Brand Name Poem by Dr. Yogesh Sharma

Brand Name

Rating: 5.0


God send me on the earth, an innocent being,
Untouched by the black and white doing,
But the world branded me as a Brahmin,
And a curse fallen on this urchin,
A child of lesser God,
The entire honor was forbidden to this pod,

Education, help, livelihood,
All was snatched by Robin Hood,
Some branded it as social equality,
But it was state cruelty,
Other’s called it secular passion,
But it was ugly repression,
All the isms kill human rights,
They are the Jan us face of racial might.

COMMENTS OF THE POEM

very true write sir...read my poem 'manu's varna'

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Subroto Chatterjee 23 April 2009

Yes, That's the nail on the head, so as to speak. We're still a divided nation. Very sad. Cheers. Subroto

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C. P. Sharma 16 March 2010

True, All is politics a scoundrel's game, It brought polity a nasty name. Life and property it can't protect, How equality and prosperity effect. Let them their primary duty attend, For the rest there is 'invisible hand'. CP

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Kesav Easwaran 28 December 2009

a truth no doubt...but truths that taste bitter to some may taste sweet to some others...but as you eloquently notice in your write a truth always remains a truth alone... nice composition...10

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Chetna Tyagi 28 May 2009

i m totally in agreement wid ur thought....

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Surya . 14 May 2009

nice thoughts.but think of those who suffered for generations.nice poem.voted 10 surya

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Philippa Lane 26 April 2009

I love the passion you put into your work. Obviously, you are extremely patriotic but I sense the sadness in this poem. You are certainly a realist - expressing your own depth of sadness that you are still a divided nation...

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