Triveni Journal

1927 | 11,233,916 words

Triveni is a journal dedicated to ancient Indian culture, history, philosophy, art, spirituality, music and all sorts of literature. Triveni was founded at Madras in 1927 and since that time various authors have donated their creativity in the form of articles, covering many aspects of public life....

The Anointed Generation

Dr Purasu Balakrishnan

Lo, we are the anointed,
The chosen!
We are the God-anointed
Men and women!

We were the last generation
Of slaves
And the first generation
Of free men!

We broke
The yoke
And smiled at the foe
In friendship’ glow!

We followed Gandhi
And we were Gandhi!
We heard Bharati
And we were Bharati!

We held our heads high
With Tagore
And we were lit by the spark
That he brought from the sages!

We worked with Nehru
And we were Nehru!
We walked with Vinoba
And we were Vinoba!

And we were Vallabhbhai Patel
And Jayaprakash Narayan,
We saw God in Ramana-We are the God-anointed!

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