Bharat ki garib bitia,

Women,Women in Iraq,Women,Women in AfghanistanTalk I, discuss IWomen,Women in India,Women,Women in Pakistan,Women,Women in PalestineTake I to and discuss IWomen,Women in Syria,Women,Women in Lebanon,Women,Women in LibyaTake I and discuss ITheir,Their rights and movements,Their,Their suppression and oppression,How much,How much suppressed and oppressedAre they,TheyWomen,Poor women struggling and sufferingSilently,All but silentlyAs human beings,Human beings,The personae under the veil,The veilWomen,Women,The…

That too not with goatee beards,But with the French-cut beards,With a little bit of on the chin,Suited and bootedAnd in the coat and pants,Rushdie,Sir Salman Rushdie.A book for children, it is for Zafar,Whom he meets after tumultuous timeAnd tells about story-telling,The power of imaginationAs applied by Rashid in telling HarounAbout the gift of the gab,The…

Dance,Gliding the legs,In thrillsShaking the body,LegsI too,TooWant,Want toDance,DanceWelcoming,WelcomingAnd greeting,GreetingThe new yearAs cannot,Cannot keepIn check,Check,I too,TooWant to dance,Dance and rockAs a rock star,A folk star,A super star,A disco dancer,Dancer,A DJ,DJAnnouncingAnd anchoringAnd remixingAs a beat man.

Who are you, yoga-yoginis,Sevadasis and devadasis turned stone,Nautch girls?Under the mystical night thinking I mystically and mythicallyAll about the myths of life and love.

The Engineer Divine,Technician, Skilled FellowWhose Plan And ExecutionIs it allThe Creation,The Workmanship,The Artisan Divine,The Mechanic of the mechanics,The Technician of the technicians,The Engineer of the engineers,The Skilled Fellow of all skills,Manual, electrical, mechanical, electronics,The Operator of the operators,The Machinist of the machinists,The Sculptor of the sculptors,The Artiste of the artistes,The Great Artisan of the artisansAnd…

And place them,I am making meet,Meet the doctors,Indian doctors,Dr.Tulsi,Dr. Lahshun,All with me,You need not worry,Your chronic diseases will fly awayHearing their names!Meet Dr.Tulsi,Prescribing for a tulsi palntInto your courtyard,Dr. Garlic,Prescribing garlicFor germ killing,Dr.NeemFor disinfectionAnd blood refinement,Dr.Awala,Dr.Haritika,Dr.Behera,Packing trifala churna,All doctorsBut without stethoscopes,Herbalists and AyurvedistsAnd nothing more beyond itBelieve you or not!Ghar baithei vaidya,Read the bookletsSpecially writtenOn…