Anhad ka Baaja

We are a predominantly Muslim nation, they are mainly Hindu They face east to pray, we face west We pray to Allah, the only god, they pray to a multitude of idols They say we have occupied PoK, we

If you can  For a moment Put your anthropocentrism On hold and Think of it as  Gaia Shrugging off a virus Then the ones who  Disrupted her processes the most Have had their processes Disrupted the

Shelter in place and Social distancing Are not to Save me from the virus or to Save you from the virus They are to save the collective Us There are no intermediaries No mosquitoes to blame No rats to

Those who think we are over-reacting Would do well To remember the story Of the Chessboard and the King As a reward, the inventor of chess Asked the king for One grain of wheat on the first square

Like cheerleaders at a match The reporters were baying Hanged Hanged Hanged at last Justice at last I hang my head in shame At what happened to the young woman All those years ago I hang my head in

Ranjan, Ranjan, Ranjanda How I wonder what you are Up above the world so high Were you not the C J I? And you are flying higher now In the Upper House: Holy _gau _They say, it’s a _quid pro quo _Why