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Tamil Nadu, Our Free-Land! [1]

by S. P. Udayakumar, 8 February 2011

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February 8, 2011

Welcome y’all to our Fatherland!
- We proudly call it the Free-Land.
- Where most things are handed down free,
- And only luxuries may cost a small fee.

More fantasized Utopian dreams,
- Marx trio shouted proletariat screams;
- Mao, many others around the world
- Marvelous ideas for liberation hurled.

- Come to our Free-Land, Come here, Thee!
- Witness the revolution no one could see!
- Civic bodies hand out free uniforms,
- Free this, free that in many more forms.

A former chief, “Revolutionary Leaderâ€
- Even gave us all free tooth powder.
- They give free geometry boxes and stationery,
- Free sanitary napkins to girls and dictionary.

They give free bus passes and brand new bike,
- So pupils have choices: sell ‘em and hike.
- Free rice, free spice; women sing ‘what a loot!’
- Fathers booze all day and don’t even give a hoot.

Kamaraj gave free mid-day meal,
- So he could pangs of hunger heal.
- And lure the poor kids to read and write
- So their lives can be set quite right.

Now they give free eggs and free fruits,
- Free dhoti, saree and free packet foods,
- Free TV, stove and gas, and even SIMs
- And loot ‘em in the name of free schemes.

Welcome y’all to our Fatherland!
- We proudly call it the Free-Land.
- Where life is free, full of glee
- A few things are charged a fee.

For birth certificate, cough up 2K;
- For a conductor job, hand ‘em 200K;
- Bridegroom for a girl cost 20,000K;
- Everything else is free, OKAY?

Our land is given away to the MNCs,
- Our sea vandalized by army Sinhalese.
- Tamil men drown themselves in alcohol
- And our womenfolk lost in the overhaul.

Our youth, our children and our future
- Rely on political freebies for nurture.
- They’d rather hand a fish and keep a hold
- Lest our people stand up and be bold.

Welcome y’all to our Fatherland!
- We proudly call it the Free-Land.

[1] “Free geometry boxes, stationery for students,†The Hindu, January 8, 2011

http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/article1064548.ece