For Future Generations
Randhir Thiyam *
Elections?
They're five-year love affairs with politicians
who ghost you the day after the honeymoon.
But your generation?
That's forever — or it should be.
If you keep trading the future for campaign flags and photo-ops,
don’t act surprised when the future unfollows you.
You think voting is change?
Cool.
But real change doesn't wear a rosette —
it digs deep,
starts at home,
and bleeds into the bones of the land.
If you don’t love your generation enough to fight for it,
your generation will fade —
not in headlines,
but in silence.
So zoom out:
Don’t just think like a voter.
Think like an ancestor.
Love yourself — not your curated feed,
but your raw, real self.
Love your community — not only during crisis.
Love your people — even when it’s not trending.
Then — and only then —
can you love your motherland without faking it.
That's when we save the future —
Not through elections.
Through evolution.
That’s when we save Kangleipak —
Not on polling day,
but every day after.
* Poem written by Randhir Thiyam for The Sangai Express
This poem was webcasted on 03 April 2026 .
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