GANDHI LAMENTS.... Part II

                              GANDHI LAMENTS... PART II 

                             Prof Dr Colonel ( Retired) K Prabhkar Rao

M K Gandhi is credited for leading the Indian struggle for Independence from the British rule. There is no doubt that he sacrificed greatly and suffered prison terms and persecution by the authorities. He is known for fighting against racial discrimination in South Africa before he returned to India. Gandhi practiced and preached non violence even against enemy and although India gained freedom, India was bifurcated and Pakistan was created. Gandhi was honored with titles of father of nation and   Mahatma (Great soul).  MK Gandhi is also severely criticized for his Muslim appeasement polices and bifurcation of India is held against his polices and consequently he was assassinated by Nathuram Vinayak Godse on 30 January 1948 at Birla Mandir while proceeding for the prayer. Sixty years have passed since gaining of independence and over these years, the politicians in India have used Gandhi’s name for acquiring power and winning elections while Gandhi is discarded into a dust bin. The moral path shown by him is discarded and the politics in the country have become a cess pool and India has earned great ill reputation as the most corrupt nation in the world. Democracy is on paper while in spirit and practice it is violated to the hilt. Dynastic rule is the order of the day. The moral fiber has dissipated. Gandhi’s soul hovering in the sky without attaining peace probably must be crying loud beating its bared chest with anguish at the fallen norms and failure of his vision. Probably, he must be repenting for getting freedom for India after seeing the downfall in India. His anguish is presented as a set of poems.

My name is used by all and sundry

Although with my name they are weary

The poor Indian sentiments are greatly used

By those with whom mischief is fused

Indian masses are on a wrong path

And innocents face brutal police wrath

The leaders sleep in tall ivory towers

While Gandhi’s name used to stay in power

Innocent Gandhi is lost in history books

While crooks rule India at every nook

Mayhem and murder are committed by the brutes

While the rulers remain dumb, deaf and mute

I am the Gandhi bald and too sad

For giving power to all these insane and mad

The nation is rocking as a ship in fiery seas

While the leaders run for power as busy bees

I am the Gandhi bald and also bold

My men have no conscience that they have sold

I feel really sorry for making India free

As leaders in India have climbed corruption tree

I  Brought freedom to India from foreign yoke

Yet democracy in India has become a great joke

Leaders change colors as a garden lizard

These men infact are the greatest national hazard

I am the Gandhi strong and grim

And I maintained my body very trim

Youth of today are busy with dance and dice

While their vigor is ruined by the drinking vice

I am the Gandhi now old and sick

Recommend to Indians a mighty kick

Freedom is not meant for misuse

The nation would finally land up in a bin of refuse

As father of nation I have no greed

India however is split on caste and creed

I feel sorry for the state of the Indian nation

Yet I do not see in future any salvation

My name is used for the main streets

Where bars and whores are plenty to treat

No one raises a finger in protest

And Indians find it very easy to digest

Some stand as Gandhi at road junctions

While people flip coins in great appreciation

Gandhi’s name is the joke of the day

While pseudo Gandhis are all in the fray

 In silver paint he stands with a cloth across the groin

Waiting for the guys to throw a coin

Passers throw at him a glance

In fiery mid day heat he stands in a trance

I went on fasts in great devotion

To set the balls of protests in to motion

Pseudo Gandhis fast for silly issues

Taking care however not to damage their tissues

Gandhian era was over with last century

While ethics are stored in a near by mortuary

 All the leaders are in the dirty rat race

Many are sure to be shamed and loose their face

To be continued

To be Continued

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