Anhad ka Baaja

On our first day at A new school I met Berzee, Munaf, Nandan Venkatesh, Chitcharan, Jude During recess After What’s your name? We circled warily around Each other Finding out Where someone lived Did

On our first day at A new school I met  Berzee, Munaf, Nandan Venkatesh, Chitcharan, Jude During recess After What’s your name? We circled warily around Each other Finding out Where someone lived Did

I am used to A certain lifestyle They live Like that anyway They always manage Still… I salve my conscience By donating A few thousand rupees To a worthy cause The money that I saved By not having

I am used to A certain lifestyle They live Like that anyway They always manage Still… I salve my conscience By donating A few thousand rupees To a worthy cause The money that I saved By not having

Impunity is a beast That feeds on Lack of accountability Impunity has become A Hydra today Police killings Mobs on the rampage Contempt of court proceedings Criminalising dissent Muzzling poets These

Our opinions are formed Our thoughts mediated By the media (Not by poetry) So August fifth May well go down Not as the day Kashmir was wronged But as the day The wrongs done to Lord Ram Were righted