What is this mad-mad race for modernity and modernism,

Of Garhwali Himalayas,Nanda DeviFlaming red,Looking crimson in sunlightAfire,Crimson,Red and glowing,Catching fire,Radiant with the glow,How to take to,Take to and describe?Nanda Devi,Bliss-giving GoddessThe peak named as thus,The protector-goddess of Uttarakhand,The circle of high mountainsSurrounding it,Nanda, SunandaIn Kumaon-GrahwalWith the villagesScattered and littered overBy the lower ranges.Nanda Devi,The highest point,The highest peak,The abode of Nanda,Nanda Devi,The peak glowing,Reddening,Looking…

If you have to say,Say youShowing groundsOf your study.But say you notHe was anti-African,Anti-Dalit.I accept it Gandhi was bad,But say,Say you,Are you good?

We admire and appreciate it notTo meddle in others’ affairsAlwaysAs the situation is volatileWith respect to North KoreaWhich they must unerstand.

Keeping areas under strict supervision and vigil,Who comes from where, who goes where,Deputing men and women,Putting on an espionage missionAs for the domestic purposes,Blood-thirsty, power-hungry,With the hands on the trigger,Ready to wage a war on the democrats,Yea, the muscle-flexing comrades and cadres,The power men dealing with power,May give life, may take lifeAs for power-keeping,Keeping the…

And you will come to markMy sadness and fine mood writ over,Which you will humBut I shall not be.

A Movement man,A pessimistDull and drearyAnd drab,Lost and bewildered,Monotonous and tasteless,An iconoclast, an idol-breaker,A nihilist, an existentialist,An agnostic, an atheist.