Do the right thing
Sweet childhood memories I have
Of my father say, "do the right thing"
"What's the right thing?" I asked
He taught me manners and behaviour
Quoted the scriptures as our saviour
"Doing the right thing" weighed heavier
The more I tried to live the prescriptions
The more confused I got with the right thing
Heard a lot about our dharma in life
Mutually conflicting they oft created strife
Confusion in my mind still remained rife
What's the right thing? I always asked
For our country, a constitution we created
A common dream for our nation we initiated
Amendments we made as we tread
Vote banks were made, havoc we spread
We traded charges "I am right you are wrong"
We argue and repeat, like a burden of a song
Don't mess with our democratic institution
"Do the right thing", follow the constitution
Constitution envisioned social equality
Preferential implementations led to duality
We dreamt to create an egalitarian society
One that was, based on social homogeneity
Strife and conflicts were bound to happen
Navigating choppy seas was for the captain
Blame game, rights and wrongs flew thick
"Constitution is the right thing", still will stick
Our constitution envisaged economic equity
Poor and hungry faces, are all there to pity
Rich got richer and poor had no hopes
All in power profited and left no scopes
Promises of roti, kapada, makan they got
Hollow as the promise, misery it wrought
"What is the right thing?" I asked again
Constitution is the right thing", to begin
Equidistant, is constitution from all religions
Religion has become mother of all divisions
A strictly private affair of our personal life
Is writ large on public spaces, creating strife
Noisy and vocal it has come to become
Taking spirituality out of its main outcome
"What is the right thing", let us decide
Constitution is "the right thing" let us abide
Rajiv Singh
Noida
12th January 2020
Do the right thing
Sweet childhood memories I have
Of my father say, "do the right thing"
"What's the right thing?" I asked
He taught me manners and behaviour
Quoted the scriptures as our saviour
"Doing the right thing" weighed heavier
The more I tried to live the prescriptions
The more confused I got with the right thing
Heard a lot about our dharma in life
Mutually conflicting they oft created strife
Confusion in my mind still remained rife
What's the right thing? I always asked
For our country, a constitution we created
A common dream for our nation we initiated
Amendments we made as we tread
Vote banks were made, havoc we spread
We traded charges "I am right you are wrong"
We argue and repeat, like a burden of a song
Don't mess with our democratic institution
"Do the right thing", follow the constitution
Constitution envisioned social equality
Preferential implementations led to duality
We dreamt to create an egalitarian society
One that was, based on social homogeneity
Strife and conflicts were bound to happen
Navigating choppy seas was for the captain
Blame game, rights and wrongs flew thick
"Constitution is the right thing", still will stick
Our constitution envisaged economic equity
Poor and hungry faces, are all there to pity
Rich got richer and poor had no hopes
All in power profited and left no scopes
Promises of roti, kapada, makan they got
Hollow as the promise, misery it wrought
"What is the right thing?" I asked again
Constitution is the right thing", to begin.
Equidistant, is constitution from all religions
Religion has become mother of all divisions
A strictly private affair of our personal life
Is writ large on public spaces, creating strife
Noisy and vocal it has come to become
Taking spirituality out of its main outcome
"What is the right thing", let us decide
Constitution is "the right thing" let us abide
Rajiv Singh
Noida
12th January 2020
