<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577097" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Loss</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The Loss</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Heinous crime it was<br>My grandfather said; though<br>The loss was marginal for the owner.<br>A sunny morning. My father who<br>Rides roughshod to his office and <br>In the office over his subordinates.<br>Noticed the theft and turned red: <br>Mouthed curses which, were he a saint, <br>Would have burnt wherever <br>The thief was to ashes.<br>It was the brass nameplate<br>My father brought from Aligarh.<br>Now, fifty summers later another loss.<br>Neither my father who in his old age<br>Ruminates over his youthful days<br>Like a priest who savours the memory<br>Of the sumptuous food offered at the feast<br>Nor anyone else in the house grieves.<br>My grandfather (May his soul rest in peace) </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What he would have said about the present loss<br>I cannot think. The loss is not tangible<br>But substantial. Not one object but many.<br>Delicate but strong enough to sustain<br>The name of the entire family. Sad it was<br>The thief was never identified. Not <br>Because he eluded but because<br>The investigators cared not to probe.<br>Was it a theft? No. Negligence? Maybe.<br>Wilful indifference, say the experienced elders.<br>For causes of loss let the wise quarrel<br>But the loss half-heartedly established<br>All went busy with their chores as if<br>The loss was nothing more than<br>A failure of the monsoon for the politician.<br>To me, nonetheless, it is a loss<br>Not easily retrievable as<br>Substitutes and replacements hard to find.<br>[For the loss is that of morals and values]</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Akella+S.+Ratnam">Akella S. Ratnam</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=577097" data-title="The Loss de Akella S. Ratnam" data-description="The Loss Heinous crime it was My grandfather said; though The loss was marginal for the owner. A sunny morning. My father who Rides roughshod to his office and In the office over his subordinates. Noticed the theft and turned red: Mouthed curse..."></div> </div> </div>

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