A 74TH BIRTHDAY
WISH TO SJ. NAVEEN PATNAIK
O the astute Chanakya in Odisha's
contemporary politics!
You are embedded with laudable logics
and impeccable statistics.
You have stunned even the sorcery kings
And shocked the clueless opponents by
your victory stings
With your five consecutive coronation
magics,
Proving again, Teresan feelings and
Gandhian wills –
“To serve is to win people's hearts by
honest and needful deals
Where hardly matter hollow and freaky
language tricks!"
Unquestionably, your responsible, reasonable
and relevant reticence
Has time and again subdued your hapless
arch rivals
Hushed their husky, rancorous and
raucous voices, and stupefied their sense!
You have preached silently and
frequently showcasing your potentials -
"Votes are won by service records,
goodwill, pro-people schemes and actions,
Not merely by spreading ridiculous
rumours, playing lame blame-games
And, giving false assurances and
reverie-like proclamations
Which bring forth, at length, nothing
but defeats, affronts and shames!"
Thus, may the young, talented and
qualified Odia men and women
During your 21st century's golden Gupta
reign,
Not be tempted, enticed and entangled by
an aching brain drain!
On the contrary, may Odisha be turned a
hub of lavish investments foreign
May your regime rewrite Odisha's
rewarding and memorable history
Of sustainable surge in health, wealth,
peace, progress and happiness
May your rule usher in odishaan
admirable revival and Renaissance
Ofart, education, culture, farming,
science,technology, industry and business,
May your able, stable and reliable
incumbency heal by scrupulous chemistry
The wounds of poverty, corruptions,
addictions and inequalities in the real sense!
N.B. This poem is inspired by a YouTube video in which there is an interview with Ruben Banarjee in Kitabwalla on his biographical book on Sj. Naveen Patnaik .
Copyright: Dr. Shankar D Mishra 17.10.19, lecturer in English, an awarded and internationally acknowledged and acclaimed bilingual poet of about 15 Anthologies including 2 English Grammar Books, hails from Puri. Email- shankarmishra314 @gmail.com
A little bit of a difficult read, but the gist is present. Your work comes to life better in brief quatrains Shankar-ji. But a tribute is a tribute, and it's clear that this was heartfelt.
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to you our beloved chief minister. Good governance and clean image take anyone to the peak.
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