Mystic Land

India, the ancient mystic mother of the east

has birthed and sustained myriad mysteries:

Every possible human thought stream

sages who deciphered the nature of reality –

Charvaka, Advaita, Buddha and sutras,

Ayurveda, Siddha and Kama sutra,

sensuality and spirituality side by side,

imagination stretching puranas that delight,

a hundred different flapping tongues ,

frolicking intricate ragas and graceful blending mudras

gut-rocking folk music and dances,

grains galore, spices special and strange fruits,

exquisite cuisines and a melange of cultural traditions,

rain forests, shrill shrubs, towering pines and fertile land

snow mountains, curling rivers, vast plains and arid land,

assimilating cultures and beliefs of other lands

influencing every other cultures’ thought-strands.

Diversity and plurality – the essence of our motherland

celebrate and preserve we must with genuine patriotism,  

unshackle we must parochial thoughts and nationalism

fetters of inequality, injustice and superstitions.