The President's Pardon by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai

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The President's Pardon

by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai

Workshop # 17 The long, long wait, Was drawing to a close, The hangman’s noose, was now visible, To his dim vision, As he looked about, In his dark prison; This was his last night, To think over the past, He had mercilessly strangled, His wife to death, In a fit of drunkenness, At her obstinacy, In satisfying his lust, His two children hated him, Never wanted to see him, He repented his past deed, Done in a fit of anger, Anger is a devil, Which could if not controlled, Make one a real devil, He realized it too late, Now all is gone, He has no one, He wished they would hang him, For there is nothing in life to hope, Pitying him, the jailor had applied, For pardon to the President, But nothing happened, At dawn when he was about to be hanged, He did not take much food, They saw him in a gloomy mood, Looking upwards, As if to heaven, All felt pity for him, But nothing could be done for him, The jailor gave the order, To the hangman to proceed, But before the noose was raised, A messenger rushed, Shouting excitedly “Hold! Hold! I have the President’s pardon”; Before a fraction of a second, The prisoner was saved, That was least expected. Justice was triumphant. Workshop # 17 Act! Oh, Goddess of Justice! by G. Venkatesh Advocacy by Dr. Raj Vatsya Against All Odds by Shernaz Wadia Animal Farm Again by T. A. Ramesh Before The Bench by Kamal Wadhwa Blind Justice Symbolism by Rajha Rajesuwari Subhramanium Blind to Hypocrisy by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai Can Justice Reach India’s Toiling Masses? by Dr. Uddipan Mukherjee Coomaraswamy’s Last Stand by Kamal Wadhwa Encounter by Shernaz Wadia Give Humanity A Chance by Rupradha Mookerjee Gizzards by Afanwi Stella How Long, Oh Goddess of Justice! by Dr. Kumarendra Mallick In A World of Big Lies... by N. S. Murty In Defense of A Committed Judiciary by Kamal Wadhwa In(Justice) by Ramesh Anand Is Justice Blind? by Nikhil Sharda Is Justice Humane? by Shibsankar Bagchi Is the Statue of Lady Justice Relevant in India Today? by Ganesh Joshi Just Justice by Dr. Madhavi Godavarthy Justice Delayed: Justice Denied by Bharat B. Trivedi Justice Delivered by Janaki Janar Justice for All by Mukesh Williams Justice in Adversarial System by Dr. Raj Vatsya Justitia Versus Justice by Ramesh Anand Lady Justice by Ramesh Anand Lady Justice’s a Pretty Nice Girl by Dipankar Dasgupta Lost is Our Humanity by Rupradha Mookerjee Miss Justice, a Villanelle by Steve Talbert Mother Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi On Her Blindness by G Swaminathan Order by Dr. Raj Vatsya Reform or Perish by Rajinder Puri Reforming India’s Judiciary by Rajinder Puri Rejoice! by Pavalamani Pragasam Righteousness is Divine ... by Deepak Yadav Self-realization through Internal Justice by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi Shall We? (Tyburn) by Ramesh Anand She Laughs at It! (Senryu) by Ramesh Anand Strength of a Woman by Yogita Tripathi The Lady Justice's Lament by Ramesh Anand The Lady of Justice by Supriya Bhandari The Origins Of Justice by Gaurang Bhatt, MD The President's Pardon by Jayaprakash Raghavan Pillai The Public Prosecutor by Kamal Wadhwa The Social Base by Prof. Siva Prasad Peddi Universal Justice (NONET) by Ramesh Anand Whatsoever (Limerick) by Ramesh Anand Who Am I? by Dr. Shirisha Dabiru Why? by Pavalamani Pragasam

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20-Nov-2010

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