Come, Bless India…Oh! Sai Maa…
Monday, August 15th, 2016
Seventy Years of Independence, where does India stand… Is She really free today?… was She ever bound? …and how shall we, her precious children move ahead loving and serving our Mother Land, Beloved Mother India? …writes Sri Jullie Chaudhuri on the occasion of India’s 70th Independence Day…
India…Oh! So very dear…
Our Precious Motherland…
Yet,
Of Her what do we understand?
Is She seventy…is She free…?
Can we ever confine Her…
…put a number to Her existence specifically…?
If at all She is seventy…even so is she really free?
The fact is that from time immemorial…
She has always been,
And,
She has at all times been…unfathomably free…
…She has always exuded abundance and plenty…
If at all the world thought Her to be…
…bound, enslaved, subjugated, captive…
That is the impression She chose to give…
…to views egoistic with slanted perspective…
Through visiting marauders, plunderers…
…raiders and captors…
…from near and distant lands…
…that challenged Her frontiers…
Through aggressions and conflicts…
…nothing did Her spirit afflict…
She was ever hospitable…
…even to those hostile…
They came to conquer and capture…
…only because they were captivated by Her…
Her soul was never intimidated for sure…
Even when Her terrain was dominated…
…and trampled upon violently, ruthlessly,
She always remained spiritually free…
…even when She was ‘set free’…
…by valiant, courageous, caring…
…sons and daughters…
She has always remained free…
Remaining undeterred by circumstances…
…daunting and adverse…
She held Her head high with dignity…
…patiently knowing it will all pass,
Alas,
Is She free now…?
Are there hushed, muffled, stifled expressions…
…of a Mother’s sagging morale…
…of trust, faith hope and vitality somehow?
Where are those who dared…who cared…
…whose hearts with expansive adoration…
…with patriotic passion…
…and sterling qualities did stir?
To restore the Motherland’s honour…
…so much they readily forswore…
…ever willing to give up their lives for Her?
Is it Independence Day for India Today…
…or is She living ‘in dependence’ each day?
Towards the children that form Her populace…
…does she heave subtle sighs and whispers of a betray…?
What does She face…what does Her life interlace?
Instead of being by Her side upholding Her dignity,
Have dedicated ones fallen away…astray…
…a prey…
To material desires…selfish pursuits…
…the temporary glitter of i, me and mine…
… ushering in of basic values…
…of unity, integrity, loyalty a complete decline?
Come, Dear Sisters and Brothers…fellow Indians,
Time enough to be true to the Mother…
…true Indians…
Offering respect to bygone decades, eras and eons,
Let us join together, form a link, connect,
All else intercept…devotedly our duties accept,
Allege a pledge to the land of our birth,
To India’s exclusive quest…
…for harmony,
Let us mend…make amends earnestly,
Joyously exclaim and sing aloud,
Jana Gana Mana, Jai Ho…Bharat Mata Ki Jai,
Maa Tujhe Salaam…Saarey Jahan Sey Atchaa,
Jai Hind…I Love You, Mother India,
Maa Terey Hain Hum…Vande Mataram wholeheartedly,
Unabashedly…meaningfully…
Let us pray intently for the shower of grace divine…
…to herald in a wonderful era…
…for the shimmering peace of a spectacular aurora…
Come, Oh! Exalted One…Oh! Supreme Paragon…
Come…Oh! Magnificent, Almighty Cosmic Czar…
Come, Gloriously Bless Dear India…Oh! Beloved Sai Maa…
Come, Bless India…Oh! Sai Maa…
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