Coming
With the monkeys
Red-mouthed monkeys
To make them play,
Play the bridal story,
The male monkey playing
The role of bridegroom
Going to marry
And the female monkey sulking,
Bandarwalla powdering
The face of the monkey
With dust
To look handsome-handsome
And sounding the damru
Singing a bridal song
And the male bandar rounding
And rounding
With the rope tied around
His neck.
Mahavihara,The Buddhist university,Centre of education and excellenceMade in the vihara mode,Gurukula patternWith the abbot, guides, preceptorsAnd guardsAt the gorgeous gatesPillared wellAnd toweringAnd the short flight of stepsTaking to the vihara,The hallsAnd the stupa,The prayer hallWith the statue of Buddha,Buddha as Avalokiteshvara,Buddha,Buddha in meditationAnd the cells downwardsHousing the teachers and the disciplesWith the cherished desire ofGetting…
A German beautyWhich but I know it not?
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…
shoulder over shoulderflanking and going,shaking the hands,greeting and dancing.
In Rabindranath Tagore.One with the charkhaRotating itWhile the other without spinning the yarn.
The Indian nation,How the freedom fighters and nationalists,Bigots and zealots,The politicians and leaders,Separatists and religionists?
