A Talk About Indianness

You are Indian by birth.
Your hair is trimmed in English style,
You strut with tie and collars on
When Dr. S. Radhakrishan
Ever put on an Indian attire to prove this fact to the hilt
That he was an Indian to the very marrow of his bones
In fact you don’t want to show that you are an Indian,
You take pride in losing your self-identity of Indianness
You speak a mixed language in conversation
As if you don’t have your mother tongue to speak,
Thus you have no command over any language.
You turn your nose at Indian food,
And enjoy non-vegetarian dishes
With fork and spoon bursting with pride.
History of Ramakrishna is false in your eyes-
Only a cock and bull story.
You don’t know the names of
Swami Vivekanand and Swami Ramtirth
Who were the salt of the earth.
You suppress Indian talents consumed with envy
And force them to settle abroad
Where their worth is understood:
Dr.Mulkraj Anand, Khushwant Singh, R.K.Narayan,
Sir Naipaul and Dr. Hargovind Khurana
Were brought to light by England and America
Of whom Indian papers made high-flown praise
That they were Indian Jewels.
You hate your own countrymen
And ever create stumbling-block
To check the wheel of their progress.
You leave no stone unturned to impair
The image of this country.
Hence your soul is untouched by Indianness.
Are you really an Indian?