HINDUSTAN: an acrostic--award winner

HINDUSTAN: an acrostic


Hindustan or India
Is a country unique.
Shining democracy is
The characteristic
Of this billion plus nation,
Rising as a power.
Yes, a real tower.



• Written as an acrostic around the word HISTORY
• Written as per 7-6-7-6 syllabic format and abcb dee rhyme scheme.
• Awarded second prize in the “Monthly Acrostic Poetry Contest” contest, "Invalid Item" , Round 29, hosted by NanoWriMo2018 Into the Earth , on the prompt—“ HISTORY”, where the writer had to describe “Anything you deem historically significant”.



M C Gupta
17 November 2009