this is an idea close to my heart
and you've put it so well
in the phrase
republic heart

It's a beautiful and thought  provoking poem...Loved it......yash

Dear Arumugam Iyya,
I'm enobled by your compliments.

this is an idea that we all forget too easily; I imagine that real leaders should have your poem on their table or laptop to remind them of the truth about leadership that you've capured so well in your poem 

Dear sampath,

Your comment sounded a sequel to my poem. Nice of you to have visited and shared your good thoughts.

Dew

dear dawn and dew.
i shre with you the way i look at it......
Hierarchy is one reality of existance.
some one is more powerful than other it is power hierarchy
some one is more knowledgeable:that is knowledge hierarchy..
so like this wisdom hirarchy.. and many other hierarchy may exist.
the one arena where the hirarchy has no maening
( i experience you referring to this)
is when w reltae to one another as human beings.  in human ness there is no hierarchy...
i enjoyed your post . it made me think...

Thanks for your comment priym!
dew

very profound thought...

Dear kvakutty,
Thanks for your continuous support to make me more creative day by day and blog by blog.
Dew

I know the passion of our Tamil Teachers. They like themselves to be termed as amma and iyya in the respective gender. Though I have never been under any iyya, I had always been taught by Tamil teachers- ammas. You gave me the same impression of my tamil teachers and your name also gave me that idea. So I heartily preferred to call you Iyya -- the term for Tamil teachers who are gents. Thanks for acknowledging this student!