Mera Bharat Mahan

January 22, 2009
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I wrote a poem titled  Mera Bharat Mahaan sometime in middle school, and remember submitting it for the school annual magazine. The class teacher pretty much rubbished me,  implying that there was no way i had written the poem myself. (It was that good, apparently!)

I don’t recall the exact poem myself, but here’s a similar version. The poem is in Hindi, so apologies to readers who don’t understand the language.

Translating into English would not recreate the magic, so not doing that for now. If you would like a translated version, drop me a comment.

Here we go - Mera Bharat Mahaan

Hamari sabhyata ka sab karte bakhaan
Duniya bhar mein hai iska gungaan
Ye desh jo hai hum sab ki shaan
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Neta hamare sabse balwaan
Kabhi nahi rukte unke koi kaam
Life mein unko hai poora aaraam
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Aam aadmi ki zindagi sasti
Rookhi sookhi si iski basti
Karna padta ise pet ke liye kaam
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Gandhi ne diya hamen ahinsa ka paath
Humne kaat diye ek doosre ke haath
Bapu ka bas rah gaya naam
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Padosi mulkon se lagatar ghamasan
Dharm ke naam pe marta insaan
Neta hamare ban gaye haiwan
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Hindi Cheeni Bhai Bhai
China ne fir missile chalayi
Shanti ka de diya pramaan
Mera Bharat Kitna Mahaan

Software mein kari tarakki
Pokhran mein dikhayi shakti
Uda diya humne Chandrayaan
Mera Bharat Mahaan

Naye yug mein jagrati aayi
Bhartiyon mein rashtriyata samaayi
Desh ka badhne laga sammaan
Mera Bharat really Mahaan

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33 Responses to “ Mera Bharat Mahan ”

  1. Vijay on January 22, 2009 at 11:23 pm

    Very nice and very apt… no wonder your teacher did not believe you..this is excellent !!

    • IRCTC Train Timings on March 3, 2011 at 7:09 pm

      Very nice dude ;)

    • shyam on April 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm

      thx

  2. me singh on January 23, 2009 at 9:08 am

    :)

  3. lata on January 23, 2009 at 9:29 am

    so at last u did manage to get ur poem published.congrats.Well done,keep it up.

  4. Reema on January 23, 2009 at 9:49 am

    Bahut Badhiya!!

    • shyam on April 11, 2011 at 3:55 pm

      nice

  5. Dinesh on January 23, 2009 at 11:06 am

    Very nice. But are you saying that our leaders are wrestlers (Balwaan) !!!

  6. rambhai.com on January 23, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    Mera Bharat Mahaan…

    Mera Bharat Mahaan! Tribute to our great nation….

  7. Oxy on January 23, 2009 at 12:41 pm

    Lol, I can imagine you as kiddo writing this so enthusiastically … How old r u by the way??? Lol.. :)

  8. amreekandesi on January 23, 2009 at 1:40 pm

    @Vijay, @Me Singh, @Lata and @Reema - Thanks for the appreciation

    @Dinesh - Thanks. Balwaan just means powerful, but sure, politics in India is much like a wrestling game.

    @Oxy - Welcome to Amreekandesi!

    How old am i? Here’s two clues:

    1. If Ramalinga Raju is convicted and gets to spend a decade in jail, then when he comes out he will be twice as old as me one year less than half that time from now.
    2. Seven years ago my age was equal to the number of months emergency lasted in India, circa Indira Gandhi.

  9. some body on January 23, 2009 at 10:30 pm

    you need to sue isro for copyright violation on chandrayaan. would’ve worked wonders in the land of the (atlanta) braves.

    - s.b.

    p.s.: i wonder if that is why oxy was asking your age :-). how old is raju now? ;-)

  10. some body on January 23, 2009 at 10:31 pm

    hey! i like that feature giving me 10 minutes to take back any weird comments i made…

    - s.b.

  11. Shivya on January 24, 2009 at 1:51 pm

    Whoa! I’m not surprised the teacher didn’t believe you. I still didnt understand some words! I think I’m starting to believe that writing poetry in hindi is quite a talent, one that i clearly don’t possess! Great stuff :D

    • shyam on April 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

      yes i support to u

  12. Mysoul on January 25, 2009 at 1:20 am

    Nicely done. I can understand why the teachers wouldnt believe… :). Now that last stanza, I want that for a reality… but first we need to really look at what all the development means to a common man and also learn more about Atma-samaan and swa-abhiman before others give us Samaan..

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  14. amreekandesi on January 26, 2009 at 1:52 am

    @somebody - Welcome to Amreekandesi! Well, i did not write this exact same poem 15 years back. I wrote it this week, so ISRO has no reason to fear me!
    And yes, that is a cool feature i added some time back…comes in handy in case you want to correct some typos or html errors, or just change the comment!

    @Shivya - Thanks for the appreciation!

    @Mysoul - Thanks. I too am hoping to see a growing sense of nationalism. Only when we respect ourselves can we expect the world to take us seriously.

  15. rahul on January 26, 2009 at 10:55 am

    awesome..even i don’t think you have written it yourself!!!!

  16. prerna on January 27, 2009 at 11:09 pm

    You can’t blame the teacher, the poem is too good to be written by someone in middle school.

  17. amit on January 28, 2009 at 12:38 pm

    //Hindi Cheeni Bhai Bhai
    China ne fir missile chalayi
    :lol:
    Bahut Badhiya!!!

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  19. shambhu nath on March 2, 2009 at 4:05 am

    Doha: Jay netaa gan raj niti ke

    Tumko karoo pranaam

    Tumhi vidhataa anyayee ke

    Karo chaapluso kaam

    Chaupayee: Jay atyachaar ke netaa gan

    Tum mohe ho sab ke man

    Sab chamacho ki karo bhalayee

    We chaahe jitani kare buarayee

    Unhe aanch na aane paaye

    Tumhari kurshi bhale hijaaye

    Bhrathachaar me tum aage ho

    Awgun kari ke dhaage ho

    Ghapla jhagra tum karwaate

    Sahi jano ko yoo marwaate

    Rajniti ke bane pujari

    Tum toshi ki karo rakhwari

    Jurm karwaane me mahir ho

    Chor uchakkoo me shamil ho

    Dhanya-dhanya bharat ke veer

    Bholi janata pe maro teer

    Kya kurshi ka khail nirala

    Hardam odhe raho dushala

    Paiso ki tumako bhookh lagee hai

    Baimani ki peer jagi hai

    Kab tak aise chalegaa kaam

    Ek din hogaa satyanash

    Tab hath jor kar nahi bacho ge

    Sab dekhe ge tum jald pisoge

    Doha: Bhagwan aisi bya chala do

    Atyachaar ho jaaye kam

    Rajniti ke baimano ka

    Fir bharat me ho na janm

    • vishnu on January 9, 2012 at 6:45 pm

      wow so nice and brilliant poem it should be published too!!!!!!!!

  20. chella on March 7, 2009 at 9:18 am

    Dear sir
    I am trying to get some poems (original ) for submission in orkut for a dear frieinds rememberance day …..would you be kind enough to provide me with the english translation for this ….i couldnt understand much …but i loooved what i did understand …please
    thank you x

  21. anand on May 23, 2009 at 4:34 am

    100 me 99.99 beimaan…. fir bhi mera bharat mahan

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  23. ankita on June 9, 2010 at 12:28 pm

    really really nice!!i wish even i could write such realistic poems

  24. ankita on June 9, 2010 at 12:29 pm

    really rally nice!!!* wish even i could write such realistic poems like u.

  25. Ashish Deodhar on September 9, 2010 at 10:15 pm

    Hey Amreekandesi

    Nice one. Just stumbled upon your blog and liked it. Keep up the good work.

    Cheers!
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  26. RAMAN on May 7, 2012 at 5:16 pm

    not bad

  27. khyaati on July 20, 2014 at 8:35 am

    Excuse me.. apka name kya hai.. mai is poem ko apni speech me bolna chahti hun lekin humari teacher kehti hai ki kisiki poem nahi churani chahiye aur gar likhen to usse puch ke

  28. atharva on March 4, 2015 at 3:13 pm

    kallu pagla aadmi….nahi nahi aaaurat haiii

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