Amidst the euphoric discourse of hope and achievement in the Nehruvian era, one poet stood out and questioned the eulogistic praises showered upon the Indian Republic. The poet could clearly see how in this newly free state democracy was only a political arrangement, ideas of wealth and material progress dominated the social and cultural lives of the people, a schizophrenic attitude- modernity in the public life and orthodoxies and rituals in the private domain- was rampantly spreading all across the national life. The poet deconstructed the myth of national pride and presented a significantly strong counter-narrative, a cultural critic of the postcolonial nation building process, which largely marginalized the poet, the rebel and various such voices which could not contribute to the material and scientific advancement of the nation.