Perverted Wisdom

Perverted Wisdom

 

Born and brought up

in a remote rural setup

in a village  curdled by rivers

inhabited by mostly farmers

other professionals were a few

balancing the life they all together grew.

Later exposed to the world, modern

where professions, caste, and creed do not govern

observe I through my little wisdom.

“Wonderful was then the caste system

distributing jobs with moral and social responsibility

simultaneously giving expertise and exercising authority.

The sensitive element of Lord-assigned responsibility

they as ancestral practice have to discharge with sincerity

Higher or lower in the cast system was never an issue

as each profession was a divine blessing in their view.

Professions supposing the society to thrive on

as supply of milk, jobs on land, wood, cloth, and iron

are taken up as family business over generations

expertise and experiences are passed from fathers to sons.

They are classed such as blacksmiths carpenters and weavers

observed this, I, in my village worked wonders.

Vocations like blacksmith or milkman

is taken up by a man as per his clan

learning the trick of the trade from the father

adding his ingenuity to improve it further.

Caste-based profession

with conflicts and cooperation

associated scenes and persons

acts in synchronism and prevailing traditions.

are absorbed in my wisdom

that yelles positive aspects of the caste system.

Of course the intricacies such as the population explosion

The aspiration of advancing man was not taken into consideration.

Debate is open on this topic

as it dents at a balance of ecology, basic.

In my village, I came across

instead of criticism claiming my kiddos.

But now village turns to towns and thrive into cities

destroying the ecology and creation, that one sees.

All those have stamped on me

over my life those often ponder I.

 

P K Routray

in the service of the Lord