Anhad ka Baaja

(To be read along with Mann Ki Baat) Big Brother is surely the arch patriarch (Look at what has happened to the matriarch) He wags his finger at all of us And not one dares to make a fuss His

Forests are cut down Biodiversity shrinks Bats lose their habitat Their population dwindles So the virus loses its habitat Looks for greener pastures And lo! it chooses A man from Wuhan Jumps the

We will try anything To defeat this virus Wear masks  To stop it in its tracks Not wear masks So that  The doctors fighting on our behalf Can use them Hijack others’ shipments Of masks To our country

None of our emperors Is wearing clothes Only masks And as the virus Strips off the masks We see them flailing about Naked Ruthless Overbearing Greedy Unsavoury Egoistic Sharks All of them When this

As I wake to The drone of the bees And look out of  Our bedroom window And see the Paradise Flycatcher Darting about It is hard to imagine The hustle and bustle Of the world out there As I wake to

When one handles a snake That has not been identified One would do well To treat it as venomous The comments spewed at my poetry Shows that for now The pen is mightier than the sword But the swords