If Public Expenditure Were Written as Madhushala

 

If Public Expenditure Were Written as Madhushala

If Harivansh Rai Bachchan were to describe public expenditure, he might not speak in the language of budgets and classifications. Instead, he would turn every fiscal question into a metaphorical cup—each perspective offering a different taste, yet all flowing from the same national treasury. In that spirit, public spending becomes a madhushala of ideas—where accounting, economic impact, growth, responsibility, and flexibility blend into one deeper understanding.

वित्त की मधुशाला

क्यों बाँटें व्यय को खानों में, क्यों दें इतने नाम भला?

एक ही तो है धन-धारा, फिर यह कैसी वर्ग-माला?

पर हर प्रश्न का अपना प्याला, हर दृष्टि की अपनी हाला—

राजकोष की समझ गहरी हो, इसलिए खुलती मधुशाला।

 

अर्थशास्त्री फिर मुस्काए—हस्तांतरण है या सेवा-धारा?

केवल बाँटी आय किसी को, या सृजन ने रूप संवारा?

उत्पादन की लौ जली क्या, या बस बदली थाली-थाला?

प्रभाव का माप यहीं होता, यहीं छलकती मधुशाला।

 

संकट की जब धूप तपे और सूखने लगे हर हाला,

किससे लें फिर राहत का हम, ताज़ा साहस का प्याला?

आत्मनिर्भरता की इस कसौटी पर होता व्यय का उजियाला,

समय की आँच में तपकर ही सिद्ध बनती मधुशाला।

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