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| Sketch by Gargi Sarkhel Bagchi |
The
pain, the joy, the hope, the lies
Stick: I
felt the ground beneath his feet
The dust, the stones, the cold, the heat
Glasses: He
faced the British with determination
With
his staunch vision of a liberated nation
Stick: He
led the masses with his satyagraha
Relentlessly advocating love and ahimsa
Glasses: Every
comfort of the world he’d shun
With his charkha his own khadi he
spun
Stick: A
fearless man, simple, humble and wise
Gargi Sarkhel Bagchi
He
remains a Mahatma in all our eyes
Glasses: I
wish he could teach the country today
As a father how to correctly re-pave the way
Stick: Oh
no, I’m happy he isn’t witnessing this mess
Or hey
Ram, he’d have died several deaths in distress.
Bio: Gargi Sarkhel Bagchi is the winner of
‘The Reuel International Poetry Prize, 2022’, ‘The Poiesis Award for Excellence
in Literature, 2023’, ‘The Indian Women Rising Star for Literature, 2023’ and
‘The National Chanting Bards Award, 2023’. Her debut book of poems titled “Two
Cents for My Thoughts” released in May 2023 is garnering prolific praise and
has been featured as a ‘Notable Release’ in the elite international literary
‘Fasihi Magazine’.
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