The Indian Sociopolitical Circus
Ashutosh enjoys writing on a variety of subjects including politics, current affairs, and social and religious issues.
The Indian Sociopolitical Circus
Democracy or dictatorship, it's always about sustenance
Nation's pride is but a false pretense
Right wing or Left wing, take a second glance
Ideologies are hypocrisies sugar coated to finesse
They care for you is what they always pretend
Brainwashing gullible minds to meet own ends
Opinions are divided and truth has a cost
More like saying one politician is evil but other is not
Rhetorics and cliches are meant for political class
Insensitivity to the citizens brushed aside as faux pass
Electoral promises are already yesterday's talk
New dreams being force-fed and new paths you need to walk
Taxes just got hefty but that's not what you were told
Unnecessary hullabaloo created and the idea just got sold
Pumping and chest thumping for new India, we are told
Pretty much same old junk, just repackaged as gold
Government' into sniffing mode
From food on the table
To news on the dth cable
Massacres and genocides have got new labels
Morals and righteousness, all faded into fables
Blasphemy's on track
Lynch mobs are back
Think about this though
I am the mob that kills
Even if it's just cheap thrills
Shamelessly, I am also the mob that protests
Candlelight vigil and social media activism makes me look cool
Deep inside I am just a hypocrite fool
As a bystander, I am also ignorant of other's pain
Morally bankrupt, I do however shift the blame
'Cause end of the day, I am just a gullible sheep, not to be named!
Killing in the name of religion was never considered abnormal
Doing it on pretext of phobia though seems to be the new normal
The news is always breaking even though nothing's broken
Judiciary punishing criminals with conscientious tokens
The prime-time debates are only cacophony
Pushing narratives that are no less than phony
Reserved filling up for the deserved
Talent pool just can't be preserved
Religion taking precedence
Sycophancy measuring intelligence
The zealots in town have all got promoted
While religious affiliations have got others booted
The godmen are fraud men, we know and tell
Still follow them blindly, it's faith we pretend
Kill for them and even get killed for them
Such blindness none can comprehend.
Utopia being served on the platter
Your opinions don't even matter
Nationalism being preached by those that disrespect the flag
Won't take any names, for its a universal fact
Intolerance is on the rise, fueled by bigotry and sectarian divide
And crooks roaming everywhere, as wolves in disguise
Buffoonery and Jingoism have set new benchmark
Hashtags keep trending and Trolls walking the talk
Prejudice and bias seem to be ripping us apart
Much hyped 'Communal Harmony', is something we totally forgot
We're always debating if history is altered or fake
Conveniently ignoring what all is at stake
They did what they had to whether good or bad
Abuse of power or felicitation could have been the case.
Extreme nepotism and corruption in sporting authorities
Filling up their pockets and pushing up their proxies
Foot soldiers have transformed into cavalcades
The corrupted now own enclaves
While society continues to remain enslaved
Into customs so archaic and this hyper-sensitive craze
Fight against black money is on slippery grounds
While Demonetisation woes are still echoing around
Terrorism still hasn't gone down
While soldiers are still being gunned down
Politicians keep scoring brownie points
Draining resources continuously into lobbies and shady deals
Diktat on movies and even porn getting banned
Conservative farce just for selective ends
Prostitution is still illegal but brothels operate openly
Pimps of flesh trade targeting poor and lonely
Cows are safer, the women are not
Rape is now a cliche, but vigilantism is hot
A garb is all that we need to masquerade our sadistic profile
It's all sheep in here, whether rapist or pedophile
Parochial or patriarchal, Misogynist or feminist
Tags don't really matter
But is there a genuine cause to cater?
Priorities are misplaced
Only propaganda occupies space
Stripping to protest for one's right
Wonder how that strengthens the fight.
This chaos is never ending but collective amnesia will soon take over
Nobody would remember a thing and it'd be business as usual
The vicious circle will go into repetition
A new chapter of blatant lies and a farrago of distortions
These thoughts expressed, they won't even see the light
Ridiculed as conjecture
As worthiness demands, the credentials being right
Enough said already, no second thought
Your prerogative, 'Like it or Not'!
© 2017 Ashutosh Joshi
