A Tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

 Author: Joy D'Penha    

Title: A Tribute to Rajiv Gandhi

Year: 1991



When Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated the author was truly disturbed by the way he was killed because he was a young Prime Minister and had a great ambition to change India's future for the best.  This poem was also published in the daily Indian Newspaper - The Mid-Day, Bombay. 


To be an Indian is now of  great shame

Cause democracy has played a dirty game

Killing innocent lives, that helped build a nation

Among them was Rajiv Gandhi the light of the 21st creation


With a charming young dynamic leadership in him

Was foreseen the future of India within

A smile on his face kept things cool

He used it as his non-violent tool


He risked his life for a new India

And walked across to meet the media

But some illiterate, cruel, cowardly minds of rust

Had no respect for humanity and misused hsi trust


Peace and harmony was his everlasting aim

But nwo it seems to be of mere name

A leader to occupy this vast gap

Is hard to find in India's map


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