Democracy A Farce

Medical science advances with giant strides State out of sync with the pulse of times. A law abiding couple’s plea to abort rejected While female infanticide illegally rampant. Political masters Just wielding power. Antiquated laws Reveal the basic flaw- Indian State Decides its citizens’ fate. Did we hear Constitution provides Some Fundamental Rights? Govt. for the people, by the people, of the people Nay, simply without vision and principles Citizen’s; look askance. Democracy a farce. BASED ON news that a Mumbai couple’s plea to High Court to abort the unborn child, whom the doctors have prenatally diagnosed as having a serious heart problem, has been rejected. Thus forcing the parents and child to a life of inexplicable misery.