A drunk man and a drunk woman.
Two theatre artistes
Talking in drunken capers
So close and so histrionic in life.
It was midnight full of the stray dogs barking elsewhere,
The bazaar was wearing a deserted and lonely look
And the camps were abuzz with retreating.
And under the canopy and the avenues of the skies,
The artistes were talking in whispers,
But were drunk.
Nathu La,Since whenHas it beenConnecting Sikkim with Tibet,India with ChinaAnd passing through it,Where to land in TibetWhere the route goingAnd what townsPeopled by the speakersOf what-what languages?The silk routeThrough they used to come to IndiaAnd Sikkim with commoditiesTo give and takeJourneying itOn the mulesAnd the lines of mulesUsed to dot the areas.-,A major corridor of…
Doing the ground work,Give a matchTo the sparkAs for Indira’s autocracy and iron will,But to push the nationInto the flames of the civil war,Burning in and outOn brink of the division of societyBetween the backwards and forwards,The reservationists andd anti-reservationistsFighting pitched battles,was it,Was it good for the nation, Jayprakash,Say you?You turned the godfather, the pioneer…
How to readMind,The mind of man,How to,How?What does your mindSay to,What does my mindTell it?Try to read itAnd say youAfter studying it.But it is difficult,Difficult to be a readerOf heart, heartAs all cannotThose who have hearts can onlyThe hearts of manWhich but requiresAffection, sympathy and love.It is easy to be a reader of psychology,Man and…
Jazz lyrics.
How to sayWas hegood,Was he bad?Gandhi the man,Gandhi the politician,Gandhi the great man,I could not know it,I could not judge it.
Or a visionaryOr a dreamer?
