A Brand New India

Welcome to a brand New India

An investment destination sound

Don't worry about all the eyesores

By next time they won't be around

We are the big happening place

A country that neither rests nor tires

On front pages all across the world

People are depicting only our pyres

We are ruled by pure philanthropists

Who weather all storms and abuse

That's how this pharmacy to the world

Donated vaccines before we could use

If you tweet or forward something

And to prove its accuracy fail

You can revise your right to speech

While you languish in some jail

We are such a blessed nation

With enlightened ones as leaders

Just believe in their mann ki baat

And ignore all fake news spreaders

Everyone born will die someday

It's not fair to blame those in charge

Citizens who are vocal on rights

Seldom their own duties discharge

This is such a huge conspiracy

But paid media does not ask why

So many people in every State

Chose this particular time to die

So many neighbours are jealous

Some even want to grab our land

We are being fed all foreign news

But fail to notice the foreign hand

God helps those who help themselves

Learn this mantra of reliance by rote

Continue to bear with us for five years

Then come again and give us your vote.

(Raju Z Moray is an advocate who practices law in the Bombay High Court when not puncturing bloated egos while the Freedom of Expression is still a Fundamental Right! He is the creator of 'Gobble D. Gook', his alter-ego, who figured in the 'Court Jester' columns of 'The Lawyers'. He loves writing poems and is a regular contributor to The Leaflet.)