Leaders not,
Ministers,
State-level not,
Central.
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Badarwalla,
ComingWith the monkeysRed-mouthed monkeysTo make them play,Play the bridal story,The male monkey playingThe role of bridegroomGoing to marryAnd the female monkey sulking,Bandarwalla powderingThe face of the monkeyWith dustTo look handsome-handsomeAnd sounding the damruSinging a bridal songAnd the male bandar roundingAnd roundingWith the rope tied aroundHis neck.
The conservatives and the orthodox,
Purdahwallis,The oldie profs ofGender studies,Now the bobbies taking overFrom them.
Can
Live lonely?
What is that gives Gandhi
What is that makes GandhigiriA resolution and an application?Gandhi had been Gandhi,But what is thatMade him famous for?Certainly it was not his education,But Gandhigiri.Gandhi in the vest and loinclothOr in dhoti and the shawl,That is chadar,Proposing not and disposing,Opposing silentlyWith the resistanceTo oppose at any cost.Demanding swarajya,Going through savinay avageya,Freedom from the BritishThrough sit-ins,Peaceful resolutionsAnd…
Even a photograph of his is not there
To which he donatedHis lands,What sort of institution is that,Who do run it,Say you?How their senseOf obligation and loyaltiesAnd acknowledgement?
Pink-necked green parrots
From the peepul treeThe parrotsGreen-greenAnd pink-ring necked.