Art,

The matinee show, the evening show and the night showAnd when the hall used to be packedAs for the new picture,The morning show too used to beAnd the operator used to focus from the upstairsOr from the slanting topAnd the visitors used to throw coinsOn the dances,The loafers, labourers or daily visitorsNear the curtain whistling…

Down to the earth,Full of earthly realities,Mirth and gaiety,Search for values,Myth and mysticism,Religion and philosophySeconded with Marxism,Beautifully fused withPractical wisdomLearnt through experienceAnd travelling!

But I think,What have theyAfter casting votes,Using franchise,Giving a mandate?On seeing a conglomerate massOf the half-clothed and the half-fed,Poor and living somehow,I feel it within,What have weFor those struggling masses?Today India is free,We are not under any foreign yoke,We can speak freely,Express as we like,But why is this poverty,Why has it not developed?They are coming…

Doing the ground work,Give a matchTo the sparkAs for Indira’s autocracy and iron will,But to push the nationInto the flames of the civil war,Burning in and outOn brink of the division of societyBetween the backwards and forwards,The reservationists andd anti-reservationistsFighting pitched battles,was it,Was it good for the nation, Jayprakash,Say you?You turned the godfather, the pioneer…

And smilingAs if one under addiction.Love under the stralit skies,Love I, love you,Say, do you love me?Yes, I love you,I want to her from you.And she too smiling perhapsAs can guess aboutAnd prohibiting me from to be a mad loverWith a word of caution,Do not love me so much,Don’t be so much mad,Madly under love!Love…

DreadedAnd tribal vehementlyTaking to far fringeLooking beyond toWith Kewhira, KohimaAs capital,Kohima War Cemetery,Dimapur, Zunheboto,Wokha, Tuensang,Peren, Chumukedima.NagalandThe land of the Nagas,Tribal, aboriginal peoplesDivided by sect, costume and speech,Scattered over the hilly terrains,Green and wild.A hilly state of the tribesAngami, Ao, Chakhesang, Chang, Kachari,Khiamniungan, Konyak, Kuki, Lotha, Phom,Pochury, Rengma, Sangtam, Suni, Yimchunger,Zeme-Liangmai,Distinct in dress, habit, custom and…