Cry Of A Dying River...54
Rajendra Kshetri *
I am no longer the river I was once
The river that maintains a 'social distance' from politicians
Politicians who are allergic to critical ideas
Politicians who are anesthetic to people’s plight
Politicians who are anathema to intellectual discourse
Politicians who promise only to be unkept
Politicians who polarise people for electoral gains
Politicians whose politics begin and end with electoral politics
Oh politics and politicians! what is there you cannot do
If only if only your politics is the politics of people’s prosperity and posterity.
I am no longer the river I was once
The river that longs for politics of a different kind
A politics of the people by the people and for the people
As against the politics of the few by the few and for the few
A politics of rejuvenating natural resources
As against the politics of exploitation
A politics of environmental protection
As against the politics of degradation
A politics of regeneration
As against the politics of degeneration.
* Poem written by Rajendra Kshetri for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on November 13 2018.
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