A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

A BIRTHDAY GIFT TO SUBHAS CHANDRA BOSE

Yes, you were an extraordinary persona of a rare breed;

For whom Patriotism was above any Caste, colour, Religion or Creed,

Who did, meticulously and mercurially, his  Ajad Hind Fauj lead,

Who was a charismatic Captain whom Mother India will ever surely need!

Yes, yours was a blessed brain adorned with Maa Saraswati’s Grace,

Who, being an IAS, disdainfully turned down a job in British Bureaucracy,

For, who, from the service of the Mother Land derived more nectaric Solace,

For whom, spilling one’s blood for Mother’s Freedom was a supreme ecstasy!

Yes, yours had a desire, as Lord Buddha said, that was never a cause for sorrow,

For, your desire was never infested with any petty and ignoble personal gain,

It was not infected by any despicable, disgraceful and mundane vested interest-stain,

For, you desired to die blissfully today that She could live peacefully tomorrow!

On your auspicious birthday, the Nation bows before you with an indebted heart,

The whole of India feels proud of you, and your ever inimitable and indomitable part!

May all the countries in the world be favoured with a never setting Son like you,

Who, like the brightest noon Sun, will ever remain radiant, alive and spanking new!

N.B: Today is the 121^st birth anniversary of one of the greatest Freedom Fighters of India.

Glossary:

Persona – personality

Breed – type/ kind

Charismatically – adorably/elegantly

Mercurially – quick-wittedly/lively

Adorned - ornamented

Disdainfully – disrespectfully

Turned down – not accepted

Nectaric – like nectar

Solace - comfort

Ecstasy – extreme joy

Infested with - infected with

Despicable - contemptible

Disgraceful - dishonorable

Mundane – ordinary/worldly

Vested interest – a strong personal interest in something because you could get an advantage from it

Indebted - thankful

Inimitable - one and only

Indomitable – unconquerable

Radiant – bright

Spanking new - brand new

©Shankar D Mishra, 23.01.2018

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