PSEUDO SECULARISM

Dr K Prabhakar Rao

On the day of freedom India chose to be a secular state
Alas! It has landed itself on a burning fire grate
Sixty long years of freedom have been frittered away
While the nation is lost in seeking a proper way

Muslims chose to be a separate nation
And ditched their brothers at the railway station
Scores of Muslims have stayed back in India
Unable to go out with rest of the pack

The left out Muslims feel discriminated in India
They voice their feelings also in the media
These men have withdrawn from the national main stream
While some fanatics shout and loudly scream

Muslims are pampered by leaders for the vote banks
They are found to huddle in a group and close their ranks
Religion keeps the flock together well knit
Law of the land is scared to use its writ

The nation has tampered with Hindu codes
And law applies vigorously to Hindu nodes
It has failed to discipline others in the land
While the leaders have been playing to their subversive band

A secular state must have uniform civil code
Irrespective of the religions and their node
Religion has to be practiced within four walls
And not to be shown in public function halls

Rulers have no response to Hindu sentiments
For others however they dish out increments
Hindus in India feel they have been let down by the rulers
While leaders have proved to be great corruption breeders

Muslims in office are spared to pray
Although Hindu’s requests are confined to a tray
Pseudo secularism has ruined the nation
And to talk of secularism is today’s fashion

The followers can have four wives
Even if they can’t maintain being a fact of lives
Rulers are scared of minority backlash
With Hindus however they behave very rash

Pseudo secularism has put all in deep trouble
The nation has been turned into a heap of rubble
The leaders devoid of wisdom are taking things cool
While Hindus are treated as a pack of fools

The gimmick has gone for sixty long years
Hindu sentiments are washed out in tears
The Hindu revival is at last up in arms
While corrupt at the top are busy acquiring private farms

Indian policies have led to Hindu backlash
And leaders treat it as a mere trash
The nation stands on the brink of holocaust
While in Kashmir thugs are killing Hindus in bomb blasts

Muslims should realize that they have chosen to stay
While Hindus also stay away from creating a fuss
Mutual hatred must at once go
Or else the nation would disappear like the bird DODO@

( @ Australian land bird DODO which became extinct )

Let not the nation play the minority card
Or else many would land up in a hospital ward
For Indians nation should come always first
While religion should be pushed to the last

Muslims have volunteered to stay always here
Although they could migrate if so desired
It is high time they mingle with all
And reject the fanatics who would cause their fall

Scores of temples in Kashmir lay shattered
As militants in the state got them battered
Rulers have turned a Nelson’s eye
With their minds covered in black hair dye

Finest temples across the land
Lay badly damaged by the invading bands
The defaced idols stand testimony to the sinful acts
While the pseudo secularists fail to see the naked facts

The last great Mughal* dreamt of India of Muslims
However he died dejected getting pale and slim
Foolish acts gave the king some thrills
As Hindus to day condemn his ills

(* Aurangzeb, the sixth fundamentalist and religious bigot Mughal emperor who ruled in 17 century who paved way for destruction of Mughal empire)

The wounds in Hindu hearts are still fresh
With partition these were opened afresh
It is high time Muslims get rid off their germs
As they opted to live in India on equal terms

Both Muslims and Hindus must forget the past
And not drag things to the last
They must start afresh for healthy lives
And stay happy with their kids and wives

No religion preaches hared to others
All are born in the same way from the mothers
Then why this mistrust and hate campaign
Truth however is simple and plain

Noblest Sufis have lived in India from ages
Who preached toleration recorded in history’s pages
Hindu sages have gone on many records
To shed down the evil and mutual discord

No religion is cruel and bad
It is only the people’s fad
That they look at others with yellow eyes
With their minds covered with colored dyes

The present trouble in India is to be put down
Fomented by some dangerous clowns
Hindus and Muslims must form both eyes of the nation
Like railway tracks are together at every railway station

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