Thursday, February 7, 2013

What we need is Second War of Independence



On Manmohan’s Economic Reform Exercise
Some one remarked long ago:
“After having tried ineffiently and
Dishonestly to help the poor,
The Govt is determined to help the rich
Honestly and efficiently”.
This quote was in the early years of Reform era
Having spent two terms, as FM and PM,
He has become a lame duck politician.
Suddenly he became a reformist again
To help the rich honestly and efficiently
By opening up Retail Trade.
He may think, he has taken a big step forward
Time alone would tell
How this great nation is slowly
Mortgaged to overseas vested interest,
Inclusive of Domestic Monopolies
And criminalized politicians soaked in dirt and filth of various scams and scandals
What we need now is
Not second generation of reform
But second war of independence,
To set right the cumulative neglect of the poor.
Prof. D. Sambandhan,
07/02/2013.

1 comment:

Paul R said...

Sir,
As Jesus put it so eloquently in his Beatitudes "The meek shall inherit the earth". All the rich, powerful of the past are all dead mostly in ways as violent as they lived. The poor though are always there on this good earth. Where are the successors of Julius Caesar?