Whose creation is this?
Quichotte definitely not there, but Cervantes’ Quixote.
Medieval chivalry not, but spy thrillers done with the brain
Of the protagonist.
Who the Sancho Panza
Telling the story in Salman’s Quichotte?
Who the Alanso Quijano after all in the end?
And who not,It will be betterIf translate we the native literature available into EnglishTo have an ideaOf the history, art and culture of the lands,Unfurrowed and unknownRather than delving into the things in the making,There will be poets in EnglishAnd we shall read them.From the Santhal Parganas of the Jharkhand pleateauTo Darjeeling and KalimpongTo Assam,…
Rarely visibleIn a human form.
HersSitting withAnd looking on with pleasure.
And it would not have served your purposeHad I introduced myself,A no-man I.
Think I,I aboutA woman’s,Woman’s lifeThink I,I about,Keep,Keep I thinking.How had beenShe,How is sheNow,How had she been,How,How is she now,Now?
And this is just for consolation sakeAnd nothing elseAs poetry has a base of its own,It cannot be judged in a lopsided manner,One may continueBut all of a sudden,All cannot be popularAnd literature has nothing to do with popularityAnd godliness.
