VIJAY KUMAR ROY

Wandering amid hills and forests
I'm captured by Her beatific smiles
Every gaze creates an Elysium
And rouses the powers of penance of Vishwamitra.
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The divine spark
And the mortal image of the Immortal
Being poured all reason
Is the Crown and glory of Creation!
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We are made to play the eternal game
Where failure has been forbidden to enter
And victory is the only verdict.
That garden of bliss
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Learning engenders an innovative spirit
And directs us to swallow and digest
The great epics and the World's Classics
To see the world through the eyes
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Education is a mission
That makes one crave to attain all
That could strengthen one
To make a new path instead of following one
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The blowing of winds, trembling of leaves,
Waves of water, chirping of birds,
Movements of innocent babes and beasts,
Beauty of flowers and moonlit nights, and
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Nurtured by Nature,
I learnt to bear the scorching of summer,
harshness of winter
and swimming in the face of the current.
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A land of the origin of four religions:
Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism,
Known for Indus Valley Civilization
Best exemplifies the ‘unity in diversity'.
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Temples, churches and mosques abound,
So are the saints in different hues all around
Modern spiritual books thrive,
The earliest scriptures are decried,
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What ancient Indian savants accomplished
And recorded in the scriptures and epics
Modern scientists struggle
In the race of achieving.
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Enthralled by lust of money and power
Unique bids arise day by day
To create new degree mills
And offer degrees and diplomas
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The vogue-word ‘excellence' allures
The modern budding technocrats,
doctors and professionals
Wandering to enter their dreamy factories
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Honesty weeps bitterly
Morality repents for its fate
Spirituality hides in a corner
Virtue has lost its power
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Filled with delight and fright
Life is on a strand of time;
For a savant, a series of mirth,
For a pessimist, gloom and dust.
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Entire things in the universe
Some worth to see, worth to move
Worth to speak or are adverse.
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Beauty is the essence of life.
It dwells in imagination,
leaves shadows in perception
and strengthens my dedication
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Shyness is the greatest jewel
Not of all but of one,
Whose comely countenance bewitches us
And sends us on the wings of fancy
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Sandwiched between two cultures:
Her own and that of the West
She is unable to pave the way
For her progeny to embrace peace.
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Life and death are two needs
For one who truly perceives.
Life teaches lessons sublime
Through experiences of presence of divine
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O, cherub! O, gift of Heaven!
What charm! Who has given?
Casts your face such a light
As you're a treasure of delight.
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