesthetics

Plus social support and self-esteem

But they are never voluntary

Are performed under compulsion

What man needs is freedom

Of which he is unaware

Something absolutely new

To take him to himself

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Ideologies are umpteen

How to have one for own use

Just what comes by the way

Or through some rational choice

What is rational then

With our limited awareness

Ecosystems and echochambers

Make us a hostage

Man must crave freedom

From falsehood and ignorance

Seek light

Deep inside

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Sun sets in the West is science

Sun doesn't set at all is science too

Climbing a hill widens the horizon

But there's a limit

What we know come from many sources

It's also pouring in every moment

Since the evolution is on

And we're its instruments

So let's be aware

Of its footfall

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I wrote on a slate as a child

Now I type on a tablet

Undergirded by undersea cables

Once adumbrated by Whitman

Locke's tabula rasa to Emerson's Oversoul

Nietzsche's Overman to Shaw's Superman

Man's mind is captive of AI

But its brain can rot too

Numbers may dream

Causing migraine

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All religions are belief

In some ancient mythology

In idols made of stone or metal

And year-round festivals

Personal welfare and security

Drives devotion and loyalty

They can't be questioned

For they are the God's word

All men are mortal, To err is human

Religion cures confusion

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Saying We means

Taking a lot of responsibility

Upon oneself

Generalising too much

And misrepresenting

Bordering on falsehood.

Saying I too

Isn't free from hazards

For the private zone

Is cut off from public sphere

Further the inner self

Keeps on reminding

About false subjectivity

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What is spirituality

Is it something different from ordinary life

And being lost in meditation for hours together

No, that's an imaginary state of affairs

Sri Aurobindo advises surrender to The Mother

The Mother too tells Remember and Offer

All within daily life in all activities

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Asrani passed away

Leaving behind a formidable legacy

Of lighting up the screen with laughter

Whenever he appears in whatever role.

When there was no TV or Internet

Bollywood used to rule our hearts

He scored centuries through 70s and 80s

And continued to act till two years back.

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