Grass Bread Poem by Mehta Hasmukh Amathaal

Grass bread

India is lime light again
It causes pain
Some of the parts are inaccessible
Yet inhabited by large number of people

Many stories were floated in daily news
It was reflected in surveys
The people were forced to eat grass bread
The children have remained un-nourished and half dead

The argument was put forward by a minister
The tree leaves and grass has lot more to offer
The tradition is on for centuries
The minister failed to justify his answer

Many Governments have come and gone
The basic improvement is not at all done
Te people are starving and committing suicide
We shall have to think twice and decide

The large part of aid is siphoned
Th culprit officers are condoned
The poor suffered and watch helplessly
The democracy in this country has failed miserably