New India In Offing Poem by SHAHNAWAZ AHMAD ANSARI

New India was a longing, a darling dream of struggling ancestors of ours.
They fought for centuries, martyred to put us in the pool of happy hives.
Sadly! Lately, our blending composite heritage seems to die in a few hours.
They bestowed us - the land, sky, mountain and deserts delved in amity.


Simmering hatred lagged us behind the edifying rich heritage of powers.
Mayhem galore, rift roars, everyone abhors how to earn bountiful crores.
Oh! Politically incorrect perseverance, piling no peace, but oddly towers!
Gullible masses turn mad, grudging against the chaddi-buddy neighbours.


Seven decades of independence brought nothing, but discordant showers.
Surprisingly, fewer tried a connecting thread of harmony, ended up, traitors!
Game of throne, gone viral, demonising the budding brotherhood to devour.
Nothing left in Vivekanand's New India to make the East - the Guru of the West


Hey! Underpin hope; let's awake, ablaze and fight for rights - a new encounter!
Receding employment, dwindling economy leaves a blatant bar without a scar.
Saffronised melodrama and coercive democratic tantrum are at crossroads to pour.
Still, the stormy dark sky under cloudy radar marches towards a silvery new dawn.


This is a clarion call for bothered masses - to revive the unity in diversity in the tour.
India is a land of lords - Krishna, Buddha, Khawaja, Nanak - resilient of harmony!
Redefine, reconstruct the toppling normal; it's your turn, discard flaws with armor.
Unwanted, illegal mount on you like Everest; dare to debar with lion-hearted bite.


In the pang of promises; in the rung of blemishes, awake my countrymen to scour!
Anything left to hunt when failing but to flaunt - a lullaby of nationalism on the pie?
Development, peace & prosperity: An illusion; and a foregone conclusion for the minor.
May God empower us to make our ancestral dream realise - A New INDIA in OFFING!