Democracy - a case of arson

Look MathruBhumi

   Our Democracy is being burnt
   EveryDay
   In broad daylight
   In front of hundreds of people
   It is burnt to ashes

   It is sold
   Sold in suitcases
   In votes, in supports
   In party splits
   It is burnt everyday

   It is looted
   And sent to foreign lands
   By our leaders
   It is burnt everyday

    It is killing itself
    With the destitute farmers
     By eating adulterated
     Fertilizers

    It is being paraded naked
    With dalit women
     And in the flashy vulgar display of Wealth by Rich
      Democracy is burnt everyday

P.S. : And we are playing fiddle like Nero

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