India Shining With Sonia
By Lunminthang Haokip *
In inter-racial tryst with destiny
To later bewail trials of this country;
In a noble home that thrived in giving
All that it hard-earned to Nation-building;
By faith you ventured to new rules marry,
Your fate feathered the Nehru-legacy.
The land charisma of Gandhi built up,
The trends Indira Gandhi kept up;
The high-tech stuff Rajiv began to roll,
When no-tech buffs were out to see them fall,
You stepped in and stirred Aam-Aadmi mania
And all say: "India shining with Sonia".
1. Bad things we keep hearing in the media,
Sad things we keep doing to our India;
But for all the grief we cause, God loves us,
And sends brief hard-spells, taking us to tasks;
Yet for the tears the saints shed for this land,
A leader with higher–mind like you is at hand.
2. Campaigns were launched to dim the nation's shine,
Core-pain was aimed as they mocked surnames thine;
For all the vain hype, you were true to type,
Like Ruth of yore, were wedded to new life;
And assured hubby's soul as in fable,
"Rajiv, your people shall be my people".
3. Terse cries of imagined foul rent the air,
When first choice for PM UPA made fair;
To be on top, MPs begged you in awe;
You gave up a slot none else would let go;
It's proved that you are one noble-minded;
You showed the way to be Nehru-minded.
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* Lunminthang Haokip, a resident of Old Lambulane, Imphal is a regular contributor to e-pao.net.
The writer self-describes himself as 'an occasional pen-pusher and a regular reader of E-pao!!!' . He can be contacted at minth8657(at)gmail(dot)com.
This article was webcasted on February 21, 2011.
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