river saraswati dries
Parading india creates man
During peace,parading india accelrates breathing
During war,parading india stops enemies' breathing
Such miracle is india
When war is thrust upon
Parading india wins war
During peace,prading india accelrates breathing
During war,parading india stops enemies' breathing
Such miracle is india
When epidemic is thrust upon
parading india evolves panacea
During peace,parading india accelrates breathing
During war,parading india stops enemies' breathing
Such miracle is india
When recession is thrust upon
Parading india prepares gravitating metal-filled astronomical bodies
During peace,parading india accelrates breathing
During war,parading india stops enemies' breathing
Such miracle is india
India used to
be wonder land; now China
is land of wonders!
711.
Prayer to Mary:
Our Lady in India
Hail Mary, patron of certain places
You are our Mother, our Queen, our Patroness
The Our Lady of Ransom – Our Lady in India
Bless this place & its people, oh Ave Maria
Take care of India, our beloved Mother
By God's will, be its nurturer now & hereafter
Look after India, our respected Queen
By God's power, be its protector against darkness & sin.
Amen.
-10/11/2019
(Dumarao)
*Prayers to Mary as the Our Lady of Special Places
India is our motherland
We have cold places and desert sand
It's not too hot
It's not to cold
Our culture is vast
Our religions are old
The people here are funny
We cook a lot of dishes
Our languages are many
We fulfill each others' wishes
We give everyone a chance
And do different kinds of dance
India is my country
It is rich in diversity
Our history and our past
So so very vast
Our Air force, Army, Navy
Are all very wise
We respect them
For they have saved our lives
the first glimmers of morning
are reflected on the lake in Jaipur
temple dancers-devadasi
in a tangle of hands and long-haired shadows
welcome the new day like cobras...
while women on the shore (blow after blow)
are pounding their laundry –
they want to punish life…
LIFE which is neither bad nor good
just flows like water…
China refusing to kowtow
Trump bends over backward to bow,
Blaming ‘no good’ media
For powwow with India
Whose time in world he feels is now,
Yet, wearing horse's blinds,
He hardly knows nor finds
How his own time’s ticking somehow.
____________________________
Happenings | 01.06.2026 | American, India, political, humour, Limerick
Note: At long last it dawns on Trump that ‘India’s time in the world is now’—suddenly after downplaying the country for long-- imposing 50 percent tariff, calling it a hellhole, cozying up with Pakistan against India, undermining QUAD agenda…Why this late realization? Perhaps, after failing to get a much-anticipated warm hug from China’s XI, reality has dawned on him at last.
When India became a Republic,
The Constitution laws were made public;
We recall freedom fighters and leaders,
Through sacrifices, they were peace seekers;
Duties of national subjects made clear,
Justice, liberty, dignity, no fear;
"Unity in diversity" flaunted
Through parades where states take part undaunted;
Let's follow what the Constitution cites
About responsibilities and rights;
Republic Day encourages us all
To build our nation and make it stand tall;
The future lies in the hands of our youth,
Let's work hard together to grow in truth.
one ganges, one india
living, dying with ganges, self born out of ganges
full stream ganges is india, auric ganges is india
ganges now muddy water, now clean water
ganges now bubbling heart of India, now life-blood of india
ganges now nature twilight, now civil twilight
ganges now forming rock at bottom, now forming balancing act of stones at shore
ganges now solved, unsolved family members' faced rupik's cube
now several sided globe meeting river and river
living, dying with ganges, self born out of ganges
full stream ganges is india, auric ganges is india
India’s caste still decides our dignity—
Not just apathy, but our lived condition,
We react the moment we perceive another’s identity.
The rage of symbols distracts us;
Language flares—
Wounding the non-native.
Our sphere dreams of “Viksit Bharat”,
But it doesn’t rhyme with reality—
We still breathe in the same old Bharat,
With the same claims, yet to combat (discrimination).
As we undergo vicissitudes, knowledge of boundless skies—
Which uplifts us every single time
Like bilingual voices flowing into a multilingual style,
Soaking every vein of mine.
So—educate! Agitate! Liberate!
For in the human rage of this world,
We are sunken in discrimination, differentiation, and segregation;
At every stage.
Come—let us do good, be good,
And stand as one among others.
Red car
Red light
Bomb blast
Dream past
Soulless
Heartless
Crime chime
Pain bane
Once I was trapped just as a pet,
And let them do what they set.
Some people call me dirtiest place,
They do not know about the race.
Race of development, race of grace,
Race of making a perfect face.
I got freedom years before,
Yet not properly - the truth is sour.
A day I will reach so high,
And thus I will keep to try.
Thank you, India!
Thanks for your skill with fabric.
Thanks for your looms of magic.
For centuries in our World,
Your cotton threads were firmly twirled.
Thanks for clothes that keep us warm,
That help save us from the storm,
But there is one swatch that brings me joy.
Hail to that awesome wonder,
Beautiful, beautiful corduroy.
Thank you.
Bravest Sons of India – Neuve-Chapelle, 1915.
(Linking Pin Sonnet – Dr. Joseph Spence Sr. Style)
India’s sons marched where guns roared in flame,
Flame lit their path as the Lahore men onward pressed,
Pressed with the Meerut through wire none could tame,
Tamed only by hearts in brave Garhwal dressed.
Dressed for the storm, Gurkha steel cut the way,
Way through the fire where the Kaiser’s men stood,
Stood firm for the flag in that Flanders day,
Day paid in blood for the world’s greater good.
Good men they were, yet no grave bears their name,
Name clearly carved instead on memorial white,
White stone in France tells the tale of their fame,
Famed in the East, now in every nations’ sight.
Sight holds their valor where red poppies still sway,
Swayed by the winds, they march with us today.
© USA Goodwill Ambassador, Professor Dr. Jospeh S. Spence Sr. August 12, 2025. All Rights Reserved.
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India known to be finest economy
But dead economy echoes nation-wide
India known to be military might
But india is outweaponised by enemy's hypersonic jets
India known to be emerging hindu nation
But no reincarnation,no salvation
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india's highest peak expedition without getting eaten alive
Into the thin air,out of thin air
India ascent to mount everest
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