Category: Politics

  • A Tribute To Dr. Meena Kandasamy

    Yet another poem dedicated to my role model Dr. Meena Kandasamy, one of the best authors, poets, translators, academics, feminists and anti-caste activists in India. Here goes the content: You is it, whom I think of When everything seems to be off You are the driving force Behind my resilience When my back is up…

  • The Allrounder Who Has Stolen My Heart

    One of many poems I take pleasure in writing; about the amazing author, poet, translator, academic, intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist, Dr. Meena Kandasamy. Here goes the content: You are like a breath of fresh air In a toxic concrete jungle Never, do you bungle Because, you are the star Which lights up an otherwise…

  • I Stand For Palestine

    My latest poem on the horrifying genocide taking place in Palestine. Here goes the content: I stand for Palestine Though I am not a Palestinian Or even an Arab, for that matter My heart really shatters And my blood boils When the so-called country of Israel kills Tens of thousands of innocents A fucking gargantuan…

  • Thou Art A Great Soul

    I just cannot stop waxing eloquent about my idol Meena Kandasamy; award-winning author, poet, translator, academic and anti-caste activist. Here goes another poem: Thou art a great soul I respect you above all Because, really are you an allrounder A poet and a writer An academic and a translator A truly intersectional feminist And last…

  • You Inspire Me Like No Other

    Poem dedicated to one of my role models – the amazing author, poet, translator, academic, fierce intersectional feminist and revolutionary anti-caste activist Meena Kandasamy. Here is the content: You inspire me like no other A brilliant poet and author A raging intersectional feminist And a compassionate anti-caste activist Thou art the Princess of the Indian…

  • We Have Had Enough

    A poem denouncing the ongoing genocide of the Palestinians, by the terrorist state of Israel. Here is the content: We have had enough Enough of your terrorism Enough of your baseless accusations of anti-Semitism Enough of your constant lies For which thousands of innocents have been forced to pay the price Enough of your playing…

  • Of India, Why Are We So Proud?

    I am not proud of my country India and there are many reasons for that; which I will list in the poem below: Of India, why are we so proud? From the rooftops, do we shout “India! India! India!” Is India truly such a great country? Constantly on my mind, is this query Of India,…

  • The Real India

    I was prompted to write this poem after a mass conversion of 10000 Bahujans to Buddhism, led by Dr. Rajratna Ambedkar, the great-grandnephew of Dr. B.R.Ambedkar, and organised by Rajendra Pal Gautam, Delhi Cabinet Minister (himself a Buddhist); was targeted by BJP, Congress and casteist media channels as “anti-Hindu” and “spreading hate”. A police complaint…

  • Are There No Depths To Which We Can’t Sink?

    I heard a shocking piece of news today; a woman had her throat slit in Gadag, Karnataka; just because she converted from Hinduism to Islam. Hence, I decided to write this poem; because, I feel I am responsible in some way – being born in a privileged upper middle class Tamil Brahmin family. Some of…

  • Does Independence Day Truly Matter?

    The first political poem I’m writing in 1.5 years. The content is not completely original; some of the information comes from two of the greatest books that have changed Indian society in many ways – “Annihilation of Caste” by Babasaheb Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and “Hatred In The Belly” by Ambedkar Age Collective. Here goes the…