India`s National News Paper
From 1878 The Hindu giving the news
18 pages of gains losses and abuse
Earthquakes border wars police action
People helpless seeking protection
The Hindu paper mornings awaited
Impatient if ever late
In Madras began its early days
Readers always willing to pay
100 cities turning smart
Quake zone exodus breaks ones heart
Trade links scams grafts wages
From April third 2015 first page
Photo fest Thrissur Pooram news makers
Gang rape victims skilled workers
Light Metro mass contact hackers
Farmers produce no takers
Jakarta execution WW II memorial
Chikungunia vaccine promise unreal
Rice technology low cost high yield
Chess cricket tennis football taking the field
Fifteen Pooram elephants
Umbrellas shining festoons resplendent
Lead elephant deity bearing
Seven elephants both- sides wearing
Tasseled head dressing
Men paired pompon bearing
Trumpets horns drum beats
For milling crowd a rare treat
All in one day the Hindu covers
Editorials to the paper gives its power
China and India in galloping race
Indo Pakistan relations little to praise
A headline standing out
Ecology being killed without doubt
Expert committee frowns
On policies sure to drown
Striving for impartial news
Always balanced views
For people to decide
Their destiny to provide
The Hindu for the thinking person
Decisions made with good reason
On par with the world`s best
Meeting all the tests
While in India my pleasure
Reading the Hindu at leisure
Editorial and views capture
Me on a daily adventure
M P Prabhakar
30.4.15
PJ
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