From a village boy to a principal

From a village boy to a principal

 

Principal, the name

You deservingly claim

with your personality, handsome

and literary talent being awesome,

your oratory  in your mother tongue

extraordinary on any topic, it may belong

that kept captivated audience glued to the seat

pleasing illuminating with an astounding feat

the audience with a widely varied mixture

in each wisdom on the subject, you can author.

Students of all ages from nursery to master

Manual workers to very senior teacher

under your iron but smiling administration

draw mammoth inspiration and motivation.

despite age, education, stature, and maturity

posing problems of varied complexity

looked at you as a principal for the answer

you never failed to rise in your career

to inspire them, motivate them to do good

as a real principal thus with success, you could.

Parents, guardians, and the managing committee

as a principal, you make them worries, free.

With a science background in three master's degree(s)

as to academic qualifications the call all will agree.

Justification for such a name for you

was perhaps deemed fit in Lord's view

Thus it can be enumerated in ways numerous

just a few above to keep within the limit, thus.

In Odssa , giant public sectors, two

in their success story thanked you

NALCO and Paradip port

roared to success aided by your support.

freed them from the worries of their society

as shouldered you the burden of responsibility

also infusing life to their life, industrial

with Bhanja, Mansingh’s works literal.

many literary luminaries came to town

because of your contacts and crown.

You were born in a remote village

far from civilization of the future age,

without modern amenities of life in a city

devoid of the hospital, tap water aid, and electricity

but amidst the picturesque backdrop

rivers’ web, the beauty of luxuriant crop

with broken earthen pot cutting your naval tie

cow dung and ash blessed one not to die.

the veil of grandma was your infancy protection

darkness and howling from ground cremation.

“Ghosts, ghouls, and spirits’ fear inflicted in him

invigorating him to grow, flooded river to swim.

the art and craft with womenfolks on residential wall

and on their frame,s physicalphyal

exquisite seasonal and permanent decoration

since as age long tradition

had an impact on his emotion

Hence poet Nandakishore could get a life, live

that his immaculate pen  to the world  could give

His family blessed him with a prized name

from the great epic Bhagwatt, it came

which villagers listened to every evening

high moral to people the epic could bring.

Now sir the great epic is forgotten

the name serves to remind the recognition.

His early school from the house was miles away

daily attended it on foot  treading the way

with friends covering forests on the path

that grew his physical and mental health

Increased inculcated in him, a love for nature

bondage with friends and foes that he did nurture.

all these revealed in his personality, future

Such exposure added richness to him in my view.

Aiming to choose engineer and doctor in profession

Science in his college career was his initiation.

“Man purposes, but God disposes of”, they say

we have not lost our principal in that way.

Adversities in early life even life, later

seasoned him to be stronger and tougher

Stop I must limiting my way of revelation

that my heart longs to add more on its own.

My small weak fist cannot aspire

to contain the sands of the earth, entire

an abortive and attempt, foolish

to contain the principal as I wish

a man with inborn potent

fragrancing around by his talent

from a village boy likely to be lost in oblivion

became principal true on our evaluation.

Hey Principal, Hey reader beg I pardon

on the novice way, my thoughts run

The novice, and unsatisfactory way my expression

compel me, the aspired deliberation to shorten

on a man, his works and work field

what, epics, that capable experts can yield.

Hey principal! your adversities in every step are true

but lord has blessed through those values to you

to write your name inedible ink for the future

making you man immortal from a village boy stature

with name spreading far and wide

that the village bush might have grown to hide

Lucky I am, Principal sir, Lucky is this novice

as with you, it was my blessed career in service

when I worked with you on close-knit

a pleasure of the ; a life that I must admit.

Hey principal! Closely I could see

your charisma had spellbound me

this expression is from my heart’s abyss

that pray Lord for your happiness, peace,, and bliss.

Hey Mr Bhagawat  Shukla a village rustic boy

hey principal, my colleague, true literary envoy

accept our gratitude and congratulation

to society your priceless contribution

not only as a traditional guru but a principal true

as a principal is a guru of gurus that all view

Repeat I, I am proud of my association with you

it is my best period when we were in the same crew..

Let your oratory flow undeterred captivating all

your literary works continue pray we all.

 

P K Routray

In the service of the lord

(Bhgawat Shukla was a principal and a literary luminary with many oratories to his credit.  This is composed in his honor)