Nationhood is ..........., screams Charkha Dutt
No, that's your nation not mine, .......thunders Gaurav Goswami
We shiver, we crumple, we are fleetingly numb
Yet your noise can't make us deaf or dumb.
U define our nation, .........and what counts as nationhood?
Where lies your nation making?
In building blocks of TRP?
Flip the pages of history, look how all of us lived.
The muga blossomed near the jamdani,
The kantha bonded with tasser.
The kanjeevarams beckoned the Benarasis
The bandhni danced with Maheshwaris
The ikat etched friendship with paithani
The garod glorified the Parsi Gara
Demureness is our legacy
India's glorious tradition
No matter where we lived.
No matter what we draped.
Demureness was in valour
Of great queens of Malwa,Jhansi, Chittor
Demureness was in grandeur
Demureness was in splendour
Of great queens of Jaipur, Trichy, Mysore...
Come, Demure Drapes, rise and shine ever brighter
Tell our sisters , brothers
The weft and warp of our culture
The threads that wove us together.
beautiful Kashmir, Kutch with Tripura
Patiala, Punj and Chapra.
Drown noises that tear us, break our hearts asunder
Do we need their homilies, ugly preachment for candor...
Amrita Chakraborty
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