The destruction

Poetry Corner

Anvi Thakur

Updated At : 06:00 AM Apr 25, 2025 IST

The persistent toxicity

Has turned the blue seas dun.

All sea life runs to safety

For the destruction has now begun.

Rivers are hiding

From the sun’s cruel regard.

The rays pierce down and the wind beats hard

Stars turn invisible

From the clouds of smoke.

The heavens are now

Veiling with a smoky cloak.

With every blow from the axe

The tree cries and pleads.

But the woodcutter thinks it’s okay

Because the tree doesn’t bleed.

But the reason

That the world’s a mess

Is all because of the fact

That man is so reckless

The world has now

Nowhere to go

Where man has become

His brother’s foe.

We can’t just sit

And pretend to not care.

For the pain this destruction brings

We won’t be able to bear.

The Tribune, now published from Chandigarh, started publication on February 2, 1881, in Lahore (now in Pakistan). It was started by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as trustees.

The Tribune, the largest selling English daily in North India, publishes news and views without any bias or prejudice of any kind. Restraint and moderation, rather than agitational language and partisanship, are the hallmarks of the newspaper. It is an independent newspaper in the real sense of the term.

The Tribune has two sister publications, Punjabi Tribune (in Punjabi) and Dainik Tribune (in Hindi).

Remembering Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia

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