You Disrobed the Temple

Forget all the loot of the past
 Forget all the heirlooms and jewels
 Forget all the gold and family silver
 Stolen, sold, resold, melted, moulded and parked away.

This time,
 Twentysecond July 2008
 You went for the jugular of our faith
 You disrobed the Temple
 You stripped it of its dignity
 You pillaged its ethics
 You sacked its morality
 You pilloried its truth
 You hung its conscience upside down
 By stacking naked greed on the table.

The Reichstag was set on fire like this once
 But your shenanigan will come to naught.

From the high dome of justice that crown
 The one hundred and fortyfour columns of the Temple
 The trauma, pain and anguish of the earthy millions
 The eyes that mirror the Lok
 THE FURY OF THEIR WRATH
 Will make the netted shibboleths in stones above
 Rain upon you.

Who elected you?
 Whom do you represent?
 Whose Parliament is it?
 Who is above The People?
 Your answers are meaningless now
 The will of the people will prevail.
 You will pay for this!
 You will pay for this!

The Blue Chakra juggernaut
 That transcends timelines
 And flies from above the Temple colonnade
 Will catch up with you soon
 The will of the people will prevail.
 You will pay for this!
 You will pay for this!

July 29, 2008
 New Delhi Suhas Borker

[Suhas Borker is an independent documentary filmmaker and convener of the Working Group on Alternative Strategies based in New Delhi. He can
be e-mailed at suhasborker@gmail.com]

(Courtesy: The Statesman)