{"id":188693,"date":"2021-07-26T12:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T11:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=188693"},"modified":"2021-07-11T05:15:20","modified_gmt":"2021-07-11T04:15:20","slug":"who-are-you-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2021\/07\/who-are-you-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Are You"},"content":{"rendered":"

Who are you is a question often asked
\nAre you a poet, are you a scholar
\nOr are you an unknown Rebel or a lawyer
\nWho changes his clients place \u2014 his foyer<\/p>\n

Have you been banished from your Party
\nOr has your wife given you a push out?
\nNever had a home for the twenty odd year
\nSo how can I\u00a0\u00a0be pushed out from a nowhere<\/p>\n

I myself try to know my own identity
\nMy name, where I was born, in which city
\nName and place of birth are easy to find
\nDifficult to know the drift of one\u2019s mind<\/p>\n

Are you a pacifist, a spiritualist
\nBut what do these terms mean
\nWhat gives you true happiness
\nor compassion or kindness<\/p>\n

Not only to other humans
\nBut to other creatures
\nOr to the environment
\nTo the hills, lakes and rivers<\/p>\n

A blooming garden is a joy for children
\nFour legged creatures, or species with wings
\nLet us not forget the squirrels or butterflies
\nEven without\u00a0their colour they can create rings<\/p>\n

Now that COVID 19 rages full strength
\nHave you got the vaccine by the immune injection
\nOr its scarcity or absence driven you to the drain
\nNot to worry, I have got the jab in rain<\/p>\n

So my friends, you know enough of me
\nAnd my name and number added to the healthy list
\nNow go to the forests, look for the tigers needing a prick
\nBefore they escape you\u00a0by doing a trick<\/p>\n

Many people have died due to COVID
\nTigers are important creatures, go and give them a prick
\n______________________________________________<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/em>Dr Ravi P Bhatia is a member of the TRANSCEND Network for Peace Development Environment<\/a>, an<\/em> educationist, Gandhian scholar and peace researcher. Retired professor, Delhi University. His new book, <\/em>A Garland of Ideas\u2014Gandhian, Religious, Educational, Environmental was published recently in Delhi.<\/em> ravipbhatia@gmail.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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