Jai Garib Ki

In a shroud of secrecy

The halwa eaters

Waste their intelligence.

Yet another exercise in

Re-distributive justice.

The whole act reminds one of

The Panchatantra tale of

The monkey and the two cats.

The monkey representative

Of the powerful and the wealthy

And the cats, rest of the country.

It is time for baat Mann ki

Sahebs ka vikas, rest can go sarvanaash.

Our Bharat Matas left more vulnerable

Barely able to eke out a living.

Slogans reverberate Jai Garib ki

And a prayer, return our bad days

Beseeching the monkey.