Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy In my grave I keep restlessly turning,A ceaseless fire within keeps burning,Of endless thoughts there’s a churning,For peace, I keep perennially yearning …A peaceful IndiaA casteless IndiaA nonviolent IndiaA free and fair IndiaAre they all the figments of my India dream?Caste now has layers and layers of cream!Is peace just a word touted in every poem?Mere words - tolerance, fair play, freedom?Godse’s bullets didn’t hurt me.He did what he thought was right.Let go has always been my policyTo demonstrate freedom in a new light.Nonstop restlessness I brave.Illusions of peace I still have.I keep on turning in my grave.For a genuine closure, I craveBio: Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy, BHARAT Padmaja Iyengar-Paddy, senior ex-banker and former urban governance consultant has compiled and edited 6 international multilingual poetry anthologies of which “AMARAVATI POETIC PRISM” 2016 to 2019 have been recognized by the Limca Book of Records as “Poetry Anthology in Most Languages”. Paddy’s poetry collection “P-EN-CHANTS” has been recognized by the India Book of Records for never-before-attempted management subjects and movie reviews in rhyming poetry. “P-EN-CHANTS…Again” is her latest poetry collection.
MAHATMA MUSINGS … (Gandhian Philosophy)
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