Poetry for the G20

Kabir with Namdeva, Raidas and Pipaji — Wikimedia Commons (National Museum, New Delhi)

This year India holds the presidency of the G20, and is hosting high-level diplomatic and ministerial meetings which are now in full swing. The theme of this Indian presidency is the Sanskrit phrase “वसुधैव कुटुम्बकम्” taken from the Mahā Upanishad, or, in English, it is ‘One Earth, One Family, One Future’. Referencing this theme, the Prime Minister of India writes -

“If humans were inherently selfish, what would explain the…