Mother India's letter

Workers construct a wall in front of a slum ahead of US President Donald Trump's visit in Ahmedabad. (Photo| PTI) - The New Indian Express

Dear Indian Bureaucrats and Politicians,

I am India.
This is my face.
Please trace my history.
Your wall can erase my lasting legacy?

Are you ashamed
to show your mother's face?
Hey kid, you are the one
who deformed my face!!

Can your wall hide
corruption, Religious hate crimes,
Godman atrocities, and  rape cases
which left me in disgrace?

An activist starts a hunger strike to protest against a wall built in front of an Ahmedabad slum ahead of the visit of US President Donald Trump. | IANS - Scroll.in

People who feel that

they don't belong to this place

settle in foreign countries

forgetting their birthplace.

By building a wall,

you are hiding my strength.

Its pity that you didn't sense

that our social diversity is our strength.

Are you hiding the poor with your power?

You remember only during the election

that these poor also have power

and approach them with sudden affection.

Rather than building a wall,

consider this as a wakeup call

to fix me and make me beautiful

if my beauty matters most of all.

This is not a matter to hide. Actually, you have to take pride

saying we have social differences

but living together with social harmony

quoting our history which has several references.

This wall of discrimination separates our nation.

and anyone who points out will be Anti-National.

Remove the wall and improve our situation.

Otherwise, your wall will bring you a great fall.

What if a foreigner visits in a helicopter?

I know you will build a giant roof

and boast that we have world's biggest poverty roof.

You are such a big goof and today's wall is the right proof.

Disgracefully yours,

Mother India.