udit kumar sahoo - the Indian saree

ah! the six yard wonder,
the indian saree,
i shudder to think
without you
India wouldnot have been india.

down the ages,
since pre-historic times
to the present age of skirts and tights,
you are the one
who has wrapped within itself
the soul of india and indianness
and
carried it safe and secure
uptill now

carrier of my civilization,
hills and dales
rivers and shrubs
temples and minarets
all you carry on your
soft and tender body beautiful,

ever since you saved chastity
of a woman from the
rapacious eyes,
you have borne the
burden of keeping alive
the dhama of a deva bhumi
called bharat

i salute you the
six yard wonder.

udit kumar sahoo

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