I don’t want the old world, and I don’t want the old order,
I don’t want a world that doesn’t like food-growers, labourers and fodder!
I want a world that favours the marginalised,
I want a world that embraces the lost-sights.
I want the scales to tilt in their favour,
I want them to enjoy the luxuries and flavours.
When life becomes difficult for us, it is always more difficult for them,
Centuries after centuries the story goes the same.
I ask this question –
When everyone is making progress with pride and fame,
Why some are devoid of self-pride and name?
I don’t want the old world, and I don’t want the old order,
I want the scales to tilt in favour of food-grower, labour and fodder!
The times of corona are opening my eyes,
It’s making me look for the meaning of life.
The meaning that’s for me and is for my tribe,
Meaning that changes the definition of life.
Is it possible for us to raise the bar?
And to forget that the marginalised are not too far.
Is it possible for the world to move out of their pyramid?
Or with compassion shatter it, so far forbid.
Is it possible for the world to love the lost-sights?
Is it possible for the world to balance the fights.
I don’t want the old world, and I don’t want the old order,
I want the scales to tilt in favour of food-grower, labour and fodder!
Dr Divya Kirti Gupta is associate professor of management at GITAM (Deemed to be University), Hyderabad. For the last two decades, she has been working in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility and has explored its meaning for individuals, systems and societies. She can be reached via LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/divyakirtigupta
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