Anand

He was the elder among the children

Born to a couple in the village,

Quite sober, sensible, fair

Boy was named Anand who never

Quarreled with the sibling's others

Was always happy in the village house,

In a hut, a flat in an apartment,

Multi rooms flat in a tower,

In the two-story grand bungalow,

Giving maximum pleasure to all

He was never irritated

To work in the fields,

In the workshops, offices,

Came across different types

Of people was sociable, helpful,

Offering more and more pleasure

As he was popularly 

Known as Anna (Elder brother)

He faced innumerable troubles,

Crisis, calamities many disasters

Scarcities, poverty, dreadful diseases,

Anxieties, worries, throughout his

Prolonged life, but in all those

Odd circumstances, he remained

Restraint, little darkened for

A while, but emerged out, smiling

As ever like the bright sun

Glancing out from the clouds