Where? ? ? Poem by Kishore Asthana

Where are those who water this garden
Where are those who say we care
Where are those who, in the dark
Stand up and say, 'Yes, we dare'

At this time when the country cries
Where are those who feel her pain
And say 'Let us die too, if we must
Or this life is lived in vain'

Where are those whose hearts are strong
Where are those whose nerves are steel
Where are those who ignore their wounds
Yet every hurt to their land they feel

Where are those who lift their heads
When they think of the land of their birth
Where are those who sacrifice to make it
The land of their dreams, a heaven on earth

Where are those who are faithful and true
Who were born Indian and Indian they remain
Where are those who say, 'If I die,
Let me be born an Indian again'? ? ?