Category: Politics

  • We All Should Dream Of An Ideal World

    A marathon poem on how I feel an ideal world should be. Here goes the content: We all should dream of an ideal world Certainly, can our ideas be bold For instance, there should be no police It’s the public who should have the choice To decide the punishment any criminal should be awarded The…

  • You Are My Main Motivator

    Never, can I stop writing poems; about the simply outstanding novelist, poet, translator, academic, truly intersectional feminist and anti-caste activist, Dr. Meena Kandasamy – here goes yet another one: You are my main motivator One of the best writers And an even better poetess Not to mention, one of the most fearless activists You is…

  • 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…