A Compendium of 4 Winter Poems & all other supplementary poems., By Ashwini Kumar Goswami [reading like a writer .txt] 📗

face !

Further thrilling achievement was of nuclear power,
Displayed in 1974 at Pokaran with thunderous shower !
Indira was thus appropriately a unique entity in India.,
Well-said, “India is Indira, Indira is India” !

Also by her name Indira even exceeded India by ‘R”,
Politically, diplomatically, she was India’s Superstar !
She is an adorable idol of Global repute,
This assessment ever anyone can hardly refute !

Surname Gandhi has proved ever charismatic,
Mahatama Gandhi, Indira Gandhi prove this arithmetic !
Successor like Rajiv Gandhi cherished such instinct,
Centre-forward Rahul Gandhi must accomplish the link
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“FREEDOM”
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Freedom, Independence and Self-dependence,
Our Constitution provides them with foremost credence !
These are the co-existent familiar features,
Its lessons ‘n’ tuitions rest with students ‘n’ teachers !

Freedom fighters sacrificed their whole of life,
All along struggling against invincible might !
Foreign rulers always suppressed their strife,
Even then the rebels remained quite tight !

The target at last achieved by Mahatma Gandhi,
Who also was succeeded in his Yatra Dandi !
Nehru, Rajendra Babu, Pant, Patel, Maulana Azad,
Contemporary a few more held timely bosbaraad !

Zinnah Mohd. Ali adamantly divided the nation,
Acquiesced only was he on Pakistan’s creation !
Thereafter, similarly created Bangla Desh,
North-East both sides, curtailed our surface !

Even then India maintained the freedom,
Still our nation had lost no wisdom !
India yet appears quite independent and free,
Hoisting Tiranga colourful, whatever she be !

Proud, are we of our bestowed democracy,
We have to yet uproot poverty and illiteracy !
Equally we have to face both the poor and the rich,
For that our Constitution controls the main-switch !

Our national anthem is yet sung with reverence,
It provides always broadly, a patriotic sense !
Today is Independence Day, we jointly rejoice,
Happily hoist flag we, with Jan-Gan-Man voice !

God-gift is genuinely our nationality,
Open opportunities various with little liability !
15th of August every year, freedom is celebrated,
Republic Day in January then, anxiously awaited

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“A Banana Republic”
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Early in 1947, the British ended their rule in India,
Comprehending situation with an invincible awe !
Indian national leaders including Nehru, Maulana Azad
On behalf of Congress blessed with Hindustan Azad !

Mohammad Ali Jinnah and Master Tara Singh
Per pro Muslim League and Sikh each distinct wing
Agreed to transfer of power and independence !
India thus faced her segmentation, thence !

Pakistan was born on the west and northern-east,
Displaced were Hindus and Muslims as if in retreat !
During 1947-56, Pakistan was Dominion State
Until 1956 when it gained a Republic fate !

The Civilian rule then was stalled by a coup d’etat
By General Ayub Khan becoming President thereat !
During his tenure Pakistan waged a violent war
Against India in 1965, despite being below par !

Demurely defeated was then Army of Pakistan,
Successor later was then General Yahya Khan !
East Pakistan then had to face a devastating cyclone,
Causing casualties upto 5 lacs as far as known !

Subsequently, 9 months’ guerrilla warfare emerged,
Pak. Army and Bengali Mukti Bahini were indulged !
Resultant was third India-Pakistan war in 1971,
India won the war, Bangladesh born in this turn !
Civilian rule again revived during 1972-77 term,
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto then gained the momentum !
Third Martial General in power was Zia-ul-Haq,
Who was Zulfikar Ali Bhutto’s a fatal bad luck,

As Zia sentenced Bhutto to a merciless death,
Which cursed Zia also to die in a plane-crash !
Benazir Bhutto then grew up with invincible win,
Being Bhutto’s daughter and his deserving akin !

Over the next decade she had to fight for power
With her rival Nawaz Sharif in electoral shower !
Military tensions in the Kargil conflict arose,
General Parvez Musharraf assumed vast executive pose...

After controversial resignation of Rafiq Tarar,
Subsequent to unscrupulous defeat in the war !
Musharraf became President by force in 2001,
Arrogantly just like Hitler at the point of gun !
Until ensuing 2002-parliamentary elections,
To flounder for any possible fair selections !
Later he transferred powers to new elect Premier,
Zafarullah Khan Jamali as Premier to swear !

Jamali was succeeded by Shauakat Aziz,
Until new elections remigrating Benazir and Sharif !
During elections in 2007, Benazir was assassinated,
Elections were postponed causing riots unawaited !

Benazir’s Pakistan People’s Party then gained majority,
In the elections held in 2008 with sympathetic surety !
Yousuf Raza Gillani was sworn in as new Prime Minster,
Parvez Musharraf resigned fearing any sinister
jitter !

After facing parliamentary impeachment,
Which was appropriate timely treatment !
Republic rule seemed short-lived ever in Pakistan,
Just like in chess remains pitiable single pawn !

Until Pakistan realizes cordiality and fraternity
With India progressing fast towards top entity,
Internal stability shall ever be irretrievable,
Until Pakistan Army’s rule is applicable !

Pakistan being just like India’s segregated brother,
No outsider can ever be truly helpful, rather !
Pakistan shall thus remain ever “A Banana Republic”
Until renaissance is arisen among its populous public !

God alone can invoke fraternity and friendship
Between India and Pakistan using His Mighty Whip !
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”Equity nowhere?”
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From origin to end, life is two-fold,
We sustain both folds, whether weak or bold !
Inferior-superior and junior-senior;
Prior-posterior and interior-exterior;

Sooner-later and former-latter;
Shorter-longer and weaker-stronger;
Smaller-greater and worse-better;
Beggar-donator and listener-orator

Walker-rider and writer-reader;
Labour-leader and client-pleader;
These are the couplets creating disparity,
Equity then everywhere loses its entity !

Comparative positions produce jealousy,
Equity becomes then illusory fallacy !

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The Chair
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Many an idea, many a thought, many a lesson and many a suggestion;
All left behind when the chair in possession !
Anything good, anything bad, anything foul or anything fair,
All negligible, while the chair is there !

Weakened parties or such groups, seeking chairs in government pools,
They have gone to such a length, to regain the lost chair and strength !
They won’t mind even sitting on stools, the emotional voters being left as fools !

The rich have no any major affect, the poor will ever remain imperfect !
This has become unchangeable result, that’s so, democracy difficult !
Sons, daughters, even wives of some clans, attract people through hired fans !

This is the political abracadabra, no any arithmetic, no algebra !
This is the prevailing poisonous essence, our nation needs early renaissance !
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“NATIONAL GENDER”
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I have been pondering since childhood,
As long as my personhood could !
How, why and whence onward,
India was named in effeminate card ?

Though our land sustained slavery,
Our people always maintained bravery !
India pronounced by ‘She’ or ‘Her’,
Anglice, everyone happens to refer !

I, rather, feel always offended,
Everybody, every book literally depended,
None came forward to get it amended,
What I felt and always intended !

I can’t see India called effeminate,
This being merely a lingual etiquette !
Hence, I beseech intelligentsia,
To enlighten upon this mannered mania !
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“FISCAL FIASCO”
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Income Tax, House Tax, Entertainment Tax,
Land Tax, Property Tax, Road Tax, Sales Tax,
Besides these Seven Taxes may be yet New Tax !
All these elements are to irk people and vex !

These are the imposed burden for all of us,
Salary and allowances earned thus face minus !
People flounder to create extra income,
Commission and corruption are its outcome !

Taxes, however, maintain the Exchequer,
Graceful Governance lavishly incur expenditure !
Parliamentary perks are exuberantly high,
Nobody comes forward to interrogate why ?

Exorbitant expenditure occurs in security,
Only on so-called dignitary and celebrity !
People in general remain always unsafe,
Facing robbery, theft and unscrupulous rape !

Heads of the Nation who are called Patriotic,
Enjoy royalty life-long even when walking with stick !
One way, the clamour is to uproot poverty,
All high quarters, enjoy wine-and-tea-party !

Nation seems helpless to maintain status quo,
Resultantly occurs always the fiscal fiasco !
Poor public cannot snub, whatever may go,
All of us sustain, shall remain sustaining so !

Eclipsed is thus remaining the name of shame,
Fame of Dignitaries fractures its frame !
Actors, leaders, traders are very few patriotic,
Graceless greed attracts them *hic et ubique !


“Law and Order”
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Across the country or the border,
The prevalent primacy is
To up-keep law and order.
The onus of its maintenance
Not only lies in the governance,

But, verily, verily, it’s a matter of
Multilateral pertinence.
Cordiality and co-existence (co-operation)
Work as a dogmatic device,
More efficacious and effective than
Any oracle and advice.

“Law” may literally be construed to stand for
“Legal-Administrative-Watchman”
And “Order” may be taken for a Comptroller of
“Obligatory-Rule-Deployed-Enforcing-Restriction”
And its Commanding Coachman.

So, for the sake of peace and harmony,
Swear to abide by your duty,
To uphold the sanctity of the euphony
For nation’s pleasantry and beauty.

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“Water Scarcity”
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“Save water drop-a-drop”; “Grow numerous plants and trees”,
These are proclamations enunciated by