{"id":5114,"date":"2009-02-12T15:15:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-12T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/?p=5114"},"modified":"2022-01-28T15:16:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-28T09:46:33","slug":"travails-of-dcracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swatisani.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/12\/travails-of-dcracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Travails of D&#8217;Cracy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Romanced by great Indians, by our Mahatma conceived,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lady D\u2019Cracy by others has been cheated and deceived.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Lady has become the rich and powerful Indian\u2019s keep,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born 15<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;of August 1947, her status today makes me weep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her adoring but naive suitors have been fooled and ravaged,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her beauty, her ideals, her concerns torn apart and savaged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every 5 years there has been a chance to set the things right,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Restore D\u2019Cracy to her rightful status, ensure a destiny bright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But her innocent and foolish fans, they have ignorantly slept,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst corrupt fingers on her pure innocent soul have crept.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This time around, we all must wake up and stop her plunder,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Realise that to leave her in corrupt hands would be a blunder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Romanced by great Indians, by our Mahatma conceived, Lady D\u2019Cracy by others has been cheated and deceived. 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