Who the architects of, how the sentiments
Of the people of the then times,
Bearing the brunt of freedom and post-coloniality
Taking to the theory of nationhood, constitution and statehood
Just like Dream Children by Lamb, The Rising of The Moon by Gregory,
Freedom by Shaw, Shooting of An Elephant by Orwell?
If it is logical and constructive?Take you it not wrongly,Criticism is criticism,Your criticism,My criticism,Criticism of ours it all,There is no life without criticism,But take it not in a right wayAs they know it not.
That instaed of trying to avert the gaze,I could not,I saw her, but took the pains too,is this called love?
What is poetry to me,Sir,What to say aboutIf ask you,How to say?Poetry,Poetry to me isA spectacle of the bhaluwallah,The bear showman,The bandarwallah,I mean the monkey showman,The juggler,The sleight of hand of the Indian juggler.Of yogis, fakirs and sadhakasAnd tantricsFake and real,Astrologers, palmists and horoscope-makersAstrological and astronomical,Who is what,I don’t,Can’t say that,It is betterTo have a…
Sambhu, Bholenath,Aughardani,Mahadeva,Shiva as sadhaka, yogi, fakira,The Sadhaka of the sadhakas,The Yogi of the Yogis,The Fakira of the fakiras.Destroy, destroy the sins,The sins of ours,Har Har Mahadeva,Remove, remove all our sins,Mahadeva, Mahadeva,Adi Deva Shankara,Shiva-Sahnkara,Sambhu!
Charred and smoked,Stoned and broken,Buses, cars and bikes burnt,Damaged and smashed.Is it called protests,Is it protests and demonstrations?
Not a Londonman,But a HindoostaniIn shirt, pants, neck-tie and boots,Not an Englishman,But an Indiaman.
