While Unfurling The Flag On The Eve Of The 15th Of August, Celebrating The Independence Day Of India Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

While unfurling the flag of the 15th of August,
Saw I the freedom fighters fighting for,
Many being hanged for treason and nationalism
At the altar of the nation,
The British leaving the nation,
Indian achieving independence,
The country being partitioned,
The aftermath of the partition resulting
In the huge and heavy influx of the refugees
Shelterless, destitute and homeless,
The bloodbath of the innocent people
Shedded in the name of religion and communal frenzy
And in cold blood,
The soldiers killed in bad blood,
Guarding the borders
And the people living below the poverty
And what has it independence given to?

We are celebrating the independence day,
But there are still in the far flung country
Who do not know it
What it is happening in the towns and cities.