India

Srishti se pehle satya nahi tha
asatya bhi nahin
antariksha bhi nahin
akaash bhi nahin tha
chipa tha kya
kahan,
kisne dhaka tha
us pal to,
agam atal jal bhi kahan tha

Srishti ka kaun hai karta
Karta hai va agarata
doosre akaash main rehta
sada adhyaksh bana rehta
wahi sachmuch main jaanta
ya nahin bhi jaanta
hai kisko nahin pata
hai kisiko nahin pata
nahin hai pata


This is my attempt at writing shoddily lyrics of a vedic Hymn that was translated from Sanskrit and sung for the serial Bharat Ek Khoj. I know I will be wrong on a whole lot of words here, but then, frankly I was never good at Hindi. I know, I know, that is why I am trying to discover my roots. This is beautiful, you know why, this hymn is about the agnostic belief. Something that is very unique to India, something that has not been accepted anywhere else.
We are the oldest civilization still alive, we are the most ancient of all, there is something about us that has made us survive, when other civilizations vanished from the face of the planet.....
Lets recognize that, lets understand that it is "us" that is going to make a difference here, It is us who has to take lead and correct the course of action, it is for us to awaken and say, hey I belong to a place that is so rich in Heritage that I care a damn if it was ruled for over a hundred years. No I don't identify with that India, I identify with the country that accepted me as its citizen, a country that made me what I am today, a country for whom I would cry as a kid, listening to Lata emote "Aie mere watan ke logon".
I know you will find a reason to love India too..........
People fall in love with India, because there is so much love around :-)


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~asto' ma sat gamaya