By Badri RainaEquality before the law
Is a fine idea,
But propagated unequally
By an unequal media.
And judges are wise not to speak
In mechanical voice;
Justice demands that lordships weigh
Who stacks the dice.
Most citizens know their place
In the scheme of things;
Most are pedestrians,
A third float on wings.
Justice wears a bandana
All across her eyes,
Too embarrassed to observe
How the lay of the land lies.
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Badri Raina is a well-known commentator on politics, culture and society. His columns on the Znet have a global following. Raina taught English literature at the University of Delhi for over four decades and is the author of the much acclaimed Dickens and the Dialectic of Growth. He has several collections of poems and translations. His writings have appeared in nearly all major English dailies and journals in India.
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