Bapu, Where You? Poem by Bijay Kant Dubey

Bapu, the Father of Nation,
Where you spinning the charkha,
The wooden hand-loom wheel for yarn
Tomake khadi clothes?

Where you, Bapu,
The votary of satya, ahimsa and shantih,
Truth, non-violence and peace,
Where you, the Father of Nation,
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi?

As you believed in karma which was your dharma,
In viswa-manavavad, world humanism,
Service to man was service to God as your philosophy
And so served you man and society!

Gandhi at the wheels spinning yarn
Rounding and rotating the hand-loom,
The charkha for khadi clothes as for to clothe
Humanity half-clothed and unable to cover up.

Bapu, where you, where you,
Making yarn spinning the wheel
And singing the song of Rama,
Raghupti raghav raja-ram...?