He Is My Beloved Father! Poem by Dr.V.K. Kanniappan

A young man was called as ‘Control’
prefixing his name Kanniappan;

One may wonder why ‘Control’
and how it came attached to him;

Some people say whether he
controls everybody with his order;

Is he a disciplinarian that he brings
everybody under his ‘control’;

No, he is a disciplined man, well
brought him up with good manners;

His father taught him how to be
generous and charitable to the poor;

While there was a procurement of paddy
for supplying the ration rice during calamity;

He offered his produce of paddy for the
control price of Rs 10/bag not only to the govt;

but also to all poor people and low grade
government servants for the same ‘Control’

price while others were hiding and selling
paddy for exuberant price of Rs 25/bag!

Do you know who it is, called
‘Control Kanniappa Mudaliar’

I am proud to say that
he is my beloved father!