It is frank: it hides nothing of its beauty, and lets it flow
frankly out of itself...

It is equal: it has no preferences.....

Then generous:.... it sacrifices itself entirely for our
pleasure.

And then, kind: it has such a tenderness... its presence
fills us with joy...

each flower symbolises an aspect, an emanation, an
aspiration and a progress in the evolution...”

 (from SWEET MOTHER: HARMONIES OF LIGHT, Part II,
words recollected by Mona Sarkar,, 1979, pp.57-8)

May I hope that each ‘smiling flower’ in this latest garner
from Tiru Al. Valliappa’s Garden of Poesy will help the children of
Tamil Nadu and India in their adventure of aspiration, awakening
and steady progress in self-growth and self-realisation. And my
best wishes to the children’s laureate: More power and Grace to
his elbow!

    

K. R. SRINIVASA IYENGAR
     ‘Sydney House’
277-B, J.J.Road (off Mowbray’s Road)
Alwarpet, Madras-600 018
29-4-1986