Is a subspecies of the wild cat
But clouded and in patches
Over its leather.
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Instead of searching for new poets in English,
And who not,It will be betterIf translate we the native literature available into EnglishTo have an ideaOf the history, art and culture of the lands,Unfurrowed and unknownRather than delving into the things in the making,There will be poets in EnglishAnd we shall read them.From the Santhal Parganas of the Jharkhand pleateauTo Darjeeling and KalimpongTo Assam,…
Bhagabati, how difficult is it to know Her,
The Eternal Inspiration,The Maternal Power,Unknown, Unseen and Unknowable,Birthless and Undetermined!
Today am
TomorrowI may not.This isMy lifeAs I haveKnown it.
They had been,
After Indian Independence,Had it been so,We would not have torturedFor dowry.Poor India’sPoor talesPoliticians understood it not,Just went on doing politics.
I see no difference in between
As both of them appear to be political activistsAnd pamphleteersRather than literary men,Bringing literatureCloser to political scienceRather than literature.
History of the States,
Who came from where,Who settled whereAnd how,None knows it the historyOf the land, native Americas,Just keeps about saying colonial historyOf settlement and domicile.