We are proud, proud and arrogant
with pixel smiles and keyboard miracles
having no one to amuse, but deceive.

We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we wear Marx and Tagore as lapels
to celebrate our shorn heritage.

We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we scribe verses against the corrupt,
and accept bribes as civil servants.

We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we protest against bottled pesticides;
we stock Coke bottles for birthdays.

We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we turn the pages of holy texts
like reading gossip magazines.

We are proud, proud and arrogant;
we wear Van Heusen and Gucci;
we approve ladies only in five yard silk.

We are proud, proud and arrogant
pumping blood to drive swanky cars
conniving with law whores and MNCs.

We are proud, proud and arrogant.

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