The Developing Poem by Vamshi Durgam

For decades
That I read
Developing country
India is

Developing, yeah developing
Developing meretricious
Developing in widening
The border of poverty

Developing in making
Rich richer, poor more poorer

Developing in trenching
A ditch of pain and sorrow

Developing in plunging
More tremulous people
In the sea of corruption

Developing in kissing
Death kissing hunger men

Developing in killing
Killing people who question their fate

Developing in divisioning
Divisioning people on the caste curves

Developing in decorating
Decorating people
With a shawl of unemployment
With a necklace of hungerdeath
With a ring of childlabour
With a bracelet of illiteracy
With a chain made of insecurity jewels.

Whom to blame for this development?
Our so called leaders?
Oh! They are busy with making money
The black money, to be precise

Development we lament for
Till last breath we fight far
Untill we reach par
Never stop this war.