‘My nation’: Poem by Aadrija Mitra, Apeejay School, Nerul 

Listen to the poem here:

My nation is my pride
She is my strength, my light,
My only joy, my only love
My heart will cherish her, till I die.

I shed a tear for the martyrs
Who made our nation so safe,
And all people who raise a gun at our mother
Do it with utmost fear.
Betraying her will be like
Not breathing for an hour’s time,
Honouring her with glory will be like
Drinking the potion of eternal life.

In her grace, my heart is tied
Her spirit walks with me beside
Through every storm, in every fight,
My nation’s love is my guiding light.