proud to be an Indian !

you
have been immortalized
let me put it straight
and blunt
this nation will forget you
as soon as the headline changes
and remimd you
you are not the only one
so many
have been forgotten earlier

i know
you dont care
if someone remembers you
or not
for when you pleaded for help
even the god
did not bother to help
i understand that
the pain
the agony
you went through
in those defining moments
can not be fathomed
by us mortals
and even immortals

see
i am not writing a eulogy for you
i am a very selfish person
i am just expressing the frustration
which has accumulated within me
watching the ' tamasha'
that has been made out
of what you would like to forget
like a bad dream

i am writing this
because something inside me is urging me
see
i told you
i am a selfish man
and it has become overbearing on me now
not to speak
about
the events that followed your hospitalization
tell me
what is the debate about
are there any misgivings
about the fate of those who offended you
they shall perish in flames of hell
wherever it is

mind you
they were not only six
who devoured you
there are many more
who ignored you
those who capitalized on your pain
for their petty political gain
then there was this indeffrent lot
who kept saying
so what
all will stand the trial of time
and will be adjudged sublime
the beauty of judgement will be
they will grope for an answer
why me

i am a selfish man
i may not think about you again
but for once
i will speak my heart out
and
write how i feel about
and as they cover you with shroud
i wonder
as an Indian
what is there to be proud