TRANSPARENCY REVOLUTION

The river was crystal clear
once.
Its transparency was such
that
even the basement could
be visible to everyone.
Depending upon the force
of the flow, the pebbles rolled along
fish and water snakes
coming to the surface and
diving deep once in a while
even the people living on the
shores of the river
besides taking bath
fetched vessels full of
water to their houses
for drinking purposes.
Those were golden days
across the nation
a transparency revolution
prevailed thanks to
the good governance
displayed by the govt of
the day.
This transparency was ephemeral
selfishness and greediness
clouded their vision
scams and scandals
tarnished the image of
the govt.
In the meanwhile
the river once transparent
got contaminated and
polluted by the chemical factories
meandering along the shores.
This muddying of the waters
affected the people
living on the shores.
Like the govt, the river.
The trasnparency lost
altogether.