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Saturday, 14 September 2024

Hindi Diwas


                Irony


We celebrate our festivals, 

Unfurl the flag of nation,

Feel pride to be Indian,

Yet to speak Hindi we are align.


With pride we honour national days,

But our tongue utter foreign words;

Proud to be Indian that we rejoice,

But Hindi Diwas fades from eyes.



Blend your heart and voice,

In Hindi, let our souls rejoice.

Let’s speak the tongue that binds us all,

Our Hindi — hear the nation's call.


For it’s the thread of unity,

That ties us in diversity.

Let's live as one and die one.

Let there be strives none.


Cherish the land, its language too,

Native words tell the emotion true,

Let Hindi Diwas not fade from eyes.

Let Hindi prevail under Indian skies.

by Poornima Singh


Sunday, 14 January 2024

They



They


They called it foolish

I was ignorant

They called it immaturity

I was innocent

They called it outrage

When I raised a question

They called it childishness

When I put up a question

When I was being myself

They accused me arrogant

They called me wrong

When I tried to be different

 

They made me speak

When I wished to be quiet

When I wanted to express

They hushed me quiet

They made me cram

What I didn't understand

They called me naïve

When I didn’t understand

 

I was confused about each thing they told

I couldn't follow any thing that they told

They told me about their dreams,

Their failures, their narratives

They confessed their inferiority

And desired of my superiority

Why are they so confused,

 Impatient and obsessed?

 

I wish to be my own real self

Not the shadow of their dreams

I wished to get a chord

Which could connect the ends,

And could bridge the gap,

The deep trench between

There is love unexpressed

There is trust umpteen.


Hindi Diwas

                Irony We celebrate our festivals,  Unfurl the flag of nation, Feel pride to be Indian, Yet to speak Hindi we are align. With...