Immunity

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Immunity O Immunity,
It is ultimately your responsibility,
To make us all strong and healthy,
And fight disease utterly deadly.

Your shape and strength no one knows,
Cause for concern when you are low,
We need your push to get up and go,
And sail through life in its ebb and flow.

Eating healthy all the time,
Morning, Noon and Dinner time.
Fresh fruits and vegetables Nature has given,
Milk and Curd supplied in the kitchen.

Rising early and going for walk,
Taking out time in between our work,
Shunning cigarettes and unwanted things,
Letting the liquor flow down the sink.

Discharging our duties dot on time,
Retiring to rest sharp at bedtime.
Ready to fight the grit and grime,
And embracing life full time.

Health is Wealth, the saying goes,
Our cup of life overflows,
We need your protection ever so long,
And thus goes our everlasting song.

By Indrani Roychoudhury

About me

Indrani Roychoudhury

Retirement after long service and movement of grown-up children away from home brought about a sea change in my life. I started reading Rabindranath Tagore’s poetry on nature, love and devotion which aroused spiritual leanings within me. Even cursory browsing of translations of Bhagwad Gita helped to sprout newer thought processes within my inner self. The result was peace with the difficulties of life.

Simultaneously, household activities started taking up more time. My dormant interest in cooking special dishes got life and simple items such as making Jhal Muri gave me immense joy. This simple Bengali street food travelled with me to USA and Switzerland where my son Meher was staying with his family.

During the Covid period my daughter Piuli stayed with me for 2 years when she encouraged me to experiment with a fresh style of dressing. Sartorially, I am a totally changed person which friends have started noticing.

An altogether novel interest in theme-based painting encouraged me to write poetry and paint in consonance with the subject. Simultaneously, my passion for upliftment of underprivileged children came to the forefront and I began coaching them at Sarita Udyan, a nature park in Gandhinagar where I stay. I am enthusiastic about education and development of girl child and my composition Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao drew inspiration from a call given by our Prime Minister Shri Narendrabhai Modi.

I feel blessed to have been able to develop this web site containing my compositions, paintings, and photos.