THE MARCH
Yogesh G. Nair
Our efforts
were
to enact once
again
that
memorable march
and sense the
thrill
that we had
as young
participants
sixty years
ago.
A lot has
changed since then
as we met
in that AC
hall
and watched
fellow
members talking
on
cell-phones with their relatives,
as sons came
to drop
their fathers
in Ford
or Honda
City.
We started
and marched
ahead in groups
of Punjabis,
Bengalis
Madrasis and
Marathis
and had
Dalits,
Muslim in
small group.
We felt sorry
for having
lost
the warmth
of being one
group
besides the
cash, spectacles
shirts and
trust, during halts
at different
villages
during the
nights.