To staff, CRRIs and students <br /> <br />May festival of harvest bring <br />Wealth, prosperity as we sing, <br />And cleanliness of surroundings, <br />For Indians and other earthlings! <br /> <br />May festival of harvest bring <br />More piety, less worldliness, <br />Regard for animals in farm, <br />And all who give us happiness. <br /> <br />May festival of harvest bring <br />More joy to homes, our kith and kin, <br />As colorful ‘kolams’ adorn <br />The houses, showing Indianness! <br /> <br />May festival of harvest ring <br />The bells of labor and of toil, <br />As sweetened rice begins to boil, <br />O’erflowing in clay-pots to soil! <br /> <br />Wishing all Indians globally <br />‘A Happy Pongal,2010! ’ <br />And Tamilians globally, <br />‘A Happy Tamil New Year,2010! ’ <br /> <br />Copyright by Dr John Celes 14-1-2010 <br />From, Dean, IRT PMC, Perundurai<br /><br />Dr John Celes<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/happy-pongal-and-tamil-new-year-2010/
