I am a mosquito thriving in a tropical country br We, mosquitoes, feel highly disturbed br By the crusade against us br Attempts are always on to eradicate us br br The reason quoted is that br We propagate diseases br You say we spread malaria, encephalitis br And so many others including the disabling polio br br You learned people know that br We have not created any of them br br But it so happens when we suck blood from any of you br The disease causing pathogen comes along with the blood br And it is passed on to another person, if we go for his or her blood br You will admit we are not really the culprit br But the person who has already hosted the disease causing agent br Blame him or her, not us br br You have not protected your own people from an infection br But conveniently pass the blame on innocent and silent blood suckers br br A lot of research is going on in br Arriving at the most effective repellent against us br And in most of the tropical countries br Night through your own people are inhaling br The repellent laden air br We wonder in this process your own folks will end up br With new health disorders with the ingestion of br These newly discovered repellent chemicals br And you will not hesitate to blame us br For this mishap created by your own researchers br br Keep it only with you that br We are also developing resistance to most of these repellents br And soon none of them will work against us br Leaving you all to sleep in fools’ paradise br br Instead of chasing us br Chase out the disease-causing agent br And if still not possible br Protect yourself against being stung by us br With rightly designed physical barriers br Never go for chemical means to drive us out br Not only you will fail, you may end up with new disorders br br Mosquito=bite free good nightbr br Bashyam Narayananbr br