O Vani Vihar Eighty Nine! Poem by Purusottam Chuli

O Vani Vihar Eighty Nine!



O Vani Vihar eighty nine!
Thou art the Alma Mater
Of my friends and mine;
Thou blessed us with
Masters of different hues
To serve Mother India with
Many an avocation and pastime.

Those bygone days still I remember,
Blooming youths like me
who entered the haunting place
of Goddess Saraswati in 1987
From different corners of India;
Voracious vegetarians coming from
rural colleges like me made good friends
easily with birds of a feather to demand
Awe from the mess manager!

Those were the days of exchange
of notes and books and not these days
like smart phone and social media;
Real intimacy developed in hostels
Than in our departments;
And hostels were for us then
Cosmos in miniature-
We ate-drank-glued to the TV, cinema
And of course sponsored pictures
Blinding the hostel authorities!

There was wide -spread knowledge every where
There was talk of politics and sports
Even in common bathrooms and toilets;
Sachins, Amirs and Juhis—
All came there in our lips;
We felt then living in a different world,
Thinking of living in an extended family;
Kishore even went a step ahead
To woo a like minded friend
Of his for early marital bond;
Her gentle expression of inability
Shocked Kishore and the whole of
Vani Vihar Eighty Seven got shocked
To see late Kishore in fan!
Unforgettable, still haunts me
And my friends.
Nothing could we do for him
Save helpless onlookers till today;
May his soul rest in peace
This is the obituary for him I wish.

Some of us have become administrators/politicians,
Many a friend working as lecturers/teachers;
Few like me sailing the voyage of law;
Some of us do brisk business and
One of us is My Lord's better half!
Odia literature has reached its zenith
At the hands of some of my friends
And some will be at the helm of affairs
In the days to come.

Lord Ram is there to insure us
And Soubhagya and Sudhanshu
Are here to make us prosper
As well as hale and hearty;
Ashok knows no lament;
His only thought is to ensure
Ocean of fraternity among us.

Thursday, December 4, 2014
Topic(s) of this poem: friendship
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Dr Pintu Mahakul 04 December 2014

Beautiful description of Vani Vihar and friendship of that time. Nicely realized and beautifully penned. This makes your poem very much special and memorable.

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