(Winning entry for the ‘India of My Dreams’ Poetry Competition)
An India where every bud blooms,
An India where there is no gloom,
A place where everyone learns to forgive,
Is where I really want to live.
I have a different India in my dreams,
Where through every vicinity flows a miniature stream,
Where every house has a cornucopia of knowledge,
And where no girl is denied her right to go to college
Where students don’t misjudge austere teachers,
Where citizens don’t spoil physical features,
Where even men help in making scrumptious food,
Where children don’t disobey teachers in a bad mood
Where even taciturn people speak for themselves well,
Is the India where I want to dwell.
