Where is the need to worry now,
When the Lord watches over us?—
He peers from walls and lampposts,
His care is ubiquitous.
What god did ever reveal himself
With tireless insistence?
What fools were ever rewarded
With hair-raising recompense?
Savour, o mere mortals,
This moment with embrace;
Miracles are never here to stay,
They come and go apace.
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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