A SEARCH FOR HE INDIANS

I must see my country

I made up my mind to see India

traveling from  the south to the extreme North,

 from  Kanyakumari to the Himalayas .

I started from the Cape to the Western Ghats

wherefrom I eyed on Kerala;

I enjoyed there the nature’s beauty

but I could see no Indians there!

I left behind Kerala

and reached Karnataka,

Tamilnadu and other northern states.

At last I reached in Kailas

the northern most and

the highest region of India.

Standing atop the  Himalayas

 I saw the renowned India!

In my journey I could see

the Christians, Muslims,

Jews and Parsees, Buddhists, Jains

Sikhs and the Hindus.

Again I could see

Malayalees and Madrasis,

Kashmiris and Bengalees

But I could not see

the people called Indians there!

I could see only the ones

in their respective garbs of religions
and the regions.
I could see only the diversities
and a country with the old civilization
broken up into fragments
by narrow communal walls.