They all gather round the man in his seventies
Who is on a fast-unto-death against the muck:
I hear the flutter of a change in the spring wind!
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(Written on 6.4.2011 in honour of the social activist Anna Hazare, for his fast against corruption at Jantar Mantar, New Delhi.)
Sunil Uniyal
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