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O Lallu, how long will you go enacting
A countryside villainIn Indian cinemaSpeaking in Bhojpuri,firing with an unlicensed revolver,Sending the henchmen,Doing the role of a rustic politician,Not a good man,But a very bad man!Lallu, think not yourself a hero,A zero are you in reality,A goonda,Blunt and bogus and dullFrom a very uncultured family,You, Blackie, I mean Kallu.
Without seeing Kashi,
Shiva as sadhaka,As MaheshwaraInto the jyotirlingas,How to say about,How to peruse itA poem of the mythical contextAnd delving,A poem mystical but endowed withShiva-sadhna,Shiva, Shiva, Shiva,All but Shiva,Shiva, Shiva, Shiva,Shiva I, I Shiva,Shiva, Shiva, I, I,I Shiva, Shiva I?What is Shiva? ,Who is Shankara? ,Who Shiva-Shankara? ,The poem born out of Shiva-sadhnaIs a poem of dhyan-yoga,Samadhi,The…
What is it tradition?
What it in individual talent?What the objectivity of art?Personality to impersonality,Subjectivity to objectivity in art,The journey, the progression from it.What is poetry?How is it written?The art of the poet,The technique of writing poetry,Is he going classical?As tradition is carried forwardMaintaining standard and poise.
Bharat ki garib bitia,
Mei rota hun,Tu etana garib kyon?Bharat ki garib bitiaFatei-chitei kapado mei.India’s poor daughter,After seeing youWeep I,Why are you so poor?India’s poor daughter childIn torn clothes, rags.
Dalit poetry,
The fisherman working all daylong,From early in the morning,Casting nets,Catching fishAnd putting into the weal.Dalit poetry,Found I in the cobbler’s home,Working from dawn to dusk,Doing the leather workAt the city centreOr the town squareBy the footpathOr on the platform,Polishing the boots.Dalit poetry,Found I in viewing the gipsy girls,Ill-clad and ill-clothed,Asking for almsInto the train bogies,Holding…
Me Lord,
They still love you here,But seeing their love,I wonder,Why are they in India,Why do they not goTo Egypt, Turkey, IranAnd beyond?