As another calendar renders itself bare; with its last page about to be ripped,,
I gaze at the empty stubs, where eleven pages once stood,
To remember those souls who gave this world something worthy,
Who have left us for their heavenly abodes for good,
Acts and deeds over their lives, many a soul was blessed by each,
A humble tribute I try to pay, in my small capacity within my reach,
The year saw the last salute by Ariel Sharon – the master strategist for the startup nation,
The final act by Philip Seymour – Hollywood’s character artist ended in a drug intoxication,
The magic wore out for Gabo Garcia – a hundred years of solitude came to an end – alas!!!
The Grand Old Lady of Indian Cinema Zohra Sehgal took her last bow,
Life stood in shame at her loss, such was her zest for life for she LIVED and how!!!!
Sitara Devi also retired to her celestial abode, as she becomes a twinkling star,
He who brought the Mahatma alive for generations is no more,
Richard Attenborough this year said Hey Ram!!!
As was the man who brought the greatest epic to our homes,
Ravi Chopra bid a stressed farewell,
The classical Carnatic jugalbandi will be one instrument less,
As the Mandolin Srinivas forever, went mute,
He who did not want to live in a MODIfied India,
So true were U R Ananthamurthy’s prophecy for himself, to the netherworld, he left,
The human computer may well hang anytime soon,
Chacha Chaudhary’s creator Pran switched off forever,
Mom’s delicacies were less distant now,
as Tarla Dalal’s cookbooks made life away from home tastier,
The world of Business saw its losses, as Captains of the industry took a tumble,
The Tata Satrap Russi Mody’s flair for good life came to an end,
Leela Kempinski lost a Star as Captain Nair checked out forever,
Celluloid lost its most elegant of personalities\; an actor so refined and rare,
as Farooq Saab said his Shabba Khair,
The train to Pakistan finally halted for good,
as Khushwant Singh said his last Cheers!!!
Many a luminary stopped shining, the world will be not the same again,
like those calendar pages of the months gone by, never will they be seen again!!!
A moment to pause and a moment to revere, a last salute to these greats!!!
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