Rahul Gandhi - Bharat Jodo Yatra Finale - Bravo Rahul Poem by Bernedita Rosinha Pinto

I salute Rahul Gandhi
for completing his Bharat Jodo Yatra;
and as he graciously stood there in Srinagar
with snow falling on him,
he spoke courteously insisting on India's unity.

He proved himself to be a true son of India
His political background is not illusionary
He descends from the family of Jawaharlal Nehru
His grandmother was Indira Gandhi
His father was late Rajiv Gandhi
his mother is Sonia Gandhi,
his Uncle was late Sanjay Gandhi
his aunt is Maneka
his sister is Priyanka
they all belong to one political hierarchy
they have all dedicated their life for our nation
with a true sense of self-sacrifice
which is so paramount in patriotism.

And as Rahul Gandhi stood there in Srinagar
with the snow falling all over him,
he did not flinch but delivered his speech
with composure and calmness;
that as the people watched him
their eyes flooded with bewilderment
to see such sincerity which was so profound
that only a son of the soil of India
who had ancestry of politics in his bloodline
could keep such allegiance to his nation.

The determination and perseverance,
the magnanimity and the fortitude
that Rahul Gandhi held within his words was amazing;
also he had walked from Kanyakumari to Kashmir
to inspire people that they should join him
to keep India free from corruption and injustice;
and as he walked, he risked his own life
to propel this ideology into the minds of the people.

Yes, he walked from one State to another,
from one city to another
meeting many people all along the way;
he hugged the young and the old
he sat with the poor to eat,
he played with the children so freely
as he covered those many miles on his feet.

And he covered his Bharat Jodo Yatra
with humbleness so vivid all the way along,
he was so full of humanity,
he was so full of simplicity and nationalism,
so full of grit and joie de vivre
that he deserves a salutation
for his invincible will-power and endurance.