IS THERE HOPE?

Is there hope?

Is there salvation?

Is hope just a rope,

Around the neck of this nation?

A few years ago

I was steeped in pessimism

I felt that it was a no go

Nothing could save us not even communism.

Is there hope?

Is there salvation?

Is hope just a rope,

Around the neck of this nation?

But my interaction

With the youth of India

Gave me hope; atleast a fraction

There would be a renaissance for India.

Is there hope?

Is there salvation?

Is hope just a rope,

Around the neck of this nation?

I struggled out of my pessimism

I wanted to really change the nation

I realized there was hope in positivism

And shrugged away all my frustration.

Is there hope?

Is there salvation?

Is hope just a rope,

Around the neck of this nation?

My clarion call to the youth was made

Come all ye citizens to change this nation

But no one came while a few just said

Nothing; no, nothing could change this nation.

Is there hope?

Is there salvation?

Is hope just a rope,

Around the neck of this nation?

The youth their spirit broken

Have thrown in the towel and their sanity

The youth their confidence is shaken

Is this what we leave behind for posterity?