ON MAHATMA GANDHI

Oh, dear old man!

They call you grandfather

And still say only you could and can

They say you are this nation’s father;

But did you really want to be?

What became of you?

Did you really believe in what you did?

Or was it just thrust down your throat too?

You said the rulers were misleading the people

But didn't you mislead them too

Or were you misled too by people,

People, whom you believed in and trusted

but who didn't share your vision true

And only used you too; to fleece this country

For generations just as our foreign masters did.

So did you know where your actions would lead?

Did you know the monster your efforts would create?

Where merit isn't respected

And the best are made to wait;

Where character and honest values are sidelined

And deceit takes the centre stage;

Where people use your name

Only to garner votes without shame;

Where corruption has turned into a way of life

While the honest have to put up with all the strife

Did you too know the monster your efforts would create?

Or were you also taken merely for a ride