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Numero Uno- to the Father of the Nation.

1) He, the greatest son of Bhaarat

was born in a village near Surat.

As a child, he took an oath

to tell nothing but the truth

and later liberated Bhaarat.

2) To study law, he went to London,

Capital city of the Great Britain,

where he read about Buddha,

Jesus, and the Gita

and returned as barrister from London.

3) Once when at a court in Durban,

he was ordered to remove his turban.

He refused and there started

the protest much awaited

which impressed men rural and urban.

4) He returned to his motherland

realised its sad state and

to meet people, he walked,

gathered them and talked

about ways to free their motherland.

5) Unlike other fighters from the past,

he decided to protest through a fast.

By not taking his food,

he sowed thoughts which were good

and nailed his colours to the mast

6) At sixty one, he walked miles to Dandi

addressing crowds all the way. And he

picked a handful of salt,

broke the law without assault

making it the famous march to Dandi.

7) Thus he fought with the British kingdom

to claim the most coveted freedom.

The nation's struggle broke through,

but it was torn into two

by riots destroying state's halidom.

8) On a fateful day in Delhi,

an armed man waited till he

found our Bapu hurrying;

shot him thrice burying

the noble soul of India in Delhi.

பெயர்க் காரணம் - Story behind the name

When I sat down to write a few lines of a puzzle for my friend's birthday present, I stumbled upon the idea of a limerick. The concept was very exciting, and I thought I should give a separate space for it. So, another blog finds its way with this one. I titled it with MILK and RICE because I'm still a kid at writing limericks, and these two words can also be associated with a kid who can only take things at smaller complexity. More than most reasons, MILK-RICE forms a nice anagram of the word LIMERICK! What else do I need for a good name? So, that was the பெயர்க் காரணம் - Story behind the name. Now, let's quickly move to the posts.