Mera Bhaarat Mahaan

Dear Readers

A happy Independence Day to all Indians. Here’s a poem I wrote on the occasion of our 62nd Independence Day.

At the stroke of the midnight hour
As the world sleeps
India will awake to life and freedom

These were the words he said
The great man Nehru
And pronounced the British Raj dead
As India was born anew.

Two centuries of struggle and sacrifice
And bloodshed and violence
Had been the price
For this independence.

It was at the Red Fort
Where men and women, boys and girls
Erupted into a joyous rapture
As the tricolour unfurled

It was a proud and joyous day
For all Indians, young and old
For after so many years in fray
India was at a new threshold.

Today India stands at par
With the world’s best
She has made it this far
Overcoming every tribulation and test.

Today, 61 years from that day
India stands tall and strong
And I feel proud to say
To this great nation I belong.

E-vatan, tujhsa koi nahin
Duniya mein sirf ek hi Hindustan
Garv ke saath mein yeh kehta hoon
Ki mera Bhaarat mahaan.

Yours Ludicrously