Kavi Sammelan -  Poets meet

March 20th, 2005
Photos: Kavi Sammelan-  Poets meet Picture collage

Swami came out for Darshan at 3.00 p.m. This evening there was going to be a Kavi Sammelan in the Sai Kulwant Hall. The great poets were all seated in the first few rows, in front of Swami. These great poets had come from different parts of India and some even from overseas. Guess who these poets were!!! Our brothers from different classes, right from I UG to II PG!!!

Swami came and sat down on the sofa. He was speaking to Prof. Anil Kumar, brother Nitin and the boys about something. Few minutes later, some boys went towards the Poornachandra Hall to fetch some items. After a while, they returned with 20 white plastic bucket chairs. Swami wanted the poets to sit on the chairs. In a Kavi Sammelan, how can the poets sit down on the floor? That is our Swami!! Even the smallest task must be performed with utmost perfection and attention to the details!!

Believe it or not, for the next 45 minutes, Swami talked to the boys and brother Nitin and He personally supervised the arrangement of the chairs in a semicircular fashion! However, the afternoon sun was scorching and it showed no mercy on the students seated inside the Kulwant Hall. The sun was shining brightly just on the area where the chairs were placed. So, once again, Swami got the chairs shifted. This went on for quite some time until Bhagawan was fully satisfied. In the process, Swami gave an opportunity to many brothers to talk to Him and observe and learn several lessons from His actions!

At 4.00 p.m. , the Vedam chanting halted. Prof. Anil Kumar made his announcement. Some students of the Institute, who were poets in the making, would share their poetic thoughts in the Divine Presence. He read out the names of each of the student-poets and the language of their expression. As their names were called out, the student-poets came and took their chairs.

In all there were 18 poets and two anchors. Poems were recited in twelve different languages – Telugu, English, Hindi, Oriya, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Tulu, Marathi, Nepalese, Assamese and Lithuanian. Two students from the PG section compered the show very well. They would give an introduction to each poet and also give a brief idea about the poem to be recited by them.

We all had a nice time. Though, of course most of us could understand only the English, Hindi and Telugu poems, even the other languages were very indicative of the feelings and more so the stylish rendering by the poets made a great impact and kept us all gripped with attention.

The Kavi Sammelan went on for 45 minutes. At 4.45 p.m. , the Music Group started singing group songs. They began with O Sai Maa…All the poets moved forward and formed a group in front of Swami’s chair. Brother Nitin and some others went into the interview room and came out with trays filled with long, slender, vertical, grey coloured packets. They were special pens. Swami distributed these pens to all the poets.

Surprisingly, even after all the poets received the pen from Bhagawan’s Hands, Swami kept on giving the pens even to other boys. Love His uncertainty!! One would never have dreamt of such a unique Blessing for all the students!! For the next 45 minutes and more, Swami kept giving these pens to each and every student of both the Institute and the School.

The total strength comes to more than 700 boys. You will be amazed to know that He handed each pen personally with His own Hand to every student. To add to that, there was a Blissful smile on His face for each boy! What a lifetime chance! It took some time for the boys to realize that Swami was calling all of them. The moment His plan became clear, all the boys moved forwards and a long line formed in front of the dais.

The pen was a specially designed one. When it is clicked open, a small light glows inside the transparent cover. It was a torch pen! All boys started testing their torch-pens and it was a treat to see the delight on their faces. Cameras clicked continuously from different hands, as each student received his token of Love! It was indeed a memorable day for all of us. The Divine Mother had saturated our hearts with joy and thrill!

Swami took Aarti at 5.25 p.m. and retired to the Poornachandra Auditorium.