Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Tagore's poem "Where the Mind is Without Fear" in today's context!

What Tagore would've written today about our country... shamelessly copied from somewhere (I dont remember where)! Here goes...


- Where the mind is without fear - of consequences
- And the head is always thinking of the next opportunity to amass wealth through unfair means
- Where Public Funds are freely available for misappropriation
- Where the country is blessed with leaders who are cheats
- Where morality has been compromised with graft and corruption extending to unimaginable levels
- Where lies come out without any hesitation or shame
- Where tireless striving stretches its arm towards corruption and immorality
- Where the clear stream of reason no longer exists and the only thing which remains is suppression of the weak by the powerful
- Where the fear of God and the spirit of goodness have been lost and thoughts are trained only towards the objective of abetting corruption
- Where the poor and the downtrodden are ignored and the leaders feast on the taxes paid by ordinary citizens
- From this Hell of Endemic Corruption, My Father, I Pray, LET MY COUNTRY AWAKE!


Amen!