TODAY -
In the Temple
Aribam Surjeet Sharma *
Standing I was in front of a temple
Waiting for the priest to perform the Arati.
A murmur of dissonant voices came
From some ladies in impeccable white attire,
Carrying expansive elegant plates
Having choicest fruits and delicacies
To be offered to the gods in the temple.
Competing with others, they were eager
For the Pujari to first collect their plates.
Holding aloft their plates flauntingly
And with arrogance writ large in their faces,
They were trying to override the pleadings
By the other humble women for the Pujari
To collect their humble plates with humble fruits.
And to the conceited delight of the ladies,
The elegant plates with fine ample contents
Seemed to be far more magnetic as compared
To the humble plates having meagre contents,
For, the Pujari gave priority to the former.
Materialism in full flagrant display
Smothering spiritualism in a temple.
* Poem written by Aribam Surjeet Sharma for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on 22 December 2025 .
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