deepakchowdhary

Birds were chirping that too in harmony
Sun light kissing the earth n creating a symphony
Wind blowing away the sheet of night
And there was a hoarding, “India’s future is bright”

That is when I saw a school rickshaw at a corner
With colorful patches saying “St. Mary’s n Corners’
They were not one but seven kids in all
Looking cute and not dozing at all

I glanced at the hoarding and back at them
Wondering they are the future and saw promise in them
There I saw little geniuses inside
And my heart said India’s future is bright

I saw a doctor in that cold
Curing the poor and helping the old
Then I looked and saw an engineer
Designing tools and sophisticated gears
There was an IAS officer beside him
Working for the welfare, and doing the admin
That girl next to him, looked busiest of all
Oh! She has just won Pulitzer, my God!
This boy seems to be talented
That world class painting, its he who painted
Girl with blue eyes, is how I know her
She has just surprised us, by winning Oscars

So I was a spectator to India’s future
Which looked all right and I am sure is bright
This must have given you a lot to smile
Reading this and imagining for a while

All seven of them are India’s future
They are bright, we just have to nurture
Promises will be fulfilled by them
On the condition that we guide them


You must be thinking who the seventh kid is
Have I missed him or you have over read him?
Well I could not have missed him, coz I saw
The seventh kid was pulling the rickshaw


I glanced at the hoarding and back at them
All the jingoism died that second
That boy was sweating from head to toe
I had tears and my eyes were staring the floor