A Unique Union

A Unique Union

Hey mam Kalpana and pal Santosh
your GJ day is special to us.
On your Golden Jubilee wedding day
Lord came out to bless your stay
not alone but with His siblings too
to shower their benedictions on you
being overwhelmed with your devotion
to His creation, by way of your contribution
Together, your service as an active engineer
during your fifty-two years career
at private, public, and government enterprises
that the society with applause recognizes,
from cement fertilizer irrigation to port
with sincerity and success, Nowhere you fell short.
Hence it also deserves a GJ celebration
being a record-breaking performance it merits recognition.
The wedding is not only you, the duo’s union
but unions of two states having their own customs and tradition(s),
union of two dynasties where convictions may differ
union of cultures that urban and rural backdrops offer.
Your GJ tie harmonized all
Hence it is special, we call.
Your togetherness in harmony and conjugal love
success it brought. All perils of life it could shove.
To you both we convey our gratitude and felicitations
with prayers to Lord to bless you to live in elation
with harmony and sound health
bestowed with all kinds of benign wealth.
Hey madam Kalpana and Pal Santosh Your GJ day
is definitely special all the way
Neither nonstop torrential rain
nor the untradeable water drain
neither two-state separating border
nor in spate Subarnarekha the mighty river
nor the pitch darkness misleading the way
neither the consequential inordinate delay
could dampen the spirit of the golden couple union
the marriage procession, reception, and celebration,
on 20th June 1923 the auspicious Car Festival day
Lord from His chariot blessed the golden couple on His way.
while all celestial beings from their heavenly abode
sprinkle flowers and watch His fun play with heads bowed.
His fun play
also provided that day
a sacred slot
to remind the golden nuptial knot
knitting Kalpana and Santosh on an altar
to bless their cojugal harmony never to falter
seizing the opportune of coming out of His throne
along with His brother and sister not alone
each did bless in person the couple divine
in open in public not from their shrine
Blessed remained the couple graced by His special vision
Hence Hey mam and Pal Ghosh! Your G J is a special occasion.
Madam Kalpana! Listen to, on Santosh, my fun
with the marriage party his impatient, worried run
lifting his bridal wear above the knee struck with owe
to change the bus across the stream on overflow
lest the sacred scheduled time will slip away.
His love for you was thus proved on that day.

Born and brought up
in a steel city social setup
Kalpana from infancy to her teens
had engraved in her mental screens
the duties of a plant around the day
the roles steel plant employees play
their club life and social pleasures
fancy four-wheelers as family treasures
domestic needs spiraling up on the competition
and to possess modern amenities, the mad run,
at doorstep round-the-clock medication
and under parental care children's education,
posh market complex offering everything to buy,
well-maintained parks where in tranquility one can lie,
companions galore to choose,, to gossip, and to play
or visit shopping malls or cinema halls when hubbies are away.
salary, incentive bonuses, and gifts from the plant glitter ever
to attract the best talents from the country all over,
multi-languages, myriad cultures, cushions multifarious
a life amidst those to Kalpana looked wondrous.
Kalpana with age
knew there exists a famous college
not far from her dwelling place
grooming and growing a special race
from brilliant students to be engineers
to build a nation and ahead, it to steer.
he engineer as a manager
climbs up on the managerial ladder
with fattening power perks and salary
and heading anywhere a factory.
Some, she saw in the evening on bike-ride
introduced by her companions, from the hide.
They were the students of the Institute
for Recreation, they cycled via that route.
Heartthrobs to some frequented the neighbored
Gradually the mystery, behind it, Kalpana, later understood.
Hey Kalpana and Santosh! I imagine a love story
to speak in your diamond jubilee its glory
involving you two at prime staying so close
thus suiting to your age I can add spices overdose.

Santosh got admission
with mechanical as his future profession
maybe a factory like RSP, as his destination
but changed to civil as his parental decision.
Thus providence stood in Kalpan’s way
in an industrial township her dream to stay
“Man proposes the Lord disposes of,” All say
she was destined to perform a different role play.
Santosh is sincere and studious
stays far from teenagers’ deeds nefarious
Excelling in study he graduated with distinction.
Jobs ran after him to construct and commission
fertilizer plant at Talcher and many projects on irrigation.
Always stayed, he in forest areas and remote places
with numerous problems there, a family faces
like marketing medical aids to education
what in a town enjoys a family common.
In contrast to Kalpana’s spinsterhood background
she never gave family tension to her hubby, duty bound
Hats off to you Kalpana for your deeds indeed
For all Santosh’s successes,, your credit. All concede.
Congratulate we, to you both Hey Kalpana Hey Santosh
In fact, you both are a prized pride to us
for your service to the society and nation
please accept to you our GJ day ovation.
On this auspicious day
we applaud you on your role play
for growing a vibrant family tree
from our heart’s core bless them we
with wisdom, health, and bliss
to love and serve the needy from their hearts’ abyss
spreading your parental fragrances sweet.
Your ancestors in heaven will get the treat.

P K Routray
in the service of the Lord.
(On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee celebration of friends Santosh and Madam Kalpana)
(RSP Rou kela Steel Plan. GJ Golden Jubilee)