You Are Forgotten

Gandhiji* you are forgotten Your ideology is hijacked and stolen Seldom have we remembered you even By and large you are completely gone You are stranger in your own land You are lone figure without any friend You are remembered for going on strike Demonstrations against pay rise or on price hike "We follow Ghandhian principles" remains popular slogan We are true followers and disciples Only we grab in millions Still we wear your cap and keep affiliation Millions rot in streets and die hungry Population is accustomed to and never go angry We have money power to purchase votes and remain in power Tones of grain go in waste as they await rainy showers Grain must rot but should not go to needy We will spend billions and still ready To waste more on plans and developments With all the care that poor get nothing and resent You advocated that parties should disband Power centre should be based at village land We preferred old slave symbol and maintained status So in name we are democratic but capitalist as such Let farmers commit suicide and public properties burn Let accidents take place and thousands die in turn We are only interested in amassing wealth Let public go to hell with their poor health Gandhiji* we never miss you but in fact garland Your statue is erected and carved out on sand You are gone forever but we have monopolized Gandhian pattern as only excuse to wash ills and stay obliged Don't shed tears even by mistake as we are committed people Whole nation lives on borrowed economy and face any trouble Our national wealth is safe in foreign land as black money We are the nation next to only few corrupt countries yet hold the key * Gandhiji… father of Indian nation and popularly known as Gandhiji