ആരുടെ ഗാന്ധി?
നേരത്തെ എഴുതിയത് പങ്ക് വയ്ക്കുന്നു. ഗാന്ധി ജയന്തി ദിവസം പോലും റിച്വൽ ആയിരിക്കുന്നു. ഗാന്ധിജിയെ കൊന്നവർ കപട ഗാന്ധി വാഴ്ത്തലുകൾ നടത്തുമ്പോൾ, ആരുടെ ഗാന്ധി എന്ന ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ പ്രസക്തമാണ്. മോഡിഫൈഡ് ഗാന്ധി ഒരു ഐറണി ആകുന്ന കാഴ്ച്ചകൾ....
Whose Gandhi?
നേരത്തെ എഴുതിയത് പങ്ക് വയ്ക്കുന്നു. ഗാന്ധി ജയന്തി ദിവസം പോലും റിച്വൽ ആയിരിക്കുന്നു. ഗാന്ധിജിയെ കൊന്നവർ കപട ഗാന്ധി വാഴ്ത്തലുകൾ നടത്തുമ്പോൾ, ആരുടെ ഗാന്ധി എന്ന ചോദ്യങ്ങൾ പ്രസക്തമാണ്. മോഡിഫൈഡ് ഗാന്ധി ഒരു ഐറണി ആകുന്ന കാഴ്ച്ചകൾ....
Whose Gandhi?
Gandhi now has a price tag.
More in demand and less in supply.
Gandhi, killed...again..and again;
Dead Gandhi,
Mummified and modified ,
An experiment with untruths
A lie in the labyrinths of power.
A brand ambassador for toilets
A solace for even extinguished Marxists
Khadi uniform for the congress Wallahs
Currency for the Rich
Cocktail for the powerful
A toast for all parties
A photo for the poor.
A brand for the broom
A hat for the aam- aadmi.
A ritual on 2nd October
A samadhi for the VVIPs.
Assassinated Gandhi ,
acquired wholesale by the assassins
Reverent Gandhi ,
for the octogenarians Gandhians,
Resting in peace ,
at Gandhi bhavans everywhere.
A suffix for the high command.
A prefix for the universities.
A text book for the kids
A statue for the crows.
A name for a road
A smile on the flex hoardings.
Gandhi bashing,
a fashionable enterprise.
A quote for every speech ,
Gandhi available
In all colours and shapes,
From Maddison squar,
to mahatma markets
Gandhi , manufactured,
Manipulated
And modified.
Gandhi in the stock exchange
Gandhi , bought or sold.
Gandhi, imagined and invented
Gandhi , hated
Gandhi, loved.
Poor Gandhi.
Rich Gandhi.
Ritualised Gandhi.
Rubberised Gandhi.
Market Gandhi .
Myth Gandhi
And of course,
Mahatma Gandhi!!
An experiment with Truth.
Must be crying in his grave,
for his beloved country.
Comeback Gandhi,
to lead us in a new Sathyagraha.
For Freedom, justice and rights for everyone.
Come back Mahathma,
To expose the lies.
Come back Bapu
To reclaim the Soul of India.
Come back
For every Indian
In love with independence.
Come back with your Charkha,
To weave new dreams
For the deprived dreamless masses
Come back father
For the sake of our nation,
For a new India,
A free India for everyone !
Everyday !
JS Adoor
More in demand and less in supply.
Gandhi, killed...again..and again;
Dead Gandhi,
Mummified and modified ,
An experiment with untruths
A lie in the labyrinths of power.
A brand ambassador for toilets
A solace for even extinguished Marxists
Khadi uniform for the congress Wallahs
Currency for the Rich
Cocktail for the powerful
A toast for all parties
A photo for the poor.
A brand for the broom
A hat for the aam- aadmi.
A ritual on 2nd October
A samadhi for the VVIPs.
Assassinated Gandhi ,
acquired wholesale by the assassins
Reverent Gandhi ,
for the octogenarians Gandhians,
Resting in peace ,
at Gandhi bhavans everywhere.
A suffix for the high command.
A prefix for the universities.
A text book for the kids
A statue for the crows.
A name for a road
A smile on the flex hoardings.
Gandhi bashing,
a fashionable enterprise.
A quote for every speech ,
Gandhi available
In all colours and shapes,
From Maddison squar,
to mahatma markets
Gandhi , manufactured,
Manipulated
And modified.
Gandhi in the stock exchange
Gandhi , bought or sold.
Gandhi, imagined and invented
Gandhi , hated
Gandhi, loved.
Poor Gandhi.
Rich Gandhi.
Ritualised Gandhi.
Rubberised Gandhi.
Market Gandhi .
Myth Gandhi
And of course,
Mahatma Gandhi!!
An experiment with Truth.
Must be crying in his grave,
for his beloved country.
Comeback Gandhi,
to lead us in a new Sathyagraha.
For Freedom, justice and rights for everyone.
Come back Mahathma,
To expose the lies.
Come back Bapu
To reclaim the Soul of India.
Come back
For every Indian
In love with independence.
Come back with your Charkha,
To weave new dreams
For the deprived dreamless masses
Come back father
For the sake of our nation,
For a new India,
A free India for everyone !
Everyday !
JS Adoor
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