Dear Friend
Here is my
tribute to the Delhi
rape victim
Express
your anguish , add your own verse ( and your name ) , at the end and forward to
your “ Contact Group “ ( available in Outlook / GMail / Yahoo Mail etc )
Then
request them to do likewise
Let , a
million version of this tribute echo in the hearts on all Indians
But
Democracy is a good thing !
The Girl is
dead
India’s darling daughter is dead
But
democracy is alive
And
democracy is a good thing.
Every year
21,000
mothers , daughters , sisters get raped,
Countless
others burnt to dowry-death;
Poor starve
or, shelter less
Freeze on
footpath;
On each
rainless day
A hundred
farmers commit suicide
But
democracy is alive
And
democracy is a good thing
Each year ,
1,600,000 children die of malnutrition
Even as
millions of tons of grain
Rot under
sun and rain
Thousands
die of tobacco smoke
But
democracy is alive
And
democracy is a good thing
Hundreds
die in floods
Few
thousands die crossing railway tracks
A million
children die working for 18 hours
In dark /
dungeon slave factories
Living on a
slice of bread and glass of dirty water
But
democracy is alive
And
democracy is a good thing
Where else
but in a democracy
Do people
have a right
To vote /
select their own Masters
Who , for
the next five years, will
Ø
Silence
them
Ø
Torture
them
Ø
Maim
them
Ø
Loot
them
Ø
Rape
them
Ø
Murder
them
Cry,
Beloved Motherland
And don’t
stop crying
Till your
tears sweep these tyrants into the Arabian Sea
!
Hemen Parekh
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