Poetry by an Engineer

Life and Time

2009-06-30T02:41:00.000-07:00

The rhythm and dance,
The Song and silence,
The moves and the breaks,
A walk on the moon,
A dream was fulfilled.

The colour and race,
The surgery and the face,
The name and the fame,
The money and legend,
An icon was born.

The BAD and the Thriller,
The Nature and the Killer,
The wealth and the futility,
The heaven and the Almighty,
A Soul was freed.
[On demise of the world most popular entertainer Michael Jackson :: 25th June 2008]

Dusseldorf Germany Visit

2008-08-26T22:57:00.001-07:00

Dusseldorf Germany Visit

The Industrialists have become our new ambassador. The goodwill and the honour they are generating in the foreign lands are tremendous and sometimes overwhelming.

Just last week, I participated in an engineering review meeting for setting up a steel making shop for the ongoing project of Bhushan Group at Meramandali, Orissa near Nalco, Angul site.

MECON is the engineering consultant; SMS Demag Germany and SMS Demag India are equipment suppliers to the project.

The meeting was presided over by the Chairman, MD & VPs of Bhushan group.

When we reached SMS Demag office, The Indian Flag was standing tall along with German Flag fluttering sideways. The site of Tiranga filled my heart with pride and it gave me lot of confidence for the next grueling meeting with tough talking German Engineers. This meeting was 3^rd in the series. Two had already been over in Delhi.

But to my utter surprise, we managed to convince them for our proposal and for adoption of our new layout, it was accepted very happily after next 2 days of arguments.

Next I saluted the Tiranga and left for India thinking about the great hospitality of SMS Demag people, the simple, neat and clean lifestyle of Germans, widespread application of stainless steel in building cladding, use of fibre reinforced glass for walling, polycarbonate sheets for roofing, little SMART cars smaller than Maruti-800 and even smaller than our much touted and now in troubled water – TATA-NANO.

Beauty of Rose Petals

2007-09-14T00:15:00.000-07:00

"Beauty of Rose Petals"

The sensation of the rose petals,
goes deep inside me,
Creating a tinkling emotions.

A seven coloured Rainbow,
draws a arc of beauty around me.
And you & your timeless beauty dances,
making me speechless and motionless.

You & Moon

2006-08-01T22:55:00.000-07:00

Emotional

Sentiments

Rolling down

Menacingly

With uncontrolled

Energy

Ready to burst

Into big bang.

A chain of thought

Unfolds itself

Stillness of night

Feels shy of cold winter.

The moon too goes

Out of sight

Hides itself

Behind Window curtain

As you come

Smiling to me

And I hold you in my arms,

Whispering, ‘I love you so such’

Slowly drowsiness increases

And I overpowered by sleep become still.

Place : Nasik Date: 24/12/1993 12:PM
This is a very old poem written in 1993 when I was just engaged and was on official assignment to Nasik

Rainbow

2006-07-17T22:56:00.000-07:00

Rainbow

My attention splits

Intention invigorates

My head sinks

Resuscitation wanted

And a resurrection

Tender petals of your lips

Idea blurs into facts

Perception shapes into concepts

Thought flutters idols

Memory excels and cajoles

Senses celebrate carnival

Life buds, blooms and flourish

And conceives

A solitude communion

A natural cosmic process

Underlying this universe

Ultimate tranquility nad peace

To mind and body

To heart and soul.

Conceives again and reality

Transcending this world

Conceives again a violet

Time aborts.

Still

Violet

Blue sentiments

Pink and warm evening

Bright yellow flame

A sign of optimism

Flicks in all its humility.

Cool and green horizon of my heart

Drawn with the rainbow

Beholds you

You, blush, disappear

Behind the rainbow.

Place : Nasik Date: 28/12/1993 12:PM

God Plz calm Down

2005-11-09T04:33:00.001-08:00

OH! God
You so Great
We so Small.
You rule us
We follow you.

The Delight of Construction
On your Face
Make us proud.

Your ferocity
Your Anger
We can not Sustain.

You are enraged, we know.
We Struggle to survive.

Oh! God.

Please Calm Down.

We can not limit you
through our Design.

We can not gaze you
through our meter.

You are only one
who can help all.

( A Prayer done at Chennai on 29.11.200 when a ferocious Cycole hit the Ennore Port written in Night at 1'0 clock.)

Oh! God you So great

2005-11-09T04:33:00.000-08:00

A Poem in Japan :: We will not forget .....

2005-10-04T05:47:00.000-07:00

We will not forget .....

As the Bubble of Fun burst tomorrow,
an empty passion will haunt our souls.

As Love & affection evaporates tomorrow,
A seed of global brotherhood will germinate in us.

As the rattling of trains stops from tomorrow,
"Sangyo Shinko Center" announcement will linger with us.

As the shivering cold stops blowing tomorrow,
The cloud mount Fuji will be always hovering on us.

As we leave the 'Land of Rising Sun' tomorrow,
A little bit of 'Arigato Gozaimas' will remain forever with us.

Thank you,
Domo Arigato..

Note : This Poem was written and presented in thanks giving ceremony organised by CICC at Tokyo Japan. Feb-2004.

Bronze Woman

2005-10-01T05:50:00.000-07:00

Bronze Woman

Pray and blessings
Sweat and tears.
Desire and ambitions
Hope and fear.
Millions of souls waiting
Billion of eyes hoping.

A miracle which eluded
A feat which precluded

Every one failed
All fun derailed

A light of eyes of woman sparked
The bronze precious than Gold glittered

We praise The Woman in chorus
Miss world and Miss Universe
For the glory and fame to us.

(Date: Sept-2000 at Chennai On the eve of Bronze Medal Win by Karnam Malleshwari at Sydney Olympic-2000, Indian woman also became Miss world(Priyanka Chopra and Miss Universe(Yukta Mukhi) during that time.)

Fettered Man

2005-10-01T05:48:00.000-07:00

Man gets fettered
Bonded with Love
Family
Affection
Man becomes slave
Hostages
Handcuffed with
Joy
Fear
Life
Death
Construction
Destruction.

Man becomes free
Compromised with
Modesty
Pride
Integrity
Sovereignty
Self-respect.

Date : 1/1/2000 Place : Chennai (Written on when India released 3 Terrorist for Hostages Crisis for IC:814 at Kandahar)

Construction Woman

2005-10-01T05:43:00.000-07:00

Loads on the head
Dream in the eyes
Shaping the future
Building the Generations
Barefooted.

Implementing the scheme
Empty stomach.

Steely and passionate
Weak but committed
strident but dedicated
the mainstay of workforce
the constructing the plant
barefooted.

Maintaining the schedule
Empty Stomach.

Romancing with the hardship
Flirting with the difficulties
The night in the dreams stare
For tomorrow's bread and butter
They wake up deserted
For the work and force
Which are required.
The hunger and thirst
That are to be satiated.

To Each one of you, I complement
For the perseverance you suplement.

(Chennai - Construction site at TNEB, North Chennai-120 on 29/9/200. I found the female construction worker much more hard working than the male workers. )

A Poem for My Daughter

2005-10-01T05:38:00.000-07:00

The Beauty of Nature
Smiles on your face.
The Tender leaves of Plants
Laughs and dance on your Innocence.
The Flowers Mesmerises and
Shy away.
The colourful
Butterflies hop on
Your Curiosity
You get overwhelmed
Says," Papa Make this Garden Our House.

-Written in MECON Nursery, Ranchi on 26/10/2002 when My daughter ( Vigya )asked me to write on the spot poem for her

What Does Poetry means to an Engineer

2005-10-01T05:31:00.000-07:00

Poetry is an emotional outpore of latent visualisation of Souls. Engineers Experience Different kind of creations which aims to tame the nature to facilitate a better human life on earth.