India and its freedom – Part 3 - Indians could not be different from British

Before we got the so-called freedom,

We could put the blame on British that,

The British were cruel and corrupt.

Mistaking freedom as the weapon

To act and consume more, and depend thereby more,

British, like any other, got poisoned

And became cruel and corrupt.

But, now in India, after freedom,

Though unaware, and can’t admit thereby,

We Indians, in sharing power among ourselves,

Became crueler and more corrupt than British.

Freedom, as a sword with sharp edges on both ends,

Wounds and corrupts all at using and meeting ends,

If not used properly and passively.

No Indian ruler or leader was great enough

To understand hitherto this great Indian vision

And to sleep sound and good thereby

Like our great Indian Munis and Rishis were

Doing it and enjoying it very silent and passive.

Freedom was for them the freedom

From physical consumption and dependence.

And it was even the freedom from

The sickness of body and its identifications.

So, unlike India,

Indians could not be different from British.

                                                         (Continued …….)