From: [email protected]
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From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
“We, the
People of India”
-Fr. Cedric Prakash sj
“We, the People of
India” we again proudly say
On this our country’s
sixty-sixth Republic day
We extol the values
of our great Constitution
Glad that we have slowly
matured as a nation
We say Justice,
Liberty, Equality and Fraternity
Are the four pillars
of the largest Democracy
There is indeed
so much to boast in theory;
In practice dare we
look at the painful reality?
The truth is that there
is anything but Democracy
The totally
one-man show is sheer autocracy
The few powerful rich
loot and plunder at will
At their beck and
call is a paid media most shrill
A shady nuclear deal
is bought, signed and sealed
What will later happen
to Indians is not revealed
The poor do lament
and in pain they whine
While the guys up
there say “all is fine”
The bogey of
conversion is part of the game
After all minority-bashing
is also their name
As lip –service continues
to ideals most high
We wonder whether one
needs to laugh or to cry?
“Cry loudly” we say
today with depth and in solidarity
Our Constitution to
preserve and protect for posterity!
(* Fr. Cedric Prakash SJ is the Director of PRASHANT, the Ahmedabad-based
Jesuit Centre for Human Rights,
Justice and Peace)
Address: PRASHANT,
Hill Nagar, Near Saffron Hotel, Drive-in Road, Ahmedabad – 380052Phone: (079)
27455913, 66522333 Fax: (079) 27489018 Email: [email protected]
www.humanrightsindia.in
