Indian Writing In English

Indian writing in English not, But it is British planning and strategy Of the colony As English spoke we not, Just in course of time It came up and grew As a connecting language Of the exotic and impregnable India, A vast and varied stretch of land Almost continental. Now we talk in English, write in English, Think of becoming poets and dramatists Just to keep up, Match with the foreign audience And we could not have Had the capitals not adapted to English traditions and norms And they as because merit was therein In European culture, Advancement and life-strengthening medicines Which but we cannot negate it. Deriving the ideas from British masters, We think of becoming Journalists and feature writers, Tuning to the radio and broadcasts We think of becoming linguists and newsreaders Tight-lipped in pronunciation And emulation, Dressing like in suite and boots Like Gandhi of the early years And Nehru in the coat with a red rose After getting education from foreign. In India slates and pencils had not been, The lanterns too were not And even if without kerosene oil, The note-books for to write on Were not, The girls not allowed for education, The white ants used to destroy it all In the mud houses And you are talking of becoming And English in India, What to say to you? Modernity and life-style, how to live, How to stand financially strong, How to manage and plan, How to sidetrack the astrologers, Horoscope-makers, soothsayers and palmists, How to rebel against witch-hunting And to voice against superstitions, All these they have learnt from The British, Whatever say we now?