For a nation so rich in history,
we are a people who haven't learnt
to live in the now.
Our leaders lead us ahead,
with their eyes forever fixed
on the rear-view mirror.
When they do look ahead,
it's not at the road to be traversed,
but at the horizon of promises.
We are made to revel in our yesterdays,
or are inviegled by the tomorrows,
yet to come.
Bereft of jobs, short of food,
most of us have to strive
to survive in our todays...
Swivelling our heads
from yesterdays to tomorrows,
with little resources for today!
Little realising, history is
written or rewritten tomorrow,
but can be made only today!
The true history of India is
what we do today not just what
our ancestors did, or did not do!