In this world of insanity
With streets choked with garbage
And mottled faces begging for roughage
Disease-ridden alleys
And absurd message rallies
With violence bubbling in the veins
Blood leaking in the sewers
Distorted truths and despotic harbingers
Where messiahs are murdered
And their deaths celebrated
And their sermons berated
Intelligence cowers in corners isolated
Ignorance of everything celebrated
Goodness mocked and beauty scalded
Left to rot in some metallic harness
Never to feel a loving caress
Lost in this hated lovable country
Oh my India what have you become?
- By Kashif Ilyas B.A. English (3rd year)
