"INDIA SHINES?"

"INDIA SHINES?"

"In some corners still,
A girl of fourteen,
Trapped in a society so mean,
Only one becomes a Geeta Phogat,
Rest succumb to lifelong slavery..
Through the dark corridors of uncertainty,
Indian shines
But only like a dimly lit lamp.


A thousand struggling good men,
Only one becomes an Abdul Kalam,
Many other humanitarians and academicians get smothered by the serpants around..
Through the dark corridors of uncertainty,
India shines
But only like a dimly lit lamp.

A 100 talented batsmen,
But only one becomes a Kohli,
Many others either lose their wickets to good bowlers
Or to the black politicians in white collars.
Through the dark corridors of uncertainty,
Indian shines
But only like a dimly lit lamp.

A land of 100 crores,
But only a handful heroes,
Like a raging fire we should burn,
With all our latent potential,
Like a golden flame we should become,

But,
Through the dark corridors of uncertainty,
India shines
Only like a dimly lit lamp.

Sadly,
The only flame that burns is the funeral pyre,
When these daily unrecognized heroes,
Die a nameless death.. "


~ Devashish Palkar