See the face-cutting.
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SmilingFrom the goggles,Dark sunglasses,Memsahebs.
The Saga of The Dark Daughter
In the dark hamletsOblivious of her nondescript fate,An untold sagaOf poverty, hunger and underdevelopment,Misrule, malnutrition, illiteracy and superstition.On Seeing A Foreigner GirlThough I want to view her often,But find her not,A foreigner girl,Looking exquisitely beautiful,Dwelling farFrom across the seas,She of a different culture and clime,Sitting by the seashoreAnd I dreaming from hereThough view I her…
Why to install the bust of
To foment unrest,Isn’t it a political moveTo disturb the peaceOf the campus?If have to install, install the statues ofLove Guru, Left Guru, DJ,Global Man, Bohemian Man,Not of some great saint of IndiaAs they are love birds, love fellows,Leftists, rebels and revolutionaries.
Even after India’s freedom,
Why are women, widows and childrenIn a neglected stateEven after the tryst with destinyLiberated from the shackles of slavery?
The world has changed,
The World has,But the fanatic has notThe same fanatic, the same peopleConservative and orthodoxPeoplePeopling the world,Readying for a war.
Even if one flips and fleets the pages of Bare Face
One will find the same bare face of the poet,The same unchanged Mahapatra.His imagery whatever be that finally takes toHis utter lapsing into the realms ofNothingness, existentialism and nihilismAnd the poet appears to be bewildered.Instead of giving aesthetic pleasure, the poet tasksThe brain,With his pictures of the dowry deaths, gender prejudice,Domestic violence and bruises and…