Anhad ka Baaja

What we see today The endless stream of  The dispossessed embarking on A journey of a thousand miles Is not just the failure of the government It is a societal failure In schools we are taught to Get

Tens of thousands Of padayatras No-one quite knows  Exactly how many Each a matter of  Life and Death No book howsoever voluminous Can do justice To the stories Each unique Yet bound together By a

The cards that you are dealt Can be considered Allah’s will The fruits of karma Fate Luck The mysterious ways of the cosmos But the way you play your hand Is your doing It decides the tenor of your

The government is not The nation My being anti-government Does not make me An anti-national It may well make me a patriot A la Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru Those who Arrogate to themselves Greater

I bow in appreciation Of the science, the technology, the skill That inserts two lenses Small and plastic Into my eyes And restores Half a lifetime of Living life soft-focus To 20/20 vision I bow my

Everyone is wearing masks these days But actually the masks are all off And the ugly faces are being revealed The chasm between  The haves and the have-nots Is being further widened The poor who have