Whiz-kid Indians from Silicon Valley—
They went to meet the President;
To him they said, “in profit to USA,
Long we have been resident;
So do what you will with the Latinos,
Or with dangerous Muslim immigrants,
We Hindus are exceptional,
So give us all the HB Ones.”
“So would you cheer a yankee team
Playing Indians on a tour?
Or the star-spangled banner raise
When Mr. Modi visits our shore?”
“Mr. President, how could we such things do,
Hindutva being our political goal?
In America we swell the Treasury,
But Bharat is our heart and soul.”
“So then be true to Savarkar
Who Hindutva gave to you:
Be born here first and worship here—
Your Motherland and harbor true.
Will you then worship our god,
And abjure Mathura, Ayodhya?
Do what you ask Muslims and Christians to do
Back there in the Republic of India?
If not, then we say to you
Pack your bags for Hindustan,
Just as you ask the Muslims there
To pack their bags for Pakistan.”
Last we heard Hindus are
Chewing on Trump-talk hard;
Their chant of “Modi, Modi” may soon give way
To “Donald Trump, Zindabad.”
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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