Mother India Poem by Ramesh Joshi

MOTHER INDIA.

MOTHER India, salute thee,
seventy first years freedom,
no smile, your face grim
and wrinkled yet.

Political freedom realised,
heart Not united, Discord, large,
Ugly heads, conflict, coverdice
Disgrace nation pride, head in shame.

Voices of Separatists howl loud
Raising fear, second partition
Sketch ready, Kashmir dark clouds,
Thickened, breakaway demonstration.

Traitors, criminals, Nation breakers
Bigots, united ready to disfigure
Thy limbs, join hands enemy camp,
Appeasement, vote bank politics.

Crime ascending, women insecure,
Corruption rampant, communal force
sheltered in minority, human rights
Violation, Mandir Masjid politics raked.

No place, Rama, Rahim live in amity
Unwilling fanatic clerics, not willing
respect national anthem, unwilling,
Salute tricolour, symbol, pride of land.

Mother, they refuse, shame, shame,
That's why you are sad and grim?