My Dream for India

Like martin Luther king jr. said I have a dream,
 Caste based reservation gone for the cream;
 Where scams aren’t the only thing you hear about,
 Black money not making politicians’ kids stout;
 Where religious diktats don’t rule the minds,
 And not cause riots with violence of all kinds;
 Where the political parties work for the cause,
 The noble dream of independence that it was;
 Where hatred does not nicely fetch you votes,
 Speeches in rallies aren’t full of empty quotes;
 Where sacrifice for the nation is looked at with awe,
 Not as if you had an academic flaw;
 Where the potential of a man is truly probed,
 Not just pay the good graduate beautifully robed;
 Where the positions of responsibility are filled with a diligent lot,
 And with crammers and bribers of any sorts not;
 Where the poor don’t feel so badly oppressed,
 And farmers don’t commit suicide depressed;
 Where meaningless universities don’t decrease the value of education,
 Meagre paying jobs not killing hardworking students’ motivation;
 Where natural disasters aren’t used to campaign for election,
 And parliamentary blame game doesn't hinder India’s super power transformation;
 Where girls aren’t killed while still in the wombs,
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