Anhad ka Baaja

Double, double, toil and trouble Fire burn and cauldron bubble Might is right and foul is fair The cauldron is filling with hot air Sell the trains to raise some dough PSUs are great leaven, don’t

Justice delayed is justice denied There is no denying that. We cannot keep saying  Habeas Corpus writs are pending. Justice pending is justice denied We need to file a  Writ of Habeas Kashmir In the

That self-interest is the Holy Grail We find in all its starkness today As all the world is silent as Kashmir is silenced We knew it was true When there was silence for the Yemenis When there was

Positions are taken And words are spoken Both For and Against With a certain shrillness If only we could think That the other Is like us Very much like us Only, on the other side of the fence We may

Lock up the young men Lock up the old Frighten the fearful Frighten the bold Call out the army Smother all dissent This is the way we  Manufacture consent Censor the free press Beat up some chotus

Travelling to Bhavani for a wedding The conversation naturally turned To other weddings My parents’ wedding in Coimbatore Which the groom’s father attended as a small boy The groom’s uncle’s wedding