Monday, October 21, 2019

bal swayamsevak, child volunteer




they came in the dalit colony
with the slogan of samarasata,
integration of all castes into a single community
called Hindu.

first they put a chocolate
in the pocket of his khakhi chaddi.

then a piece of chalk.

quite like a child,
he scribbled in the black-board a line
he had learnt from his school-going elder sister:

‘India is my country and all Indians are my brothers and sisters.’

they were startled at the child’s natural sense of fraternity !

‘these children must first be taught the stories of good and evil’ :
Aryas and Anaryas, Devas and Danavas, Suras and Asuras.
Ramas and Rakshasas, Adityas and Daityas ,Sadharmis and Vidharmis,    

very proudly he now thrusts a trishool,
a trident into his white shirt’s pocket.
and goes with great zeal in his shakha’s early morning shibirs.
as a bal swayam sevak of samrasata andolan.
a child volunteer for integration campaign.

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