<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=372334" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Bihar Floods 2008</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fed by the melting snows from Himalayas, <br>And seven tributaries through the year, <br>The river Kosi still remains untamed! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">A giant ‘water-snake’ that moves side-wards, <br>Flooding the fields and washing off all huts –<br>A river that is annually ‘in spate’! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">The ‘Kosi’ is the ‘sorrow of Bihar’! <br>A million people have lost huts and homes; <br>Many are stranded without shelter, food.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The plight of people is so pathetic; <br>The helicopters can rescue but few; <br>The food-packets don’t reach the hungry souls! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">They blame a broken barrage near Nepal; <br>But embankments can’t stop the annual floods; <br>The river changed its course so many times! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O Indian, wake up to the neighbor’s call! <br>Share your mite to help the marooned people; <br>Your love of brethren should engulf your hearts! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">O God, have mercy on the flood-hit state! <br>Recede the waters of Kosi in spate; <br>Rescue the victims and improve their fate! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Copyright by Dr John Celes 08-31-2008</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=John+Celes">John Celes</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=372334" data-title="The Bihar Floods 2008 de John Celes" data-description="Fed by the melting snows from Himalayas, And seven tributaries through the year, The river Kosi still remains untamed! A giant ‘water-snake’ that moves side-wards, Flooding the fields and washing off all huts – A river that is annually ..."></div> </div> </div>

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