Nissim Ezekiel's Patriot Is A Gandhian Patriot Speaking In Hinglish Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Nissim's patriot
A Gandhian patriot,
I mean
A freedom fighter
Hurly-burly
And blunt,
Clad in khadi
Kurta and dhoti
And with a lathi
To drive away
The English
Always at the command
Of Gandhiji,
Bapu,
Bapuji ke tin bandar,
Bura mat bolo,
Bura mat kaho,
Buro mat suno,
Standing on feet
When commanded,
Sitting on dharna
When asked to do so,
Crowding with
Jail bharo abhiyan

But the pujaris of
Satya, ahimsa and shantih
After driving away the British
adornign the dais
As invited guests of honour,
Freedom fighters,
Getting facilities,
Drawing pension,
Speakign in Hinglish,
The half-literates,
But growing with the times
To new the men of wisdom,
Uneducated but knowledgeable,
Murkha pundits.