History’s Haunted Houses.
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Devdasi,
Your placeOf living.Who, who brought youHereLuring you withFalse promises?What, what will youDevdasiLiving withMute gods and goddesses?The temple,The temple not for you,For you, Devdasi.
The woman under the ghunghata,
Behind the curtain,Loot, plunder, rape, violence, bloodshedAnd destruction?What have they for eradicatingPurdah system, child marriage,Sati sysytem?The looters, rapers, invadersCannot be called rulers?
O singer, where lie you,
To sing is your job,Nay to see how the coming generations take them up!
I shall not be able to digest it,
Pablo Neruda,Your communistic poetry,Your communistic poetryThat you a rebel,That you a revolutionary,That you a hardcore communist,A Red on the side,side of Marx, Lenin, StalinAnd MaoYou a communist party member,A central committee member,A Marxist, a Leninist, a Stalinist,A MaoistNeruda,Pablo Neruda.
Kashmir, Kashmir,
Barring politics?India’s interest,Pakistan’s interest,China’s interest,All interests colliding.But if Kashmir is of ll,Why will the pundits be exterminated,Why will Kashmiri pundits?I am happy that Ladakh is free,Justice has been done withShould have been earlier.Ladakh is a Buddhist landWe must respect the sentimentsOf the people.Why talk you about Indian Kashmir,Talk you about Pakistani Kashmir too?Indian Kashmir,Azad Kashmir,But…