October 2008 
Year 15    No.135
Voices


Good Non-Resident Indians 

Badri Raina 

 

Good Non-Resident Indians,

They live off Christian land;

but why Indian Christians

may be bashed

they fully understand. 

Good Non-Resident Indians,

they prosper in the Emirate;

but poor Indian Muslims

may not be trusted

in the Indian state. 

Good Non-Resident Indians

Non-Indian wealth enhance;

they invest not in India,

except the temples they finance. 

Good Non-Resident Indians,

they are Indian to the core;

but they will not live in India,

they love the dollar more. 

(From Modest Proposal and other Rhymes for the Times, SAHMAT, Delhi, 2000.)

 


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