Amrinder pens a poem on the occasion of the Independence Day exclusively for Different Truths.
Why do eagle wheel over
The ramparts of Red Fort?
Why do vultures perch, in
Patient wait over treetops?
Is it over the carcass of freedom
That they stake their claim?
Surely she can’t be dead yet
Thought she lies in a sorry state.
For
Terrorists take liberties with life.
Politicians with their chairs.
Gamblers stake her very soil
Brokers, sell her bit by bit.
Freedom for riots, arson and loot
The common man demands.
Corruption has invaded freely
A land freed from foreign rule.
Rise,
My countrymen I beseech
From slumbers of apathy
Before,
Termites hollow our homes
And the edifice crumbles.
Before rats gnaw our granaries
And people starve to death.
Rise before the eagles swoop
And vultures move in to peck
Rise, my countrymen, I beseech
Before it is too late.
©Kaur Bajaj
Pic from Net.
Dr Amrinder Kaur Bajaj is a senior gynaecologist, an award-winning author, columnist, and poetess. She also writes editorials for newspapers like The Times of India, Tribune and India Express. At present, she is attached to FMRI (Fortis Memorial Research Institute) Gurgaon. She also teaches Minimally Access Surgery to national and international postgraduate doctors at The Medicity Gurgaon.
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