###mother Teresa (04) Day Of The Great Killing Poem by Rajaram Ramachandran

The disastrous 1946 World War
Crippled the economy world o’er.
It caused unprecedented destructions,
With huge loss of lives and properties.

The British rule in India then
Faced a severe opposition
From the Indian people,
In particular from Bengal.

They considered Bengalis
As a source of all troubles
And were for their division
On the basis of religion.

For solidarity Bengalis fought,
But Viceroy Curzon brought
The partition of Bengal
Just to divide the people.

The aftermath of this partition
On senseless communal lines
Resulted in violent clashes
Between Hindus and Muslims.

Mangled bodies, severed limbs,
Were strewn in the Kolkata streets,
With blood flowing like river
And warlike scenes all o’er.

Stench smells filled the air
From decaying bodies there,
As the curfew prevented
People removing those dead.

All movements of food grains
And other essential commodities
Came to a halt for four days
Due to the curfew orders.

How to feed three hundred girls?
Mother Teresa defied the orders.
She crossed the blood-soaked streets
In search of some food grains.

When confronted by soldiers,
She told them about the girls,
Who were starving for food
And they had to be fed.

They could have arrested her,
But a bag of rice, they gave her,
Admiring her courage and kindness,
Even at the hour of a serious crisis.

She was always referring
The “Day of the Great Killing, ”
As brutal massacre of souls,
For no fault of theirs.

It was a bad to worse situation,
And almost an everyday scene,
When beggars, lepers, infants
Were left to die in the streets.

She felt that there was a call
From Jesus to serve them all,
The destitute and the poor,
With kindness till their last hour.

Her health was in a bad shape.
She was then sent to recoup
The same in a Darjeeling resort
Situated o’er a cool hilly spot.