Pulling the wool over the eyes

As if portraying infallibility would suffice

To gloat over the fifty six inch chest

Media toes the line at government’s behest

 

Quickly pouncing to avert infiltration attempts

Bravado against western neighbour does tempt

The heart shrinks at the northern frontier

Whilst territorial encroachment, Sino blatantly engineer

 

The premier mouthing denials at the outset,

Later clarifying initial stance, with flaws beset

When domestic outrage seeking reprisal rendered the air

Managing perceptions, the regime thought was fair

 

Withdrawal in Galwan after shifting the boundary,

To make a buffer zone inside Indian Territory

Yet ensconced, building bunkers and observation points

In hot springs and Gogra, to patriotic Indians does disappoint

 

In giving a mile for an inch

The regime does not flinch

Their sloganeering propounds a new order

Perhaps, Wuhan diplomacy extends to the border

 

Let alone pull-back, Chinese refuse to budge

On commitments, they are known to fudge

The Indian Republic buries its head in the sand

In the bargain, ceding chunks of land