The leper

 India has its lepers
Untouchables on the streets
Castes by the corner
Prejudice by the kerb
Bitterness in the market
Death in dwellings
Hate and ostracism
Suffering in silences
Inequality and inhumanity

Of those who show prejudice

Who judge and jury
Who throw words as knives
Who kick the street beggar
Who trample the women
Who steal from the needy
Who murder and pillage
Who bring nightmares
through the village
And hatred through lies

Who judges is judged
Who points is pointed
Who hits is slain
Who lies is then cut
upon tongue
And who has caste
Is caste themselves

India has its lepers
Untouchables on the streets everywhere..