Barring politics?
India’s interest,
Pakistan’s interest,
China’s interest,
All interests colliding.
But if Kashmir is of ll,
Why will the pundits be exterminated,
Why will Kashmiri pundits?
I am happy that Ladakh is free,
Justice has been done with
Should have been earlier.
Ladakh is a Buddhist land
We must respect the sentiments
Of the people.
Why talk you about Indian Kashmir,
Talk you about Pakistani Kashmir too?
Indian Kashmir,
Azad Kashmir,
But what azadi is there in?
I do not know it,Where you to go,Where to reach by,How the troubles and tribulationsOf the journey taken by you,On what unknown paths and ways of life,Into which, which lanes and streetsTo pass throughThe crossroads inter crossing each other,The diversions to takeFor reaching home,Hometowns and destinations,A tedious journey undertakenAs a pedestrian,A footman you going,Going on…
And this is the world,Accept you it or not.
The kernel of Chariot of Dreams was sown earlierAnd he wrote it then,But could not publish it for so long.Again, when dusting the racks and shelves,He found the manuscriptAnd he went through it,The work written during his youthAnd he accepted and acknowledged the matter finally.Chariot of Dreams, published in 2002, from BangaloreIs a poem of…
And imaginative,Taking flights into and revelling in.The romantic not in romance-seeking, but in being free from,Uninhibited, not under the bondage of slavery,A man speaking to a man,A man sympathizing with commonly,Freely.A lover of man, birds and beasts,A lover of the woods and the wilds,Solitude and its loveliness,A singer of the hills and the brooks, the…
with customs and conventionsdare you sometimesTo adventure into the realmsof delvinginto sound tracks,wave-lengthsof sound and musicbreaking traditions,singing of love and libertyfreeing from restrictions,that which bind upon,escaping fetters and chainsto be free, freeand liberated,from the life ofghettos and taboos,Saudi maiden,Saudi maidens,yours is a heartthrobbing within,your is a soulfeelingthe heart,Saudi maidens,your song and loveof freedom,how to sing,sing…
How old the creationAnd the universe?
