Harping on this particular day
I am almost in the center of the play
as the trend all the way
calls for a celebration in the sway
I, unable to get along in the fray
pull back from the gay
that goes along with the day
which was not found before in my country
but came into force with the British
coming into my land with a wish
and an intention to do trade
they did great transactions
took control of the land in course
left after much effort and struggle
by my countrymen and leaders
with a bag full of riches
a plunder so to say
leaving behind a practice
alien to this ancient country
that being an expression of joy
with a pomp and splendour
not known to my people
who lived an austere life
adhering to rituals and rites
chanting mantras and slokas
a tradition going beyond the ages
now getting decimated by unwanted extremes
that of ostentation exhibiting a glare.