Sanjeev-Vani

When Ravana roared at Bharatha,
When the brother was bruised,
Bajrang Bali flew high and brought Sanjeevani of the mountains.
When Gouri was caged in Lanka,
Anjaneya rose high and won freedom by fire.
When skeptics questioned the trust,
Vayuputra tore open his chest.
No diamonds, no crowns stood before the faithful grace.
The spirit of the higher mountains, Kailasa, lived within him.

The rural Bharatha is still waking up to Digital India.
The kids left behind still learning to count to the GDP numbers.
Cold-blooded horrors filled the headings.
Beheadings and headings marched and morphed into the brands.
The rivers wept for the water while the spirit of Kailasa waited in frozen.
Smoggy clouds drenched the awareness with darkness.
The flesh of Bharathaputra was lynched on village fields.
Tender grass, yet to see the meadows, marked in bloody red.

Cold-blooded horrors filled the headings.
Beheadings and headings marched and morphed into the brands.
My documents got burned when cities were buried in hate.
Some said those brands were cancerous cells.
Some burned the identities and called others anti-nationals.
Many waited in line to prove they were worthy nationals.
Many waited in line to attest their life savings were not black.

The Dal bulldozed the Bali, the spirit of the higher mountains.
Undocumented humanity still has not found its line.
The bullets took the life of Gouri in Bangalore streets.
The voice (Vani) of Sanjeev was stifled and jailed at Sabarmati.
Many crossed the Laxmana Rekha of brotherhood.

Many nails tore the chest of Bharatha with hate and division.

Families and beloved ones are looking for Anjaneya.
They are praying to tear open the walls of injustice.
Sanjeev and Sajeevabharath are still looking for their rightful voice.
In tears, Anjanaputra searches again for Sanjeevani to heal the brothers
He often tore open the chest in pain while we overlooked the grace.
In grace, students and commoners raised their banners.
In our prayers, we will bring the brothers together.
In our hope, Anjaneya will bring Sanjeevani to heal the brothers.

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- Dedicated to Gauri Lankesh/Sanjeev Bhatt many other brave souls around us.