This is one the song I loved.
Partheepan poem words are very Touchy ............

சதுரங்க அட்டமடா தமிழனின் வாழ்வு,
தீயுக்கும் ஏறிவுகணைக்கும்
இரையாகும் உடல்கள் நம் இனம்
வழிதிறவா சர்வதேசம் - இன்று
விழி திறக்கா விதிநமக்கு
எங்கு சொல்வது எங்கு செல்வது - நம்
நீதியை எம் உறவு அழிக்கபடும் சதியை
துங்கினால் மறுபடியும் விழிக்கலாமே என்று
வாழும்வாழ்க்கையடா
வான்படை வரி இறைத்த செல்மலையில்
இரத்த அரு ஓடியதும் நம் ஊரில்தானே
பென்பூமி ,மண்பூமி, எம்பூமி என்றேமே
ஒருகணம் அப்பூமியில் நிம்மதியாய்
இருக்க இயலாத பாவியாய் - நானும்
இன்று ஆனேன் ஏனோ ?
கால்பதிக்கும் இடம் எல்லாம் - என் கால்களை
இழப்பேனே மிதிவெடிக்கண்னிகளுக்கு
பயந்து பயந்து வைக்கின்றேன் என் அடியை
தமிழனை பிறந்து திண்டாடும்- என்
வாழ்கையை சொல்ல என்ன
பாவம் செய்தேனோ நான் ????????????????

காதல் என்ற புத்தகத்தை - நான்
படிக்கவில்லை
படித்த பின் நான் அதை
மூடவில்லை

நலமா என்று கேட்க இன்று

என்னால் முடியவில்லை

சுழல் காற்றில் சிக்கிய தும்பி - போல்

நம்மவர் வாழ்வின்று- ஏனோ

வீடு இருந்தும் கூட்டுக்குள்

சிக்குண்ட வாழ்வு

வனமும் இறைத்திருக்குமோ

எம் உறவு இலங்கையில்

விட்ட கண்ணிரைப் போல்

ஆறு இல்லா ஊரில் - செங்குருதி

ஆறு பாயந்தும் அன்றோ

ஊருக் ஒரு சுடுகாடு - இன்று

ஊரே சுடுகாடு மாயம்

பச்சைப்பசேல் என்றிருந்த - என் தேசம்

எலும்பு கூடுகளால் நிறைந்ததை நீ அறிவாயோ ?

சொல்வதா எழுதுவதா எம்மவரின்

அடிமை சாசனத்தை

இழந்தது உயிர்கள் பெற்றது அழியா காயங்களை

நாளை என்ற வேளை புதிராகவே உள்ளது

சுகந்திர காற்றுக்காக போராடினோம் - ஆனால்

பெற்றது பிணவாடை விசும் காற்று

உரிமை குரல் கேட்டு ஊமையாக

முள்ளுகம்பி முகாம்களுக்குள் - ஊடமான

இனமும் நாம்தானே

எங்கும் பார்த்திரா- பரம கொடுமை

கொண்டது ஈழத்தமிழினம்

யாவரும் நலமா என்று கேட்க்க - இன்றும்

என்னால் முடியவில்லை

அங்கு பல யாவரும் இல்லை

இப்போது நன்கேட்க்க

சிலர் உள்ளார் சிறைகொண்டு - தன்

தேசத்துக்குள்ளே உயிர்வலையில்

நாளை விடியல் இல்லை - ஆனால்

தமிழுக்கு இரவும் இல்லை

நிலை மாறி அஸ்தமத்தில் உதிக்குமோ - சூரியன்

யாவரின் நலத்திற்க்காய்?

பூவாக இருந்த என் மனம்

சருகாக மாறிவிட்ட - காலம்தனை

சிந்திக்கும் போது - மிண்டும்

என் மனம் பூவாக மாறாத - என

ஒரு உள்ளம் ஏங்குகின்றது

பூவாக மாறி பின்பும் சருகாகிவிட்டால் - உன்

உயிர் உடலில் இருக்காது

நான் பூவக மாறட்டா - இல்லை

சருகாகவே இருக்கட்டா ?????????

மானிடப் பிறவி என்பது

வரப்பிரசாதம்

வரமே இன்று வாரம்

கொடுத்தவனை அழிக்கத் துடிக்கின்றது

வாரம் கொடுத்த - இறைவன்

என்ன செய்ய போகின்றனோ ? ( தலையை பிய்த்துக் கொண்டு ஓடுவான் )

நிறைமணி / சுமைமணி

நாணத்துடன் நீ

பூமியை நோக்கி

தலை சாய்கின்றாயா? - இல்லை

உன் மீது திணித்துள்ள

பரத்தை தங்கமுடியாது

பூமி மிது பரத்தை

திணிக்கின்றாயா ?

இறப்பு

வாழ்வின் பயணங்கள்
முடியும்
இறுதி அத்தியாயம்

கண்ணீருடன் எழுதும்

கவிதையே

கண்ணீருடன் கரைந்து

போகதே !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

பலமுறை பூமியில் பூகம்பம்
வெடிக்கின்றது -பூமி தங்குகின்றது
ஒருமுறை மனதுக்குள்
பூகம்பம் வெடித்தாலே
மனம் தங்குதில்லேயே ??????????????????????

நீ என்னை
காதலிக்கும் போது
என்னிடம் காதலில்லை
நான் உன்னை காதலிக்கும் போது
உன்னிடம் காதலில்லை

சொல்லாத வார்த்தைகள்

மெளனம்

மௌனமாக சொல்லும் வார்த்தைகள்

எது?

தொடருமா?

உறவுகளும் தொடருமா ?
நட்புகளும் தொடருமா ?
இன்பங்களும் தொடருமா ?
துன்பங்களும் தொடருமா ?
பாசமும் தொடருமா ?
பகையும் தொடருமா ?
இந்த வாழ்க்கையும் தொடருமா ?
இதை கடந்து சென்றாலும் தொடருமா ?

பார்வையின் ஆழம் கண்ணுக்குத்
தெரியும்
துன்பத்தின் ஆழம் புன்னகையில்
தெரியும்
கவிதையின் ஆழம் கவிஞனுக்கு
தெரியும்
தோல்வியின் ஆழம் வெற்றியில்
தெரியும்
அன்பின் ஆழம் பிரிவில்
தெரியும்
கடலின் ஆழம் அலைக்குத்
தெரியும்
இருளின் ஆழம் விடியலுக்குத்
தெரியும்
கண்ணீரின் ஆழம் புன்னகையில்
தெரியும்
வாழ்வின் ஆழம் சாவில்
தெரியும்

பாரதியே
முதல் முதலாக -நான்
விரும்பியது உன் கவியை
துன்பங்கள் வரும்போது - என்
தோழனாய் இருக்கின்றாய்
என் இன்பத்திலும் - நீ
புன்னகையாய் திகழ்கின்றாய்
என் வெற்றியில் - உன்
மீசையை முறுக்குகின்றாய்
தோல்வியில் உன் கவிதாயால்
தந்தை ஆக்கின்றாய்
என் வாழ்க்கைப் படியை கடக்கும்
போது சிறுபிள்ளையின்
கைபிடித்து படியில் ஏற்றும்
தாய்போல் ஏற்றிவிடுகின்றாய்
உறவுகள் பல ஆனாய் கவியே
என் வாழ்க்கை பாலத்தில் – என்றும்
அக்கினி குஞ்சாய் நான்
திகழ்வேன் உன் காட்டில்

அன்பு செய்த குற்றம் தான் பிரிவு எனும் தண்டனை

என் கண்ணீர்களை களவாடும் கண்ணியடி – நீ
என் மனதுக்குள் நடனமாடும் மங்கையடி
எனை மாற்றி ஏனே மறைந்தாயே – பெண்ணே
உன் மௌன மொழிகள் என் ஆவியை உருக்குதடி
நீ என் தேவதை என பூயித்தேனே – ஏதோ
தெருவில் பார்த்தவனை போல்
பார்வையால் அனல் வீசி சென்றாயே
பிரிவை செல்லாமல் சென்னாயே கண்ணே – கண்ணீரை என்
கண்களில் இறைத்துவிட்டு.

கண்ணில் கனவுகள் காட்சி அழித்தாலும்
கனவுகள் நியமும் இல்லை
ஆன்மாவுக்குள் ஆசைகள் தோன்றினாலும் – அது
கை கூடுவதும் இல்லை
உள்ளத்தில் உணர்வுகள் உதிர்த்தாலும்- எல்லாம்
உதட்டில் வருவது இல்லை

அர்த்தம் இல்லாத வார்தை
என் மௌனம்
சொல்லாத வார்த்தை
என் கவிதை
சொல்லியும் புரியாத வார்த்தை
என் கனவு
நீரில் தெரியாத வார்த்தை
என் கண்ணீர்

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Research Report

Introduction
My research on a New Zealand Maori author is on Witi Ihimaera. He ha s vigorous output as a novelist, short story writer, editor and lecture at the University of Auckland. He became the first published Maori novelist by publishing Tangi in 1973.This novel won New Zealand’s most exalted award, the Wattie Book of the year award. ‘ Pounamu, Pounamu’ (1672), was the first short story collection published by a Maori. I read six of his short stories ‘Gathering Of The Whakapapa’, The Greenstone Patu’, ‘A Game OF Cards’, ‘Fire On Greenstone’, ‘Yellow Brick Road and Return From Oz’. I have done many researches of bibliography on internet to find out more about Witi Ihimaera’s writing.
What issues does Witi Ihimaera deal with?
Most of Witi ihmaera’s writing high lights contemporary of Maori and values of their tradition. All the stories I read has the central features of his imaginative landscape is the Whanau (family community). The stories develop an emotional and cultural value and tradition of Maori.
In the two short stories, ‘A Game OF Cards’ and ‘Fire On Greenstone’ are explores significance of Maori tradition and the respect toward the death in Maori community. The Waituhi village people make Nanny Miro journey to end with happy thoughts by doing something that she always enjoy playing. “The old ladies sat around the bed, playing. Everybody else decided to play cards too, too keep Nanny Company. The man played poker in the kitchen and sitting room. The kids players, even onto the lawn outside nanny window, where she could see.” This emphasis the Strong bonds in the community even in someone death. The story of ‘Fire On Greenstone’ moves in Nanny Miro’s memorise and deal with significant of Maori culture features and losses of them. “And I begun to notice that in some places the paint was flaking from the wooden boards, that a spider had strung its web undisturbed among the delicate lattice – work, or that there was a pile of empty beer bottles heaped in the long grass in the front of the homestead.” The situation of homestead enlightens that the losses of culture features as there are not many people in Waituhi. Maori people have moved from Waituhi. This became an issues that significant of culture feature was left alone as there are not many look after them.
In the short story of ‘Gathering Of The Whakapapa’ the issue that Witi Ihimaera was developing the Significant of Maori tradition to Maori. The issues are transacted by rewriting the burnt Whakapapa (family genealogy). In the ‘Gathering Of The Whakapapa’, the Whakapapa shows how important element is this in Maori tradition. “There was time yet to dig again our toes into the earth and shout our challenge to the changing world: this is us, this is our history, this is our land and we together are the tangata whenua, the people of this land.” This strong voice emphasise how imperative the Whakapapa to Maori and letting them to know who are they are and what are their culture and tradition meant to them. In Witi Ihimaera stories culture not just was an aspect he look at it. He also has making awareness of values and tradition in Maori culture and why are they have to be treasured.
In short story of “The Greenstone patu , Witi Ihimaera deal with the issue of need to retain culture values in the modern world. “It belongs to us. It belongs to the Mahana family. We have lost so much and we must try to regain everything that we can. For the future, son. For the future generation……” In this story, the issue of the challenges of retaining the lost Greenstone Patu were developed between Maori and Pakeha. The Greenstone represent as possessions valued of Maori culture.
In ‘Yellow Brick Road and Return From Oz’ Witi Ihimaera approaches different issues from other stories. He discussed about racism between Maori and Pakeha. Poverty was main issues why Maori people have move from their village. In the short story of ‘Yellow Brick Road’ lack of jobs and money in Waituhi drawn this family to Wellington city. “I want us to have a good life, a new start.” “A new start for my kids. Me and Hine, we’ve always had nothing. But my kids? They’re going to grow up with everything. I will fight for it, because they must have it.” The two culture overlap each other however older ones in the family always reminding their roots to the new generation “ And the best way to do this return to Waituhi, to draw you there so you can get to know your Maori home while I am still living and even long after I’ve gone.”





How does Witi Ihimaera develop the issues?
In ‘A Game OF Cards’ the issues of respect that the Maori community had with death developed through the character actions. “The old ladies sat around the bed, playing. Everybody else decided to play cards too, too keep Nanny Company. The man played poker in the kitchen and sitting room. The kids players, even onto the lawn outside nanny window, where she could see.” This specific event showed the bond in that community. In the ‘Gathering of the Whakapapa’, the significant of Maori tradition in their Whanau developed from the village people action. “The village should have been asleep but no, there they were, waiting for us.” They are united together and care for each other.
In short stories of ‘A Game OF Cards’ and Fire On Greenstone’ Homestead symbolised the tradition of Maori culture and how their valued tradition thing are kept in. “The homestead wasn’t just four walls and rooms. It was the Manawa, the heart of the whanau, the heart of the family, and my Nanny Tama’s heart too.”
The Significant of Maori tradition to Maori was expanded through dialogue between the stories characters. In the ‘Gathering of the Whakapapa’ the dialogue of the narrator develop the issues of the tradition and cultural values of Maori to Maori. “Oh yes! Because it gives me unison with the universe. It tells me that I am not alone or ever will be. It waves me into a pattern of life that began at world’s creation and will be here till the world’s end.” This make the Maori to realise about their culture values.
Several short stories of Witi Ihimaera are structured in current events and flash back. In the stories of ‘Fire On Greenstone’, ‘The Greenstone Patu’ and ‘A Game of Cards’ have linked with past and current events. In ‘Fire On Greenstone’ the flash back and present takes the reader back to the narrator’s childhood and brings them back the present world of his. “As a small boy, I used to think it was like. Like a palace.” “But my eyes were not those of a child any longer. And somehow, the homestead has grown smaller as I’d grown taller. As the years went by, it seemed less something glimpsed on the other side of the rainbow.




In the ‘TheGreenstone patu’, the one of lost twin Greenstone Patu itself symbolised the important of Maori culture tradition and retain those values in the modern world. “The world hasn’t changed that much that we forget about ourselves has it? Even if it has, then perhaps we need our patu ponuamu more than we think. To fight back with, to use a weapon. To remind us who we are.” Greenstone semi-precious jade traditionally used to make jewellery and weaponry. In this story Greenstone appears in Auntie Hiraina to rejoin with it twin one and to possession of that Greenstone.
The ‘Yellow Brick road’ symbolized new path in life. The long travel to gets their new destination with hopes to have better life for their child. Things they have in their car which called as a “Junk stuff” represent the life of Maori have in Waituhi. The condition of the car and the stuff that they loaded in the car symbolised their poverty. “ This junk is all we’ve ever had.” They only had fruit picking job back in Waituhi and they did not make much money out that job. The lifestyle in Waituhi less developed.
In the short story of ‘Return From Oz’ the challenges of Maori living in Pakeha world develop through the symbolism. The “ Return From Oz” symbolised disappointment in life to archive their dream in Pakeha world. This story alluded to the ‘The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz’, as Doroty journey to a magic world inside Kansas in the Wizard. In the movie of ‘The Wonderful Wizard Of Oz’ the Emerald city is a place that were filled with all the magic and happiness. In this story city of “Oz” was the wellington city it was predominately dominated by Pakeha. The narrator childhood imagination and dream place was wellington city. Since they arrival it was the different city from their thought. They are failure to stand against Pakeha world. “Pakeha way is hard to fight and it is much easier to give on to it, drift along with it.” The feeling of loss culture made them to go back to Waituhi.


Has Witi Ihimaera changed the ideas he deals with in his writing over time?
In Witi Ihimaeara’s short stories, there have been changes over time in his ideas within his writing. The main ideas remain the same about Maori culture. However, through time new ideas were introduced. His views expanded out of the Maori culture and now he writes about being Maori in the Pakeha world. He presents the ideas of why the Maori people moved to the city and their feelings about city life.
In ‘Yellow brick Road’ the family moves to Wellington to find a better future for their children. “I want us to have a good life, a new start.” “A new start for my kids. Me and Hine, we’ve always had nothing. But my kids? They’re going to grow up with everything. I will fight for it, because they must have it.” Poverty in Waituhi draws their family to move to Wellington. For the boy the Wellington is Emerald city, where he thinks his family will be having a better life.
The same idea was presented in ‘Return from Oz’. But in that story Witi Ihimaera developed the conflicts between Maori and Pakeha from Nanny Tama’s dialogue. “Pakeha way is hard to fight and it is much easier to give on to it, drift along with it.” The confliction between two cultures has deeply set idea of re-lift up the culture and remaining the new generation about their root and who they are. “You just keep remember you are Maori blood.”
In the ‘The Greenstone Patu’, Auntie Hiraina said “This place is no good for you. The heart cannot survive here. It lost its warmth and forgets to stir the blood.” The city life has lost the love of family. City life described as life without love and not caring for other people in the community. There is no unity in the community or Whanau.

Conclusion
The main issues in Witi Ihimaera’s writings are about Maori and their culture. Even though he has changed his issues, the main themes still remain the same about Maori. In Witi’ Ihimaera’s second short story collection of ‘The New Net Goes Fishing’, he brought the culture out of Waituhi to Wellington city and explored the variation between the two cultures. His writing is not just important to Maori, his writing introduced New Zealand literature to the world.




Bibliography
Author:Witi Ihimaera collection:‘Pounamu, Pounam’
publication: Heinemann Education, a Division of Octopus publishing group (NZ) Ltd. 1972.

Author:Witi Ihimaera collection‘The New Net Goes Fishing’
publication: Heinemann Education 1977

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Should parents be allowed to select their baby’s gender?

Should parents be allowed to select their baby’s gender?

Today science has improved so much that people look for the solutions in everything. In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) gives couples a chance to have their own baby. Embryologists have developed their ability in choosing the sex of the baby. The new technology has been welcomed by couples who want to choose the sex of the baby, especially those who undergo IVF treatment. There are other ethical issues which have been considered regarding the potential imbalanced population, concerns about nature being over taken by the scientists and IVF becomes a business in bio market.

The main ethical issues a deciding the sex of the baby is that it may an imbalance in the population between the genders of the babies in future generation. We can choose one sex or reject the other. An Asian culture such as China and India mostly favours boys, and girls are being aborted or killed and the population of females is skewed. “At Hill’s clinic about 65% request boys; at Steinberg’s 55%.” (www.couples company.com 2008) this statistical data supports the opinion that more couples want baby boys. By allowing the parents to select the sex of the baby, there will be an imbalance population in the future. The consequence of this could be fewer female adults to enter into marriage.

Scientists are just playing with human life and nature, by introducing these technologies. When IVF was introduced, couple’s concern was about having a baby. But now it has gone too far by allowing selection of sex of the baby. IVF treatment is beneficial for infertile couples. Choosing the gender of the baby suggest that the science went over the limit. Child life relies on the IVF market instead of god or nature and it shows lower humanity of the modern human race.

This new technology is mostly welcomed by the genetic engineering market. More males are intending to sell their sperm because IVF needs many sperm to choose correct sex of baby. Consumers are driven to buy the sperm from eugenic purpose. There are two types of sperm, X for baby girl and Y for baby boy. Recently Sperm banks are short of sperm because of the number of people using IVF technology. Bioengineering is turning into a business market, where babies used are objects of gene manipulation.

Parents should be not allowed choose their gender of the baby, unless they have sex-link disorders in the family. The population studies have proven that this technology leads to results of imbalanced population in the two genders. There is a need to interfere in the gender selection using IVF. The concerns about nature being over-taken by scientists suggest lack of humanity in the modern world, and babies are designed to suit the family. The IVF treatment becomes a business in the bio market. It is not fair to value a price for the life of a baby on the market. The gender of the babies should be left as a surprise to the parents. If everything was per-planned then there would be nothing interesting in life. Science sometimes takes this little happiness away from the family. Parents should not have the right to select the sex of the baby. Let nature decide the gender of the baby.