Down with dog position, locust

Cobra, standing tree

I am the motherland expanding

Pregnancy unplanned in the 21st

Century

More than our people, our culture

Our country, I'm ALCHEMY

Raag main taal, rhythm and

Melody

Conceived when Shiva breathe the

Kiss which died on the lips of his

Bride Parvati

Desi, Gora, Kala I'm every grain of

Rice in your Basmati, every spice in

Your Garam Masala

I'm the turmeric stain on your

Gandmother's hands

I'm eena meena dika die dama

Nika retika flames on your penial

Gland

I'm the mala beads slipping

Through her fingers like display

Seed of sands through an hour

Glass

I'm the jigsaw made from the

Shattered fragments of the past

Pieced together in a way that

Works for us

A billion strong and uprising and

It's impossible to ignore us

The interwoven of

Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada

Marathi, Hindi, Kashmiri

Malayalam, Nepali, Punjabi

Sindhi, Telugu, Tamil or Urdu

Ginger, Chilly and Garlic

Brahmin, Kshatriya, Dalit… Touch

Me for I'm no longer untouchable

Capable, practically inescapable

No longer unaccountable

I'm an accountant, I programme

Your IT

I'm the Chai, Latte, Ice Tea

That the Chai Wala stares at

Moongfalis…

He sighs . On the rise of the

Middle class whispering their

Upwardly mobile mantra

Thank God almighty, I am free at

Last

I sing "Tumhi ho mata Hindustan"

As I smoke beedis, chew paan and

Watch Bollywood DVDS starring

Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh

Khan

Remixing Prayanaam by

Whispering my mantra "I am a

Disco dancer" under my breathe. Profound, primitive and

Superstitious. Spread of Canada to

Australia, Trinidad to Mauritius…

I will always be INDIA

The impoverished child that bangs

The window of your ambassador

Car

The old man who instead of

Clapping his hands simply says

"Arree WAAAAHHHH"

I am Saraswati whose veena was

Later remixed into the shape of a

Sitar just like "Om mane padme

Hum " of the tabla drum became

The "ta teri kit…tera te…" to turn

Tables and a mixer

I am the rickshawala

I have the white Tiger, a survivor

Rising up in the drive to progress

I am the distressed heart of Delhi

Calcutta's cloaked streets

Bombay's blocked arteries and an

Accumulation of stress…yessss!

I am HINDUSTAN

In the land of Ustad Ali Akbar

Khan and Kaun Banega Crorepati

Krishnamurthy, Vivekananda

Tagore and Arundhati, and pot

Bellied

Elephant headed superhero

Ganpati

Om Shanti…

I am the monk's saffron rope. I am

The scent of the cinnamon

Cardamom, clove. I am the air

Thick with the rain and the funk of

The monsoon

I am the silver moon that Shiva

Wears for hair clip

I am the unsanctioned love

Marriage between Bharatnatyam

And backflip

Converse trainers under Kurta

Pajama and salwaar kameez

I am the thunder of the storms on

The horizon weeping the solidified

Tears of Rudraksha beads

I am ALCHEMY