Locked Red Door, A monument…!.
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A locked Red Door.
Yes, friends,
I am reminded,
It was a locked red door like this.
Year, somewhere in early sixties,
I, a young sales engineer then,
From Bombay, on official duty,
Walking along, near Pune railway station,
Came across an old Heritage like Building,
With a prominent looking fairly big Name board,
In Devnagari, announcing that
It was a “Free” reading Library for Public,
A government sponsored generous project.
As I go near it,
I find the entrance door to it, locked,
With a big tumbler lock,
Like this same photograph,
And a notice, pasted on the side,
Again in Devnagari, informing
That the free library is presently closed,
For lack of funds!
After about six months,
I again pass that way,
Near the library,
To find that
The same state of affair persists,
Only the dust has obliged & freely painted
The Name Board, door & lock,
With the notice in place,
Still doing its job..
I wonder, if this Library was to be closed,
Why did they not remove,
The Name board of the Library itself,
A wiser thing to do,
Instead of pasting the shabby notice.
Is it that they did not have funds, even
For expenses to remove the name Board,
And pasting notice was a cheaper option…?
What was the sanctity of starting
A “Free Library”,
Why was the “free” Library,
Started in the first place,
If funds were a problem.
And to fool whom?
Why should the building be kept rotting
Without proper use,
Who is benefited?
Such & so many questions.
Yes, to me friends,
This picture is a monument & a symbol,
Of so many free schemes
For public welfare & public benefit, launched,
Advertised & inaugurated with big fanfare,
Which have met with death in infancy,
By an indiscreet notice pasted on the side,
And the door closed & locked indignantly.
The Name Boards have however remained in place,
Although, may be very dusty & rusty now.
But the names of these Welfare schemes
Have continued to figure in Politician’s Manifesto.
Of past achievements, during election .……!.
” VishVnand”
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Comments
Vishvanandji, you have put together a beautiful set of english lines, but while reading these lines they feel to be lost, though at the very end they all of a sudden bring sense to the poem, like surprise surprise.
The Imagination put in this poem is very good and it is as better as it can get.I suppose the Independence day has made you think towards this poem and has brought out the daring idea. Your sense of patriotism reflected totally here.The poem is good and deserves * * * *
सही अर्थों में यह कविता नहीं है,क्योंकि यह पद्य ज़्यादा लगाती है अन्तिम पंक्तियों को छोड़कर, पर भाव सुंदर हैं और यही भाव एक कविता को जन्म देते हैं और ऐसा ही इस कविता में भी हुआ है.बंद दरवाज़े के एक तरफ़ शासन-प्रशासन है और दूसरी तरफ़ आम-निरीह जनता है और कमाल यह है की फिर भी देश चल रहा है.
Retired senior engineering, marketing & operations management Executive with Passion for & deeply interested in reading & listening to all varieties of poetry & songs and in particular those rendered in Hindi/Hindustani. Also interested in & love reciting & rendering my own poems/compositions & songs on various subjects, composing tunes for songs and singing. Love to & adept at playing Harmonium as accompaniment to singing & also as accompaniment to others performing.
Location: Pune & Mumbai
beautifully written with great imagination and skill.
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