Bhaarat : The Reality
भारत समिधा सत्य अहिंसा एक असे असहाय करी वदनी परिचय तव आता सत् शोधून तव काय Context: Somewhere in my early 20s when I was passing through some really difficult times I wrote a poem. The lines came out spontaneously and unknowingly at that moment when someone very dear and close to me criticized India. Essentially the criticism was how India will never improve, how western countries are “more civilized “, how life is more meaningful in these civilized societies etc etc. Over the years I have pondered over these lines again and again. There are some things that spring out of you that make you wonder how in the world did I put this in words? I didn’t have the qualifications to write this. Certainly not when I was barely 22. These were the lines: भारत समिधा सत्य अहिंसा एक असे असहाय करी वदनी परिचय तव आता सत् शोधून तव काय What do the words mean: Bhaa-rat the Sanskrit name for India is a composite of two words. Bhaa (भा)means divine light. Rat( रत) means to revel ...
