DEDICATED TO THE CITIZENS OF <br /> DELHI <br /> <br />No matter how many malls or flyovers we continue <br />to build or make, <br />This Souless City requires a Spiritual re-shake! <br />Here people are left on the road to die or bleed, <br />Be it during a cold winters morn, - <br />Or on a day of intense summer's heat! <br />Eve-teasing and chain snatching are pastimes of <br />our misguided youth, <br />Where is the time to meditate or delve at truth? ! <br />Our growing self-centered attitude and blatant <br />indifference, <br />Resulted in flight of good thoughts and decent <br />civic sense. <br />Murder is common and mostly senior citizens are <br />preys, <br />Here seniors are scared to face their silvery days! <br />Wine is thicker than blood, and killers are well <br /> paid, <br />Even relatives are not spared, and by greed waylaid! <br />Votes can be purchased, with bribery and <br />corruption, <br />Whoever spoke of any spiritual revival or salvation? ! <br />Even Yogic Institutions make lakhs every day, <br />With commercialized yoga for the body, while the <br />spirit goes astray! <br />O dear citizens wake up before it gets too late, <br />Or some massive earthquake may seal our fate! <br /> <br /> -Raj Nandy <br /> New Delhi <br /> 29 Jul 08<br /><br />RAJ NANDY<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/dedicated-to-the-citizens-of-delhi/
