The Land Of Gold !!
Jitendra Kumar Singh*
Where lawlessness is the law of the land
Where grenade is a birthday present
Where the highest fence is put up
For the safety of Lord Krishna
Where lawmaker and lawbreaker
are true friends
Where dharna and protest
and bandhs and blockades
Are keenly awaited to load the pockets
Where Right to Education is more important
Than Right to Life
Where Right to Life is more important
Than Right to Education
Confusion! Confusion! Confusion!
Where students put to fire their own book
Where the protagonist and the antagonist
Look in the same direction
Only corruption! Only corruption!
Hooked on that negotiation
Poor folks starve out of inflation
Where hazy beggars
dream of kingly crown
Where looting and shooting
is the talk of the town
Where freedom and subjugation
Is nothing but temptation?
Where growth and progress has come to a halt
Where priceless life is cheaper than salt
Upon that lofty height, in that beautiful land
They killed me in front of my children.
* Written by Jitendra Kumar Singh
The poet is working as a part time Science Teacher at St. Thomas High School, Kontha Ahallup, Imphal. He has been a Social Worker with Bosco Mangal, Donbosco Chingmeirong, Imphal.
Webcasted on September 21 2010
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