The fascist beast is feral now
One snarl and
All of us sheep
Are cowed
Those who still dare
Dare to oppose
Dare to speak out
Dare to hold a different viewpoint
Are quickly disposed of
Umar Khalid
Varavara Rao
Anand Teltumbde
Young or old or in-between
Age is no barrier
Nor gender:
Sudha Bharadwaj
And these are lucky to be in prison
Gauri Lankesh
Govind Pansare
Narendra Dabholkar
M M Kalburgi
Are dead
Murdered
Some day all these names
Will figure in
A roll of honour as
India's freedom fighters