Hakim ka Farz - Poem Hindustani - हाकिम / حاکم
Channel: owais sarvasukhsevaka
Date: 18/05/2012

This is a new Hindustani (Hindi - Urdu) poem from me.

This is my mildly satirical take on the populism rampant in our modern political scenario where the strategy of "bread and circuses" rules...   

And lest it be imputed that I am, per se, against the politicians (a la Team Anna), I am not.  I believe in the paramountcy and sovereignty of the people; not of the state, or of the ephemeral rulers of that institution.  (Recall: We, the people of India, having solemnly resolved...  India is borne of the Indians, not vice versa).  I, therefore, am led to the belief that we get the rulers we deserve...    जैसा दूध, तैसा मक्खन...  

As an aside, let me mention that I would much have liked the supposed Gandhian (who believes in beating up tipplers- a tactic more Salafist / Talibanesque than Indian / Hindu!) to have behaved more like Gandhi, and gone bottom-up, by working on building the national character.