Prof. Badri Raina <badri.raina@gmail.com> sent this heartfelt tribute to Jyoti Basu, the veteran Communist leader of West Bengal, on the night of Jan 17 – which is how I learnt of Basu’s demise. Over to Badri Raina: “a humble tribute with a heavy heart”
Jyoti Basu
Jyoti Basu
As I write, you seem set
To bid adieu—
Your life’s work more than done.
We would be truly greedy
To ask more of you.
What man walked so straight
And for so long
With a single thought in mind—
To do what you could
For fellow men and women
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