I am proud to be an Indian! I say, you say,

Are we? really?

Celebrating 65 years of independence, are we truly independent?

There are words of Mahatma, Nehru, Ambedkar and so many more,

Of which we don’t even know a single;

Fundamental rights we were benefited as an Indian,

Do they exist? Are they being followed?

We commemorate those greatest,

Only once a year?

We praise them in our speeches; we idealize them for us,

Only once a year?

Where is the freedom that an Independent Nation promises?

Long were those days,

When scientists weren’t required to pay for publications.

Long were those days,

When Bharat Ratna was earned and not bought.

Long were those days,

When politics was for social stability and not for income.

Corruption has become a creeper on brow of India to-day,

Power has become the master of man in India to-day,

To-day Rabindranath Tagore’s Gitanjali is just a book.

There are no ideals, no visions nor virtues,

One and only aim we doth have is “Money”.

We all know problem has roots with us,

We all know problem persists because of us;

Never mind, we are Indians! No worry of them have we.

I am proud of my country and my people! I say, you say.

– $@$ Anand Shugor $@$

This is a work on the eve of our “Independence Day.”!