Quoting, Groans of Paradox.

      Quoting, Groans of Paradox.

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‘’In my country of a plethora of party flags,

  Banners, cut outs and posters,

  The statues of gods and men,

  Are richly clad or painted in gold .

  But marriage proposals here and there,

  Are broken for shortage of a sovereign.

  My country is rich, but my people are poor.

  For politics has a passion for poverty,

  As votes pour in from the woes of the poor.

  Our dams may deplete; but our scams are replete.

  There is little water for the summer’s thirst.

  There is enough though, at the bars all over .

  But my people are pathetically poor,

  Despite the daily, free flow of money,

  From the maternity wards to the mortuaries’’.

                                                    P.Chandrasekaran.