Following me
Like a shadow,
A black photo negative,
A moon under the patches of the skies,
An image penciled and silhouetted.
My purdahwalli bibi,
Burquawalli bibi,
I and she,
She and me
And none,
But we the two
Going the way,
Heart in heart,
Hand in hand
Lest somebody sees it
And raises the eyebrows.
Love for love,
All for love,
Say, who is not?
I have asked for love
From you,
My burquawalli bibi,
My darling, my darling,
I love you, I love you!
By the Dalits or other thanRepresenting,Of the Dalits, for the Dalits, by the DalitsWriting their own history,Their experiences,Thoughts and ideas,Memoirs and recollectionsIn novels, stories, essays, notes,diaries, anecdotes, sketches, poemsLiterature, the literature of Dalits,The DalitsTelling about the compulsions of this life,Narrating untouchabilityIn a diverse multi-ethnic, racial and linguistic societyOf variations,The rigidity of the caste system,Economic ad…
In Pakistan,What it in IndiaAfter the PartitionWhich is but see throughThe eyes of a ZoroastrianThough not a party in betweenDirectly,But indirectly in betweenPersia and old IndiaWhich sheltered the Parsees and it all.Now the question is,Why is Pakistan even nowNot secular,Is it so now?
Lies it the anti-thesisAnd in the anti-thesisThe thesisAs they like toAdmire and appreciateJust the thesis,Not the anti-thesis.
As we cannot compromise withOur hegemony,Our ego and hypocrisyThat men and women are equal,But discriminate we,Torture and torment themTaking for women.For quite a long timeKept we in the burqa,The purdah,The ghunghataFor hiding themAnd calling our own.The womanIf she is not in the houseThe house not a houseYou will understandWhen she will not be.The woman a…
Lost in their love for Krishna,Hare Rama, hare Krishna,Hare Krishna, hare Rama,Rama-Rama, Krishna-KrishnaSinging and dancing,Dancing and singing with love,So much so of devotionThe devotees fromPoland, Germany, Denmark,England, America, Russia,France, Norway, Ukraine.
Why to raise the statueAnd why bring it down?Gandhi should not be forPetty politics,Gandhi too was a man,We should accept it.And those who teach in the varsity,Are they for educationOr for politics?
