In the Age of Intranet

Deserted and left you,Divorced and dumped youHer, a poor womanTo poor destitute,A girl weeping,Sobbing and sighingWith tears into the eyes of hers,Dried on the cheeks,Half-wiped and half-dried,Trying to wipe with her hands,Left to her destinyAnd repenting,Broken-hearted and pained from her within,Unable to stand,Seeking solaceFor peace and a calm resignationTo gain overTo adjust with life and…

Of poet A.K.Ramanujan,Statements tauntingly and twistedThe feats of the poet,We mean the forte,To do the vyangyaAnd to use vakrokti.

Make them knowledgeableWith regard to gender bias,The discrimination against womenThat he is a man,She is woman,That he can do it,She cannot,The boy is the family headWhich but she cannot be?Gender bias,Gender bias,Knew I notNor did I come to feel itBut used to feel aboutThe inhuman discrimination for so long.The male baby is the top priority,The…

Fell uponA woman,A poor womanIn dirty clothesWith two childrenOne seated uponThe floorWhile another suckingThe poor breastOf the poor motherNear the toilet.

Have you the shehnoi?Bismillah,From whom have youLearnt playingThe shehnoi?Why did you stopPlaying itIn the Kashi temple?

Bapu, in your memory,How lost are we!