MIRAGE OF RECOGNITION

History
as you and I know
is a voluminous work
pages being added
every day
with no end in sight.
You must have heard
and read about
historical characters
emperors, kings and queens
dictators - both malevolent and benevolent,
serious, mild, eccentric, lunatic
wide-ranging types.
Have you heard
or read about rulers ,
with the aim
of perpetuating their names
or to engrave their names
on the walls of history
so as not to fade
out of its pages
erecting their own status
across the length and breadth
of his/her fiefdom?
You must have…..
while millions perish
due to famine,
others with fire
in their stomachs
these rulers
spending crores and crores
build mandirs
install their own idols
and giant-sized
statues across the land
and to protect them from
enemies bent upon
demolishing them
long array of
soldiers with weapons
were/are deployed
and put on vigil 24*7.
Fables not these
still prevalent
around us
laugh if you feel like it
cry if you feel like it
ponder if you feel like it
spit if you feel like it………….