Hindu

Indus was also a name
add one prefix of “H”
and remove the last “s”
and a Hindu is born
I do not stay near Indus
it is little away
from my rational mind’s 
calculation of distance
it can be near
if i drop my mistaken identity
I may still be a Hindu
even if the river is far
Copyright © | Year Posted 2014

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