Taking cigars
But when short of money
Takes to beedis
And his autobiography
From a cigar man
To a beedi smoker.
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The young maiden in the hijab,
Went nearer to,Stood by herAnd kept marking her.It was love at first sight,Saw and fell in loveWith her.
Peter Handke,
One from Austria,A Catholic from,But why,Why did you get stuck,Stuck intoThe Yugoslavian problem,The Yugoslavian crisisOf Serbia, Bosnia,Croatia, Herzegovina,Macedonia, Montenegro,Slovenia,Ethnic, racial, linguistic,Religious,Prejudiced, hypocritical,Pontifical, biased,Inhuman and unjust?Peter Handke,What was your interest,Interest,Were you amediator,A peace-maker,A peace-keeper,A politicianOr a journalistReporting aboutThe Yugoslav wars,The vested interests of the parties,Multi-ethnic affiliationsAnd prejudicesWreaked havoc, havocIn disintegrating and falling down,Theocratic and sectarian movesBattered,…
Khortha mei bola na,
Sunik accha laage cche,Aapan dehati bhasha sunik!Aaba, aaba aar suna, sunaWu sab kirakamKhortha bolecche!Do speak in Khortha,Will you please,It sounds tuning, listening to,One’s own countryside cowboy rustic dialect!Come, come and hear, hearHow do theySpeak in Khortha!
Why do they keep saying
The menfolk and womenfolkPraying as thus,Blessing as thusThe would-be expecting mothers?God, give her a son,Not a daughterAs the sonThe candle-lightOf the family, the clanAnd to be the father of a daughterIs to be lowly beforeAnd the dowry too matters it?
Miss Selfie
From her smartphone,None but she herselfTakingAnd seeing with wow.
Nagaland,
The hills, cultures and dialectsOf it,I could notNagalad,The land of the NagasCloser to MyanmarJust on the fringe,Edge ofTo slip into passesTo transgressThe borders.