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My heart bleeds for the state our country is in now,
my heart bleeds !
A strong, sensible voice of reason is what it
desperately needs
Minorities are being targeted, lynched with impunity
While, either in complicity or in fear, silently
watches the majority communitiy.
Tagore once said ‘ Where the head is held high and the
mind is without fear’
That was our country erstwhile, tolerant, inclusive and austere.
Where we hinged on beliefs like ahimsa and non-violence
Now one sees radicalism and bloodshed, sanctioned by religious vehemence.
This was a country where souls like Mahatma Gandhi
preached
Now look to what depths it has sunk, the new lows that
people have reached
Non-violence, ahimsa, tolerance, truth reigned, people
fought for independence as one
Now the same country lies in tatters, of the above
good qualities, in people who govern, there seemingly is none.
Corrupt, fanatic politicians now rule the roost
Sanctioning violence based on religion, giving facism
a boost
Where, in celebrating festivals, people used to come
together and rejoice
People of all castes and creed, hand in hand, gave joy
and celebration a voice
What has gone wrong with the country that, to unity in
diversity, showed the path
Now, in the name of religion, we see minority
festivals turn into a bloodbath.
People are scared to talk, to air their views
From the fascist fanatics in power, most take their
cues
For those political leaders who thump their broad chests
and claim in vain
Think carefully before you claim ‘on my government, there are no
stains’.
Organised religion has turned into a favourite tool
Steeping minds and hearts with hatred, forming vile
cesspools
There is so much bloodshed in the name of religion and
God
In the name of one who is said to protect and nurture,
is that not odd ?
Caste and religion are such fertile breeding grounds
today
With politicians whipping up a frenzy, ever ready to lead people astray
The heart aches and the eyes sting with tears
As to false promises, people are radicalized, the
minorities live in abject fear
Women now have no place to voice themselves now
What has more protection and respect in the country,
is a cow !
Women are still treated as objects to claim and
plunder
But mobs lynching people in the name of cows, is this
not insanity, I wonder !
Why are politicians sanctioning, spreading such hatred
and loathing ?
In doing so, what future course are they charting ?
Lynching, mob killing in the name of personal
conviction
Oh brethren !
Human attitudes are so brazen !
People in the country are fast being dragged into a
mire
Radicalised fanatics killing people, setting
their worlds afire
Humanity is being steadily imprisoned in cages of
bigotry
To unjustified violence, killing, lynching, there now
seems no boundary.
Protests abound, as people gather and voice their
dissent, they care
Placards everywhere, saying ‘not in my name’, their hearts in
despair
Like them, I bear allegiance to the Constitution of my
country
One that calls for harmony and secularism, not radicalised pomp and pageantry
My heart bleeds for the state our country is in now,
my heart bleeds
A strong, sensible voice of reason is what it
desperately needs.
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