Happy Independence Day India,2020

We're proud belonging to this sacred land; Our nation India is a unique place; God made this beauty with His magic wand; We are God-fearing, peace-loving, a race! But freedom came with loss of lives and toil; We thank Mahatma Gandhiji for it; We love our brothers, sisters and this soil; The blood of freedom fighters made us fit! Our country has diversity galore; More than a billion live in unity; At times, we fight but love is in heart's core; Our Bharat Vriksh's a mammoth, growing tree! Our many rivers integrate our states; Our soldiers guard its frontiers night and day; With happiness, we celebrate all dates; We hate no one or envy others, Aye! We will not harm a neighbour any time; But we can fight a war to save our soil; We'll win a war if dragged in any clime. Our energy will come from sun or oil! Our rockets blaze their way in skies and space; Our people have the best of human brains; Unscathed, we'll come out of the Covid maze; God is our strength and gives us timely grains! Jai Hind! Jai Bharat! Jai Jawan! Jai Kisan! Happy Independence Day, dear Indians world o'er! Copyright by Dr John Celes 15-08-2020