Jernail Singh Anand (Prepared Angela Kosta)
Moderator 
LIC
(LUSTUS INSURANCE CORPORATION)
So atlast it happened.
This was the age of AI
Mind it
Advanced Intelligence.
In the list of insurable items
LIC (Lustus Insurance Company)
Has included marriage
And marriage partners.
A marriage which endures
For sixty years
LIC offers great Incentives
Twenty laks lump sum at maturity
The impact of this policy
Was startling
Couples going to separate
Suddenly withdrew divorce papers
Better to live together
And keep fighting
Than to assert freedom
And lose twenty lakh bucks.
An LIC agent was heard
Explaining how it would help
The administration
Which wanted topsy turvy marriages.
Coming to details he said
If the husband or wife plays infidel
The other partner gets insurance
Upto five lakhs.
if a woman looks amorously
At a man,
His wife can make a claim
From the LIC for loss of favours
A man can claim insurance
If his wife is touched
With a bad intention
By a third party.
LiC sleuths have hard time determining
Whether the claims of Molestation
And amorous excesses are
Genuine or fabricated .
WHERE BIRDS ARE DEAD
ONLY WINGS FLAP
Times were never good
We always wanted change
And we have been changing
For better or worse
Who knows.
The best people are pushed
Into the lap of invisible gods
Where they are made
To pray
For better times
While the worst specimens
Of humanity
Would hold the court
In utter disregard of
The commandments
I look around and find
A thousand things
Which are amiss
Yet can I choose that
And abandon this?
Mind and muscles come
Together to form
An iron trap
Birds are dead
Only wings flap.
THE MARCH OF THE CLAY
The humanistic narratives often pitch science and technology against nature
And we try to prove
The naivete of nature
And the superiority of man’s intelligence
Often it was said:
God made the country
And man made the town.
Obviously implying that
Man was a player with equal powers.
When we think of industries,
Mega systems, wealth creation,
And rich corporates
We wonder how men
Transcend themselves and turn demigods.
Industry means hard work,
And the science that drives it
Is man’s hand maiden,
Technology,
Which has made men reach stars.
I believe it is not man,
But Gods who are the real magnates
Who were the true masters
Of the forces of Science
And Technology.
Just look at a tree.
It makes its food by itself.
Sunlight is enough to set it at work.
During the day, it gives oxygen
And during the night, carbondioxide.
Has man made any such thing
Which could be so self-driven,
So self-respecting
That it needs nothing to survive
Except gods’ sunlight?
Then, look at men,
And the dictum, use and throw
Is it the latest fad? No.
It was prevalent among men.
If things went wrong, people had to go.
If we have made robots
It is a very poor creation when
Compared with men,
Whom Gods created, and
They are the masters of the universe.
Man is a Marlovian over-reacher.
Gods hold no ill will against him.
Except feeling pleased
To see the prankster at his play,
Hastening the march of the clay.
Bio
Seneca Award laureate Dr Jernail Singh Anand is a towering literary figure whose work embodies a rare fusion of creativity, intellect, and moral vision. Credited with an opus of 180 books, Anand won The Charter of Morava (Serbia), Franz Kafka(Germany, Ukraine, Chek Rep.) and Maxim Gorky (Russia) Awards. His name adorns the Poets' Rock in Serbia. Founder President of the International Academy of Ethics, Dr Anand was conferred Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) by Univ of Engg & Mgt, (UEM), Jaipur. His most phenomenal books are Lustus:The Prince of Darkness (an epic), Philosophia de Anand, a work of philosophy comprising ten of his books under one roof, '. He is now coming up with his 12 epic poems in two volumes Epicasia Vol 1 & Vol 2.
He’s not just an Indian author but a global voice, challenging readers to confront the complexities of existence while offering hope through art and ethics. His legacy seems poised to endure as a beacon of conscience in a turbulent world. If Tagore is the serene sage of a colonial past, Anand is the fiery prophet of a chaotic present. Anand’s genius lies in his relentless ambition and ethical depth. Anand may well be considered as the conscience of the 21st century, carving a unique niche among Indian English writers with a voice that resonates globally while remaining fiercely Indian..
Prepared Angela Kosta
