Friday, January 25, 2019

A Wish for the Republic


Where your surname does not determine your destiny

Where the cow and the human have an equal right to live

Where we protect our ‘living’ women just as much as our goddesses

Where freedom is not cloaked in accusations of sedition

Where the citizen and the emperor walk the same road

Where art can express itself without the pigmentation of religion

Where our culture not our controversy gets us on the world map

Where we develop without decimating our heritage

Where we can love each other born of the same country

Colour, creed, caste and contours melting into the pristine white

Of the Republic of India