Tuesday, January 27, 2015

THUS THEY CLAIM


POEM

In these days of
biting hunger and poverty
they claim  we are
free from harsh times
and are living in prosperous times.
In these days of women
being treated like slaves
they boast about the
empowerment of women
being on the rise and
draw applause from across
the spectrum.
In these days of children
begging for alms with bowls in hands
they don’t have any reluctance
to assert about the oft-repeated
claims that our children
are climbing the ladder of education.
In these days of the nation
moving to the ditch of debt-trap,
they claim about the
growth trajectory achieved by the nation.
In these days of widening
gap between the haves and have-nots
with the haves sky-rocketing
and the have-nots even without
a square-meal a day
they derive pleasure and
satisfaction when mulling
over the number of millionaires
and billionaires increasing by light years.
In these days of corruption,
nepotism, communalism,
parochialism and underworld
thugs and terrorism climbing atop
the mountain posing a
threat to the very existence
of the life of billions
they remain diffident

and detachment…. 

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