Gandhiji - as seen by Kailasam

 Into a bare handful of bone and skin
 Pour just an ounce of flesh and blood;
 Put in a heart love-full as sea in flood,
 Likewise a mind profound and free from sin;
 Fix on two jumbo ears, two goo-goo eyes;
 Paint on a smile of babe at mother's crest
 And speaks with tongue which honey's sweet defies;
 The "stuffing"? goat"s milk soya beans and dates!
 Now, cover to brim with suffering human's tears
 And bake this dish in goal for umpteen years:
 Take out and "garnish" it with pariah mates;
 Wrap up in rags, prop up with lithe bamboo
 And serve: The World Redeemer: OUR BAPOO!!!

© Manohar Grunth Mala

Portrait of T.P. Kailasam
Kailasam was great Kannada humorist and writer. From Manohara Grintha Mala Collection

See Also:
• The Poem in T.P. Kailasm's Handwriting
• Mahatma Gandhi Album