Sanctum Sanctorum Poem by Rm. Shanmugam Chettiar

N.M. Modi rose to be Prime Minister
From an ordinary class, selling tea.
M.S. Dhoni rose to be Cricket Captain
From an ordinary tribe, living low.

Abdul J Kalam rose to be President
From a minority, just eking out.
Jagjivan Ram rose to be a Stalwart
Of the depressed class he belonged to.

Had they been the first class law graduates,
Could they have become Supreme Court's judges?
Independent India has broken
Royal rings in all save judiciary.

The higher judiciary is sanctum
Sanctorum exclusively to the elite,
To which come only the elite people,
Through a collegiums of judges, the elite.
17.09.2016