| LONG LIVE LIBERTY !! (on the sixtieth anniversary of India's independence) |
| We are a peopl of peerless unity Come what may we've pledged solidarity Though some of us may demand A separate Dalitland It testifies only to our sheer diversity - Long Live Fraternity ! Ours is a land of love affinity Among all faiths now there is abiding amity Hindu, Muslim and Sikhs In our parliament intermix And deliberate amicably to remove hostility - Cheers to Secularity ! Ours is country that values integrity We allow no favours to any caste-community We have reserved various positions For Adivasis and Harijans Just to demonstrate to the world our impartiality Long live equality ! We are a race under no one's captivity And when time comes we shall defy gravity Though we have joint collaborations For which we borrow foreign loans That does not mean we feed on charity Kudos to sovereignty ! We are a nation of growing prosperity We have plenty of reserves to fight calamity And we produce so much rice That we export at cheap price For starvation deaths have become a rarity Three cheers sovereignty ! Ours is a nation that is all magnaminity We regard warfare as sheer absurdity Even if our neighbours Meddle with our affairs We ignore their antics to maintain amity Long live liberty !! |