~”Aren’t We Secular?…”  

 
 
 
 
 
 
… says this bit frail, shrilly pitched lady  
with  sorta misleading timidity in her voice..  
only to be nailing in solid gritty as iron..  
yes, this Henry Kissinger’s ‘Iron Lady’ -  
truly befitting her life & time…  
 
 
 
nothing political to draw .. just  
a sfumato of her life as a portrait..  
in an earthier organic merging  
hues merging seamless  
with nature..  
 
 
in a beautiful Mona Lisa smile  
she carried ever .. her determined  
 eyes in a lasering focus ever..  
synergistic are their beaming ..  
with an infectiousness of her  
majestic eloquence & many  
an unwavering stance from  
the braving warring times  
to the weedy terrorisms ..  
 
 
 
always clad in a simple saree  
of the traditional handloomed  
cotton or silk weavers of the nation..  
Indira’s silver streaked greyey hairs    
glowing her wisdom.. she  
walked majestic as the lioness  
& a mother of this huge &  
diverse nation..  
 
 
even during her brutal assassination  
of taking in 30 bullets.. as a bloody ballad  
of bullets .. in point blank.. in split seconds  
by my her own bodyguards.. firstly a 0.38  
revolver’s triple shots into her abdomen..  
& then the more brutal .. 30 rounds  
of Sten submachine gun..again  
cleaving bleeding her  
abdomen ..  
 
 
yet..she still survives..lives eternal  
her legacy. . in the hearts n soul  
of the crores of simplistic people .  
. of this massive so- secular nation ..  
that even assassinated the Father  
of the Nation.. “ Hey Ram..,” as he  
lastly spells, he falls down dead ..  
 the ever peaceful even in death ~ the  
Mahatma Gandhi ..  shot thrice  
in chest, stomach & thigh.. by  
Godse ..  
 
 
 seems even the Mahatma’s  
Himalayan whites of acing peace ..  
are stained in red ever… as so  
Indira’s Gritty risen resolute brave  
form that she was.. being bled out  
by anger or vengeance .. or political  
sabotage.. in the name of religion  
or such .. or is it just the hard  
designs of fate .. to these eternal  
diamonds  
 
 
 
& now.. may i ask the titular  
question yet again..  
 
,”Aren’t we secular?”  
 
 
(those same words Indira spelt  
when asked prior by agencies..to  
remove her bodyguards those  
that shot her…)  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
P:s  
 
This is a small scribble yet one of my close to heart write of tribute to Indira Gandhi- the one only woman prime minister of India - who was assassinated on 31st October., 1984. Also a tribute to the great ever Mahatma Gandhi 🙏  
 
My dad was a terrific follower iofcher ideals n her congress party then... had grown seeing her large vivid portrait of the legend her in our home .. the same pic i had attached (from web)  
 
Some video links on Indira Gandhi I would love to share;  
 
 
https://youtu.be/eyLLwupOXzE?feature=shared  
 
About Indira - a clip  
 
 
 
https://youtu.be/JKAcFjO9HYg?feature=shared  
 
Assassination news clip  
 
 
 
https://youtu.be/XZDBBEuP00I?feature=shared  
 
Her Interview  during her visit to Norway , 1983 I hope  
 
 
 
 
Light love to her Immortal Soul & to you dears xxx