Sunday, 10 November 2013

If not a better India, at least a better Indian?

Bharat Matha or Mother India
Isn't it a name to symbolize tolerance?

We all are busy looking up to grow
Are we scared to see the misery around?

Sky is set as the target to scale
Haven’t we failed to run the race here?

We all know, yet try to highlight India
But can we ever call India, a home to live?

Body, mind and soul are murdered
Do we win when we destroy someone?

We prevent the extinction of animals and birds
Where are we when a human being dies?

We charge anyone who kills a deer or tiger
How do all escape after killing a human?

We blame it on the population often
When we are more, aren't we more powerful?  

Poverty is the second excuse assumed
Isn't it lack of civilization, the truth?

We have touched all continents on Earth
Have we succeeded in touching another life?

Boarding schools and old age homes multiply
How will we create a home without its members?

We have tried with all rulers' rule
Could anyone make India better than before?

We project our country as a super power 
Can we ignore the dirt that we walk on?

India is growing and glowing before the world
Why Indians never grow out of their boxes?
We have so many religions and faiths
How then we fail to love each other?

India has given its women, power to rule
Then why can't women walk on India's streets?

India's tradition, culture and customs
Aren't they really fairy tales told?

When we pretend that we are flying high
Do we even know where we stand?

We live in horror regardless of our class
Aren't we wearing a mask to look brave?

India’s pride is India’s power
Where in India can we find them both?

It may be better than some worse countries
Is comparison a resort to absolve our sins?

We'll surely leave this place now or later
But what have we left for our children to live?

We enjoy what our forefathers fought for 
Will our kids inherit a better country? 

What are we doing in Moon and Mars
When nothing is done on planet Earth?

When there's nothing here to eat and drink
Why worry if there's water in space?

If we can do something, let us wait for none
Don't we know to do what is just and right?

We may not succeed in making a better India

But who can stop us being better Indians?

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