<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350532" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A mourned celebration</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Just four days back<br>It was all a celebration</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The only son in the family<br>Got baptized in the Hindu way</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He was decorated with<br>A three-stringed twine<br>The three strings representing<br>His henceforth pursuit<br>For understanding the Brahman, the supreme power<br>Through his thought, word and deed</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yesterday it was reception<br>The grand finale of this celebration<br>With people and relatives<br>Joining the occasion<br>And enjoying an auspicious dinner<br>Wishing the boy<br>A successful bachelorship<br>And in the understanding<br>Of the traditional ways</div><div style="margin:10px 0">A couple and their only son<br>Have to offer excuse<br>And leave the celebrating scene<br>As there was a call<br>From the worksite of the<br>Male breadwinner of the family<br>To attend an emergency break down</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They rushed and managed<br>To get into a train<br>Not in its originating station<br>But at the next stop<br>After a successful chase in a cab</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The train left carrying this family<br>Who were denied being a part<br>Of the celebration</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They slept in the train<br>But not to wake up again</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It was sabotage that<br>Derailed the train<br>Particularly dislodging the bogie <br>In which the family travelled<br>On to the adjacent rail<br>And in seconds a hurrying<br>Goods’ train ran over the same</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Within six hours of a reception dinner<br>And within ninety six hours of a celebration<br>Everything ended with mourning</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It will remain ever in the family<br>For long, quite long<br>A mourned celebration</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Bashyam+Narayanan">Bashyam Narayanan</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=350532" data-title="A mourned celebration de Bashyam Narayanan" data-description="Just four days back It was all a celebration The only son in the family Got baptized in the Hindu way He was decorated with A three-stringed twine The three strings representing His henceforth pursuit For understanding the Brahman, the supreme p..."></div> </div> </div>

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