The (S)Cream of the Nation

As you move up the economic ladder

Exclusion of the other is the order

Air-conditioned travel

Gated community marvel

Spic and span neighborhood

May be lacking in brotherhood

For the well-heeled, holidays and vacations

For the commoner, even the roads look like excavations.

 

Sensors and push buttons in the bathroom

Even a private bath for some there is no room

The talk is all about inclusion

The action is all about exclusion

Fatalism, is it merely a notion?

For the majority, there seems to be no other option

 

Toil toil toil for one or two square meal

If you get that regularly it is a big deal

Jai Jawan Jai Kisan a mere slogan

By our leaders, best of Bollywood showmen?

Dreams of trillions the name of the game

For the majority, conditions have remained the same.

Angst and guilt rake up the brain

Will you dismiss all this as one non-sensical claim?