Long Live Mera Bharat

Corridors of power wear a deserted look

Footballs on marble floors have reduced

Slush funds sealed, doors remain closed

Rogues turned gentlemen in dhotis, boots

Denied entry swinging briefcases full

Moisturized palms, turning rough, and dry

Sit in their chambers eating humble pie

Critics say more needs to be plugged

Hey! ...overnight nothing can be done 

'Rome wasn't built in a day' as the adage

goes; reform results may seem slow

The hard soil is being vigorously raked

Weeds, rocks, boulders being uprooted 

Thrown aside, to irrigate new channels

Hits and misses are in every game

Sometimes even huge risks taken

Outright may seem preposterous 

Some tall trees may need to be felled

Ground beneath may feel unstable

Wagging tongues may poison spread

Goodwill come out of honest efforts

Please don't so easily give up on them

Mere Bharat will return to its former glory