Had we born then,
You would have protested against
The keeping of slaves,
The facts of history exhume you it not
To be reburied,
To dig up the olden graves
Will not be so much good
As think you
It will engage you more
In reburying the dead.
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Jadopatia,
The artist and his pata,Scrolls,Drawn and sketchedOn leavesOr on the wallsAs motifsReflected in,The rock carvings,Stone inscriptionsAs flowers, buds and imagesCarved, engraved,Leaves, flowers, buds,Animals, drums,Men and womenAs simple folk.
A reader of
A therapist,A social activist,Polish-PolishNear the German borders,A writer German not,But a Polish writerOf exotic flora and faunaTelling the tales,Fables,Taking to the PolandOf oracles and soothsaying,Of a herbalist, a naturalist,A primitivist.
When it drizzles, you get drenched in the showers
Wet in downpours, rain showersOf Shravana,The time of drizzling downpour,I saw you silently returning homeFrom my door-step.
In the beginning
Were establishedAnd people used to go notTo those inaccessible, far flung places,The second rate fellowsFrom Bihar, U.P. and other statesUsed to be to,Even the small profile teachersToo used to be the ones joiningAnd after joined the facultyThey used to apply for greater assignmentsIn other states.
Vasant ki cchata dekhne
Vasant ki cchata dekhneVan-pradesh mei,Ek khushbu chaturdik faili huyi,Sugandho se subasit,Tahaniya nayi koplei li huyi,Lal-lal pattiyo se acchadit,Kucch purani pattiyan girati huyi,Dhul udata huya dupahria mei,Koyal kukati huyi,Fulo se kahi-kahi acchadit briksha,Suahari cchabiyan jhalakti huyiBahati falguni hawayon ke sang.To see the beauty of springI to the forest-track,To see the beauty of the springTo the forest-track,A…
A bottle of daru,
Is this all?Daru piyo aur khus raho,Take daru and make merry.Daruman,O Daruman,Daruman not, Darumaster!