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That Gavaskar Rascal Fellow

Inspired by Nissim Ezekiel, Mudar Patherya pens a poem on Sunny’s 74th birthday

Mudar Patherya Published 10.07.23, 07:27 PM
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That Gavaskar rascal fellow, he say he do commentary

Morning night his cricket bak-bak on TV

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‘Ball short of a length’ and ‘Ball full of a length’

Serious serious all the time like shob-jaanta chemistry teacher

Making jaah-taa T20 matches look like great India-Pakistan thriller

Wasting time when we should be watching Apur Sansar 59th time.

Hnaan saar, the same to same Gavaskar fellow, he say aaj ke aami 74

Oi-shob bollay hobay na, aamra boka noi dada

Onaar chool full black, body fit, no line on face

As because I am from Kolkata, what I am fool

As if we don’t have enough problems with vegetable daam

Now new shomoshyaa, ki boli, says ‘I am 74’.

Between you and me private, that Gavaskar fellow walks 10,000 steps a day,

He go to gym and lifts khoob bhaari ujon,

He eat little and read lots,

He wear hat brought from ‘bilayt’

He look ‘yong’ like Jhiltu or Pultu from Shyampukur para

If you tell me now he is 74, I say what I always say: ‘Ghoraar deem!’

Aami bolchi, that Gavaskar fellow

Who he think he is

He say Ashwin ke khelaano uchit in WTC final

He say Suryakumar Yaday best in 100 years

At 74 baba, how possible you have so much gyaan

I think some bibhotso chokranto, deserve Ananda Bajar-er todonto.

This is serious national matter, maa dibbi

That Gavaskar fellow have some secret jol, ring, amulet

Which he keep under pillow at night before bishraam

I am going to ask that shaara prithbi wants to know

What you drink, what you eat, what you read

To stay 39, mind korben na, when all of us going older.

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