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A Journal of Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwavidyalaya

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And make it a part <strong>of</strong> our very being.<br />

Early in the dark<br />

Do we venture forth<br />

Out <strong>of</strong> the thorny enclosures <strong>of</strong> dreams<br />

And to purge the feet <strong>of</strong> life<br />

Do we reach<br />

The depths <strong>of</strong> seas and rivers<br />

Fields and verdant meadows.<br />

We are not afraid <strong>of</strong> death.<br />

Shunning it merely<br />

As if<br />

Wary <strong>of</strong> the enemy<br />

To shield ourselves against danger.<br />

Not only are we like the trees<br />

Standing,<br />

Clasping the hands <strong>of</strong> the breeze<br />

But also<br />

Like the ants crawling on earth.<br />

And<br />

In the eyes <strong>of</strong> millions <strong>of</strong> peering rocks and stones<br />

We,<br />

The inhabitants <strong>of</strong> this continent.<br />

Those,<br />

Whose destiny<br />

You try to shatter are, at the moment<br />

Musty, stinking <strong>of</strong> religiosity<br />

But we,<br />

Have unwavering faith<br />

In the ultimate judgment<br />

When,<br />

Your shallow ideals, false oases<br />

Will betray you<br />

No one will hold you.<br />

Your adorned gods and goddesses<br />

Sitting in crowded bazaars<br />

January-March 2012 :: 153

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