The year's arrived her days and nights in trail. May they enter your life, one after one, Three sixty five times each, fulfilling, blissful, Through glorious risings, settings of the sun, And waxings, wanings of the moon; in seasons All enchanting, but not scorching or chilling; With no floods, no droughts, no quakes, no cyclones: May Nature be all caring, kind and offering! May all you do produce the crops of progress, Of beauty, love, peace and prosperity, And conflicts, crimes, accidents, and diseases Stay 'way from your path to immortality! May you attain new heights of pride 'n' fame! May this new year be written in your name!! -- N P SAMAL