Alcohol Evil , Tamil Nadu, THEEYAVAI THEENDATHEY Tamil Book, Tamil Learning

Alcohol is Evil - It is number one killer. This evil has caught up in TamilNadu. Sad that youngsters are into it - because of the government sponsored TASMAC. It has rooted heavily in TamilNadu and it is very very sad that people die at very young age due to this evil.

More than 2000 years ago, Great Tamil poet Thiruvaluvar advised on Liqour Abstinence), but now Tamilians are exactly doing the opposite of what he said:

'வள்ளுவன் தன்னை உலகினுக்கே தந்து வான்புகழ் கொண்டது தமிழ்நாடு' – மகாகவி பாரதி.

அந்த தெய்வபுலவர் அய்யன் திருவள்ளுவர் 2000 ஆண்டுகள் முன்பே கள்ளு (சாராயம் - மது)ண்ணாமை  பற்றி அறிவூட்டுகிறார் :

குறள் 921-930 கள்ளுண்ணாமை (Liquor Abstinence):

குறள் 921:

உட்கப் படாஅர் ஒளியிழப்பர் எஞ்ஞான்றும் 

கட்காதல் கொண்டொழுகு வார்.

தமிழ் உரை:

மதுப் பழக்கத்திற்கு அடிமையானவர்கள் தமது சிறப்பை இழப்பது மட்டுமல்ல; மாற்றாரும் அவர்களைக் கண்டு அஞ்ச மாட்டார்கள்.

எப்பொழுதும் கள்ளின்மேல் காதல்கொண்டு, அதனோடு பழகி வாழ்பவர் பகைவரால் அஞ்சப்படாது எளியராவர்; பலராலும் மதிக்கப்படுதலாகிய ஒளியினையும் இழப்பர்.

English meaning:

A wine-lover strikes no fear in his foes And his glory wanes.

Those who always thirst after drink will neither instill fear (in others) nor retain the light (of their fame). 

குறள் 922:

உண்ணற்க கள்ளை உணில்உண்க சான்றோரான் 

எண்ணப் படவேண்டா தார்.

தமிழ் உரை:

கள் குடிக்காதீர்! மீறிக்கள்ளைக் குடிக்க விரும்புவீராயின், சான்றோரால் மதிக்கப்படுதலை விரும்பாதவர்கள் குடிப்பீர்களாக!

மது அருந்தக் கூடாது, சான்றோர்களின் நன் மதிப்பைப் பெற விரும்பாதவர் வேண்டுமானால் அருந்தலாம்.

English meaning:

Drink no wine, or let them drink it Who do not care what wise men think.

Let no liquor be drunk; if it is desired, let it be drunk by those who care not for esteem of the great.

குறள் 923:

ஈன்றாள் முகத்தேயும் இன்னாதால் என்மற்றுச் 

சான்றோர் முகத்துக் களி.

தமிழ் உரை:

தன் பிள்ளைகள் செய்யும் குறும்புகளனைத்தையும் பொறுத்துக்கொள்ளும் மனமுடைய பெற்ற தாயின் முன்பாகவும், கள்ளுண்டு களித்து நிற்றல் விரும்பத்தகாத தீய செயலாகும். 

அப்படியிருக்கவும் சான்றோர்கள் முன்பாகக் கள்ளைக் குடித்துச் செல்லுதல் எத்தகைய தீங்காகும்? எண்ணிப்பாரீர்!

கள்ளருந்தி மயங்கிவிடும் தன் மகனை, அவன் குற்றங்களை மன்னிக்கக் கூடிய தாயே காணச் சகிக்கமாட்டாள் என்கிறபோது ஏனைய சான்றோர்கள் அவனை எப்படிச் சகித்துக் கொள்வார்கள். 

English meaning:

When a drunkard's glee hurts his own mother, Why speak of the wise?

Intoxication is painful even in the presence of (one's) mother; what will it not then be in that of the wise ? 

குறள் 924:

நாண்என்னும் நல்லாள் புறங்கொடுக்கும் கள்ளென்னும் 

பேணாப் பெருங்குற்றத் தார்க்கு.

தமிழ் உரை:

கள் குடித்தல் என்ற, எல்லோராலும் போற்றப்படாத பெரிய குற்றத்தைச்செய்பவர்களுக்கு நாணம் என்று சொல்லப்படுகின்ற நல்லவள், 

நேரில் பார்த்தற்கும் அஞ்சிப் புறமுதுகுகாட்டி ஓடி விடுவாள்! கள் குடிப்பவர்கள் அறவே வெட்கத்தைவிட்டவர்கள் ஆவர்.

மது மயக்கம் எனும் வெறுக்கத்தக்க பெருங்குற்றத்திற்கு ஆளாகியிருப்போரின் முன்னால் நாணம் என்று சொல்லப்படும் நற்பண்பு நிற்காமல் ஓடிவிடும். 

English meaning:

The good lady Shame averts her face From the disgusting vice of drunkenness.

The fair maid of modesty will turn her back on those who are guilty of the great and abominable crime of drunkenness.

குறள் 925:

கையறி யாமை உடைத்தே பொருள்கொடுத்து 

மெய்யறி யாமை கொளல்.

தமிழ் உரை:

பொருள் கொடுத்துக் கள்ளை வாங்கிக்குடித்து, ஒருவன் போதையால் தன்னை மறந்த தன்மையை அடைதல், 

உலகில் எவ்வாறு நடந்து கொள்ள வேண்டுமென்ற அறிவு இல்லாமையைக் காட்டும் செயலாகும்.

ஒருவன் தன்னிலை மறந்து மயங்கியிருப்பதற்காகப், போதைப் பொருளை விலை கொடுத்து வாங்குதல் விவரிக்கவே முடியாத மூடத்தனமாகும். 

English meaning

Rank ignorance alone will pay for and get Self-ignorance.

To give money and purchase unconsciousness is the result of one's ignorance of (one's own actions). 

குறள் 926:.

துஞ்சினார் செத்தாரின் வேறல்லர் எஞ்ஞான்றும் 

நஞ்சுண்பார் கள்ளுண் பவர்.

தமிழ் உரை:

நன்கு ஆழ்ந்து உறங்குகின்றவர்கள், உயிர்ப்பு உடையவரேனும், நினைவை இழத்தலின் அந்த நிலையில் செத்தவர்களின் வேறாகக் கருதப்படமாட்டார்கள். 

அதுபோலக் கள் குடிப்பவர்கள் நஞ்சினை உண்பவர்களின் வேறல்லர்.

மது அருந்துவோர்க்கும் நஞ்சு அருந்துவோர்க்கும் வேறுபாடு கிடையாது என்பதால் அவர்கள் தூங்குவதற்கும் இறந்து கிடப்பதற்கும்கூட வேறுபாடு கிடையாது என்று கூறலாம். 

English meaning:

The sleeping do not differ from the dead - Nor wine from poison.

They that sleep resemble the deed; (likewise) they that drink are no other than poison-eaters. 

குறள் 927:

உள்ளொற்றி உள்ளூர் நகப்படுவர் எஞ்ஞான்றும் 

கள்ளொற்றிக் கண்சாய் பவர்.

தமிழ் உரை:

எப்பொழுதும் கள்ளை மறைவாக உண்டு, அறிவு மயங்கிக்கண் சோர்பவர்கள், தம்முடன் உள்ளூரில் வாழ்பவர்களால் தமக்குள் மறைவாக இவர்களது குற்றங்கள் எல்லாம் உளவறியப்பட்டு, நகையாடி இகழப்படுவார்கள்.

மறைந்திருந்து மதுவருந்தினாலும் மறைக்க முடியாமல் அவர்களது கண்கள் சுழன்று மயங்குவதைக் கண்டு ஊரார் எள்ளி நகையாடத்தான் செய்வார்கள். 

English meaning:

Don't say, "I never drank": Secrets will be out when drunk.

Those who always intoxicate themselves by a private (indulgence in) drink; will have their secrets detected and laughed at by their fellow-townsmen. 

குறள் 928:

களித்தறியேன் என்பது கைவிடுக நெஞ்சத்து 

ஒளித்ததூஉம் ஆங்கே மிகும்.

தமிழ் உரை:

மறைவாகக் கள்ளுண்டுவிட்டு, யான் கள்குடித்தறியேன் எனப்பலர் நடுவே கூறி ஒழுக்கமுடையவர்போல் நடித்தலைக் கைவிடுக்! ஏனெனில் மனத்தினுள் வைத்து ஒளித்த அக்குற்றமும், 

அவ்வாறு ஒளித்த அப்பொழுதே வாய் சோர்ந்து முன்னையளவினும் மிக்கு வெளிப்படும். கட்குடி பிறரால் அறியப்பட்டுவிடும்; 

மது அருந்துவதே இல்லை என்று ஒருவன் பொய் சொல்ல முடியாது, காரணம், அவன் மது மயக்கத்தில் இருக்கும் போது அந்த உண்மையைச் சொல்லி விடுவான். 

English meaning

As well search for a drowned man with a lamp under water As reason with one drowned in drink.

Let (the drunkard) give up saying "I have never drunk"; (for) the moment (he drinks) he will simply betray his former attempt to conceal. 

குறள் 929:

களித்தானைக் காரணம் காட்டுதல் கீழ்நீர்க் 

குளித்தானைத் தீத்துரீஇ அற்று.

தமிழ் உரை:

கள் குடித்துக் களித்துப் பழகிப்போனவனை, 'அது தீதென்று' சான்றுகாட்டித் எடுத்துக்கொண்டுபோய்த் தேடுவதற்கு ஒப்பாகும். கள் பழகிவிட்டால் திருத்துதல் அரிது

குடிபோதைக்கு அடிமையாகி விட்டவனைத் திருத்த அறிவுரை கூறுவதும், தண்ணீருக்குள் மூழ்கிவிட்டவனைத் தேடிக்கண்டுபிடிக்கத் தீப்பந்தம் கொளுத்திக் கொண்டு செல்வதும் ஒன்றுதான். 

English meaning:

As well search for a drowned man with a lamp under water As reason with one drowned in drink.

Reasoning with a drunkard is like going under water with a torch in search of a drowned man. 

குறள் 930:

கள்ளுண்ணாப் போழ்திற் களித்தானைக் காணுங்கால் 

உள்ளான்கொல் உண்டதன் சோர்வு.

தமிழ் உரை:

கள்ளைக் குடிக்கும்பழக்கமுள்ள ஒருவன், தான் கள் உண்ணாதிருக்கும் சமயத்தில், தன்னைப்போல் பிறனொருவன் கள் குடித்துக் களித்தாடுவதைக் காணும்பொழுது, 

தானும் முன்பு இவ்வாறு தானே கள்ளுண்ட அறிவுமயக்கத்தில் ஆடி இருப்போமென்பை நினைத்துப் பார்க்க மாட்டான்போலும்! நினைத்துப் பார்த்தால், அதனாலாம் இழிவு உணரப்பட்டுக் கள் குடித்தலைத் தவிர்க்கக்கூடும்.

ஒரு குடிகாரன், தான் குடிக்காமல் இருக்கும்போது மற்றொரு குடிகாரன் மது மயக்கத்தில் தள்ளாடுவதைப் பார்த்த பிறகாவது அதன் கேட்டினை எண்ணிப் பார்க்க மாட்டானா? 

English meaning

When a drunkard sober sees another drunk Why does he not note his own damage?

When (a drunkard) who is sober sees one who is not, it looks as if he remembered not the evil effects of his (own) drink.

Tamilnadu, ignoring his advice are into heavy alcohol consumption and destroying the greatness of Tamilnadu.

In every Tamil movie they play that alcohol is evil and should be avoided, but the scene in the movie is that - the boys are drinking and smoking. I hope and pray that this changes soon. It has come to a point that someone should create awareness of this Arackan (Evil). I have been writing in my blogs about the alcohol and bad things (mainly health issues) that occur.

Here I would like to say I am proud of my Brother in Law Mr. Arunachalam, who had written a book on the 'Alcohol - the Evil' in Tamil. He is highly qualified who had taught in India (Gandhigram) and in International institutes.

 His Qualifications:

Specialization in:

* Health Communication.
* Sociology.
* Mass Communication& Mass Media.
* Audio Visual Education.
* Teaching Technology.
* Communication Research& Develpmt.
* Advertising & Visual publicity.
* Vocational training & development....

THROUGH *Teaching * Training * R & D and Practicum....

Secured Talent and Skills:

1.Painting
2. Model Making
3. Engraving & woodcarving
4. Textile design & screen printing
5. Tanjoure painting
6. Terracotta.., etc.

acquired Qualification:

1. MA., 2. M.Phil. 3. PGDJMC. 4. DFA.,5. DBP., etc...

Published book (2016) on "THEEYAVAI THEENDATHEY" in Tamil lyrics
(to avoid and wipe out alcoholism, DRUG Addiction and cessation of smoking and tobacco related use).

This book should be read by everyone in TamilNadu especially children. It should be given in every school in TamilNadu, so that young minds will get the needed and necessary awareness that is needed to avoid alcoholism. The book is also highly illustrated so that kids understands them very easily.

Here are some experts from the book from front cover to back Cover.

He mentions to eat greens (spinach).

We grow these spinach (greens) at EA Farms - organically without any artificial chemical input.

Contact info: prathekshapub13614@gmail.com

Let us eradicate this alcohol evil destroying our great Tamil Nadu. Alcohol Sales and consumption  has been increasing in Tamilnadu exponentially. It is really sad that it is the main income source to run the government. 

Alcohol is the number 1 killer in the World. Alcohol has destroyed several poor families because the earning member of the family who consumes alcohol dies early and leaves the family with widow, children and elderly parents. They are pushed to poverty because of this Alcohol evil. There are comparatively low number of alcohol rehabilation centers and ample help cannot be obtained from these centers. Our team RCHA (Resource Centr for Human Affairs) trained women on fibre knitting so they could be independent and earn by themselves without being affected by the alcohol consuming earning member of the family.

Fiber KnittingTraining

Natural Dye Preparation

Drying of dyed banana fibers

Knitting

Hand Knitted - Eco Friendly EcoBags - Final Product

Also, through our cricket team in Pollachi  - MahaLingapuram Crciket Club (MLCC) we guide them by explaining - what are the evils of alcohol and its effects on their health before giving them training.

Let us join together, educate our children on the alcohol evil and support affected families by procuring eco friendly bags which supports them monetarily and simultaneously protect the environment.

India Summer Visit 2017

I had a chance to visit India this summer - 2017. (Previous Trip).

As usual wonderful time spent with family and friends.

Morning - attended cricket nets 

Me and Coach 

if the monsoon rains were not there.

Then visited friends, had lunch with them and had lots of discussions (Quality Time).

Mainly visited EA Farms.

After 7 years of hard work by my brother, it has shaped up very well.
He has planted more than 1000 trees and plants.

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Monsoon this season has slightly helped. Praying for more rains.
It is shaping up as we envisioned. Still waiting for agricultural (utility - Power) current (We still did not get it after 7 years).
Solar power has cut the power dependency into half.
Agro-Forest area has some trees grown tall.
We have added VanaRaja and GrahmaPriya Chickens to the farm. They bring aesthetics and clean up worms that forms flies.

They are good addition to the farm apart from cows and goats.

Still planning to plant more trees. My brother is also playing an important role on
Organic Farmers Cluster

which includes a girl with MBA degree doing agriculture. I spoke to some of the members and they were very keen to produce chemical free pure agriculture products. I discussed about value added products. How they need to sun dry the products and make it as powder or oil, which can survive for longer period and fetch them more money.

Also my Scientist friend Dr. Hatha visited me and we went to the farm. He had brought some trees and we planted them.

During the middle of the vacation, we had a road trip to great historic temples such as Kanchi Kamatchi, Thiruvanamalai and Chidambaram Thilai Nataraja Temple. Great temples.

During this visit saw Cauvery which has the name Aganda Cauvery (Wide Cauvery) but it was Varanda Cauvery (no water Cauvery). Felt bad.
Still saw lorries queued up for getting the river soil (sand).
Most of these parts are covered by Karuvelam trees (Prosopis Juliflora) and plastic bags strewn across the land.

Highways were good. Some of them were even good as American Highways.
However the interior villages are still bad. Big pot holes in the road, No proper street lights and fundamental infra structure.
Indian villages are considered as backbones of India. So they must have all the basic infrastructure by which it will become the country envisioned by Dr. Kalam.

I wish and pray when I visit India next time these Villages will Shine brightly and I would say without hesitation that India has grown and developed as Dr. Kalam has told.

Until then we will do our part.

Rainbow at EA Farms

Twenty First Century Life

How every one should live in twenty first century:

With all the development and sophistication everyone should live in

A place with fresh air,
A place with clean water,

Fresh Air and Clean Water

A place where one can produce, eat unadulterated and non artificial chemical induced food.

Artificial Chemical Free Foods - Mangoes from EA FARMS

An Earth with no wars, racial and religious tensions.

A place with no greed, where everyone helps each other and join hands to work towards betterment of Environment (incl. Flora and Fauna) and Human Kind.

A World where poverty does not exist.

Need truthful leaders who want to give good to people.

All the above points look like a dream now.

What have human kind done and What is really happening:

POLLUTION IS KILLING MORE PEOPLE

(I did some google image search (research) on each topic), you can also search and the results would cause heart aches.

Air Pollution is at highest level - see the map.

Water Pollution -  I did a google image search on water pollution and it was nasty all over the Globe.

Food is contaminated by so many things.

Pollution facts.

So many wars are taking place even in this 21st century. People are killed and displaced at alarming rate.

Even in this 21st century it is hard to understand with so much of advancement, poverty still exists.

There are people with hunger, no shelter and basic necessities for sustaining healthy life.

I hope and pray for the dream environment to come to true for future generations. It starts from every individual. We need more compassion and love rather than hate.We have come to this Earth for a reason. Let us make our life useful and contribute to the betterment of the Earth, rather than destroy it. Let us work towards less pollution, war and poverty free Earth. Better Environment is the best for Future Generations.

I pledge I will do my best towards better environment and request you to do so,

Makesh Karuppiah, PhD

Environmental Scientist and Information technologist

Water - Please Conserve

WATER - THE PRECIOUS LIQUID. Please Conserve.

March 22, 2017 - Today is World Water Day

Water, as we know, is an important chemical compound.

I am fascinated towards water as an Environmental Scientist.

If water resources are depleted or water management is not properly done, it will affect individuals, countries and even the whole Globe.

Amazing hydrological cycle keeps recycling water and give us this wonderful required compound (Water) to survive.

Higher percentage of the human body is water. We all know we need water to survive.

But how have we treated this water - we took it for granted. Now, literally we are paying for it.

We are conducting wars for water.

We are interrupting hydrological cycle by

- affecting rain patterns

- deforestation

- depleting aquifers

- pollution

 Cutting trees, over usage of ground water with replenishing, industrial effluents, sewage waste, medicinal waste, agricultural run off, golf course run off, leaking under ground storage tanks, leaching from industrial run off, landfill leaching and runoff (to name some) are affecting water bodies and quality of the water. Even though new type of contaminants enter the water, water treatment has not changed accordingly in  most places.  

Water treatment must be tailored according to the situation rather than following the same methods everywhere.Simple substances such as banana peel, burned coconut shells and neem leaves can be used in treating water especially in poor areas where they could not afford high quality treatments.

Water Treatment

 Precious liquid water must be conserved and protected or else future generations will be affected.
Was very happy to see a scientist who is conserving water.

I am fascinated towards Lakes, Rivers, Waterfalls, Ponds, Streams and Oceans.

These are some of  the reasons that took me to enter the world of Water Research.

                                           

I taught Water related courses in India and in United States.

I was lucky to conduct water research on Chesapeake Bay Watershed. Chesapeake Bay always amazed me.

 Beautiful Chesapeake Area

I have been part in deflecting a serious threat to our oceans by sending letters to Administration officials

 to protect our oceans all over the World.

I have been involved in collaborating scientists to do water research and promote the value of water and water bodies.

We have taken steps to conserve water at EA FARMS.

Water Recharging Pit @ EA FARMS

I request you to please Conserve water.

Save Farmers

I never thought I would write a blog article with a title Save Farmers. Every human at least for now depend on Food for survival. The way it is going, one day we would be living just on Pills. Until then we should respect and support farmers who work in the dirt to produce our food. Every health article talks about fruits, vegetables and grains. These food items do not come magically. It is the hard work that is being put in by the farmers with the help of the nature. Yes they need natures's help such as rainfall. When the rain Gods ditch them they undergo severe hardships that they could not withstand. Some of them in Tamil Nadu commit suicide, which gives us heavy heartache.  Now they are protesting in Delhi. As always I support them. I kindly request the government to work on this immediately and provide support as soon as possible.
Those who are protesting and fasting are not Rich,

They are the farmers who give us Food on the table by working hard. Because of their work we eat wonderful Rice, tasty and healthy vegetables, greens, grains and fruits. They work hard in Sun without proper covering, clothing in the dirt and uncovered feet in wet paddy fields among snakes and other animals. It is not easy. Comparing to sitting and typing in a AC room with a state of art computer (what I am doing right now) it is very very tough to do farming activities.. 

We understood this when we tried traditional farm work at EA FARMS:
However I am glad that I support them, pray for them and write for them.. They are not asking government's help to become rich. Even if they receive support they are not going buy lavish things, they are going to invest in their agriculture land to produce more food. For living healthy we need good Food along with other elements.
If they receive normal monsoon rains, they would not even come to this state. That's the reason I always pray for normal Rain all over the Globe. But as nature's rule, droughts cannot be avoided. But we need to take necessary steps to counter the drought. We should curtain air pollution that contributes to climate change. We need to use renewable resources.
Water management is very important. When there is heavy rain, it needs to be conserved. There are ideas to merge Rivers. Rain water harvesting should be done everywhere. Swales need to be created in the farm to recharge ground water.

A Swale at EA FARMS

Water should be used as if we are in drought even when there is ample water. We have to conserve soil, rivers, mountains and forests (whole environment). Future technologies such as Graphene Sieves should be embraced soon to provide water in severe drought conditions.
Farmers including poor farmers should jump into Sustainable Natural Integrated Farming.

Growing cattle for Dairy Products and manure

They should do multi layer crops instead of single crop.

There are wonderful gurus who guide us on best agricultural practices.

Families need to buy produce from them. Youngsters and every citizen should support them.Then they will not face this situation.
Government, politicians and officials should support farmers and farming activities.

With Farmers at EA FARMS

They should stop activities and projects that affect agriculture.

Our Deiva Pulavar Thiruvalluvar said this long back and it is for a reason;

உழுதுண்டு வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார்மற் றெல்லாம் 

தொழுதுண்டு பின்செல் பவர்

Simple explanation - Farmers life is the best and others follow them for the food.

So it is very important to save the life of a farmer. We need to support every farmer in the Globe, because they provide us with the best ingredients for tasty food on our table. Praying to God to Save Farmers.

Renewable Energy

Recently visited MOSI (Museum of Science & Industry).

At this recent bad times of Environmental Protection and Projects, the presentation there gave some positives.

Most of the countries want to phase out non renewable energy sources including Nuclear Energy,

They want to focus on Renewable Energy sources:

Renewable sources such as Bio, Wind and Solar (Good News on Solar):

Several countries want to tap into and develop renewable energy:

These renewable resources should be obtained sustainably, pollution free and efficiently:

Every household should utilize renewable energy:

As an Environmental scientist these were the positives.

At EA FARMS we already are utilizing the renewable resources (Bio & Solar):

Our area is also having biggest solar farm and utilizing wind energy:

It is  better  to focus on renewable energy rather than non renewable energy which will benefit humankind and the environment.

I am Pi

3/14 -

Pi -  is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter and it remains the same for any size. (Planet Jupiter size circle or penny sized circle). Pi is special.

A Poem on Pi

written by my daughter who is a 7th grader 

I AM Pi

3.1415926535……

For years I have been lurking, elusive

Pursued by the brightest of minds, mathematicians

In the ancient times I have been studied relentlessly

By the Egyptians, Chinese, Indians by candlelight

Never ceased to be truly lost until one day

Archimedes thought of how to say

Numerically the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter

...89793238462…

Fast forward to the modern times

Believed to have been mastered by computers

Better yet, the human brain

Calculated to digits you cannot perceive

That’s the beauty of me

Left alone, I serve you well

Needed for all the calculations, the area, the circumference

Students toil over me

Trying to grasp my vastness, my complexity

I will never be contained… I am irrational

One of a kind, a juggernaut

You can’t stop me… Literally

...64338327950...

So what am I?

Sure, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter

But also a symbol, iconic to the essence of math

Used in trigonometry, geometry

Not just math, but also science

Prominent in astrophysics, thermodynamics, mechanics

I’ve been thought of 22/7

But that’s inaccurate, heed my warning

Don’t try to rationalize me

I am used to make sense of circles, spheres, ellipses

You think I was formulated just for mathematics?

If you didn’t know, for centuries, I’ve been a Greek letter

Surprised? Think of where I’ve come from

...28841971693…

Well, I’m so special

I’ve got my own holiday, March 14

You think other math terms have celebrations?

Didn’t think so

Students bake pies, decorate them with me

Frantically try to memorize my digits

It’s a day to commemorate

The abundance and benefits of math

But also to remember the struggles, the history

I was rooted in deep

Until you got me

Make the best of it, I will always change

From the ancient times to the contemporary

I am a juggernaut, irrational

Don’t try to approximate me...

Her poem about Bird's spot while on 4th grade.

Her article  on everglades alligator importance