New Martyrdom Poem by Bashyam Narayanan

New martyrdom

There is a war
Against black money
Weapon new currency
Soldier common man
Age no bar
No physical fitness
No military training

But all know what to do
Simply get old currencies
Changed to valid tenders

Again there is a bottleneck
They will not get more than
Four thousand rupees a day
They also know who their enemy is
They also know that
They have to bear with the
Inconvenience of waiting in long queues
And later coming to know that
There are no more cash to dispense or
You will get only less

It is no doubt a economic war
And there could be victims
As it happens in any war or battle or struggle

A report from Maharashtra says
A seventy three year old man
Fainted and later died
He was standing in the queue
That was waiting for exchange of currencies
His wait in the queue for a hour or so
Ended up in his dying
And dying for country's cause
And deserves all honours
That are offered to a victim on the battle front
Let the nation pray that his soul rest in peace

And we will carry on the fight against dirty cash
And we will soon register victory in this war

We only wish we do not lose any more warriors
In this war against ill gotten wealth

We Indians will bravely face the difficulties
Will help really-deserving others in meeting their expenses

Will prove to the money hoarders that
We are against any ignoble means of making money

Remember always the Thane man
Who, in this economic warfare, attained
A new martyrdom