When Will We Learn?

Hundreds of sewerage workers die 

In filthy gutters, as they risk their lives 

Families wait, but they don't return

If this is a lesson, when will we learn? 

The fire engines run dry...

Fires in which thousands die 

A country that continues to burn 

If this is a lesson, when will we learn? 

Schools in which there is no book... 

Mid-day meals, but no food to cook...

Teachers unpaid, their stomachs churn ...

If this is a lesson, when will we learn?

Daddy doesn't work, there are no jobs...

Hungry kids to feed, he loots and robs... 

Ache din, the heart still yearns 

If this is a lesson, when will we learn?

The Statues stand tall, and the temples fill with glory

Ram against Rahim; Joseph against Jaspal - the current story

There is no record of laborers dead on their way home,

If this is a lesson when will we learn?

These must be the "achee din" we were promised

*not intended to offend or oppose any party-