“Preserve the Roots” - By Swaroop Kanwar of BA Final Year

Picture Credit : Special Arrangement 

In the compulsion of fulfilling needs,

In the greed of money,

In the urge to infrastructural development,

Villages turned into polluted urbans.

The essence of rural faded,

And simplicity converted to intricacy.

Cattle rearing on the carpet of grass,

And rambling of people seems endangered.

I remain nostalgic about those nights,

When starry sky was the screen,

The charpoy our theatre seat,

And the cool breeze, the pleasant music.

Under the pressure of development,

Hope we do not destroy the rural pleasure,

Preserve the aesthetic treasure,

And make a balanced urban-rural advancement.