THE RESERVATION DIVIDE

India is my country, all Indians are my brothers and sisters.
I love my country and I am proud of it's rich and varied heritage. I shall always strive to be worthy of it.
I shall give my parents, teachers and all elders respect and treat everyone with courtesy.
To my country and my people, I pledge my devotion.
In their well-being and prosperity alone lies my happiness.

Remember this pledge we used to rattle out at the school assembly every morning.
While the wordplay tends to rake up patriotic emotions, the present day interpretations have greatly abused the very spirit of freedom that you and I always thought was our fundamental right. Now I dont know where "my" country really is and who "my" people are.
All I see around me is divide and despair.
I can hear the death knell of this so called undying spirit.....
I fear for our kin and the future generations..
The distant ring is now clear in my ears


One ring to rule us all
One ring to find Us
One ring to divide us all
And in the Darkness, blind us....

There is no Frodo or Sam or a Fellowship ready to take up this quest.
There is no Gandalf or Aragon to guide them...
And there is no elven ship that can take us all to the safe west either....
All I see is Saurons, Sarumans, Ringwraiths and Hordes of Orcs waiting to plunder us...

May the Force be with us all in these troubled times.......