ENGLISH POEM-11 -MARCH ON, INDIA!

MY INDIA -MARCH ON!

A storm before the lull !

A lull before the storm?

Fret not the alarming norms;

A nation is in the making, -

As heat is must for baking.

‘Social justice’ is not the case,

 But crafty leaders make sublime –

Virtue made of rising crime;

Look deep into lunatic mystery!

Such bits make national history.

Why wonder over police excesses?

Forget even corrupted bureaucracy!

Celebrate dears! It is coveted democracy!

‘Scams’ and ‘Scandals’ democracy adorns –

For, immoral people sit on the throne.

Government cries for paucity of funds!

Roads are not built, water not supplied –

For shortage of food, millions do die;

But ‘Miss-world-show’ promotes our culture!

As ‘Jackson’ or ‘Yaani’ make us rupture.

‘Follow diktat of information age –

‘Bill Gates’ message does sound right,

Is 'Kentucky- chicken' our staple diet?

Let vultures eat butcher’s meat!

Let evil devour evil’s fleet!

Debate ye over dowry deaths,

Human psyche is full of greed,

Be it male or female breed;

Woman is woman’s own enemy--

From illicit relations to demand of dowry.

Fuss not much over terrorists deeds ,

Be it murder or abduction,

‘Terrorism is a human function’;

Let parents desist child spanking!

Let ‘Law’ do its own franking.

Plans galore for Poor’s uplift,

Empty slogans on a paper plain –

‘Poverty is a national shame’;

Let rich intellectuals stop analyzing!

Let ‘poor’ join a ‘state-uprising’.

Talk not about political games,

Politics sows unethical seeds;

For, hypocrisy is our social bead;

Let ‘Society’ shed its cast image!

Let ‘reservation’ be ‘merits’ privilege.

India passes through crucial times!

J & K burns; North East in flames!

‘UP’ is high on the chess-board game;

Behold! My nation still pulls on---

With seeds of discontent all around sown.

But, electric cuts or power failures?

Water disputes and floods disasters?

Exciting themes for a ‘news –caster’;

Be it rain, thunder or storm!A determined people must march on!

It is my optimism and hope on the future of India. I feel the current problems of India are the teething problems of a new-born state. Sixty years are too small a period in the history of a nation to overcome certain fundamental contradictions besieging a political entity. It is emotional integration which will bring peace and harmony and not political integration. Social and political fusion is always slow and painful. Nation has to pass through a ‘fire-test’ to become ‘gold’. And all its modern problems are indication of its ‘fire-test’. With grit and determination of its people, it will pass this test. It is the bleeding of the impurities which will bring purity .