Category: Violence

  • Who Stands With Palestine?

    This is the first sonnet I am writing and it is dedicated to the people of Palestine: Who stands with Palestine? The whole world, insane Turning a blind eye to evil An epic fail For social justice And of course, peace For God’s sake, a genocide is going on You all letting it happen! It’s…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • We have watched and watched

    This is a poem on the ongoing farmer struggle in India; which has involved a lot of police brutality – including the arrest and sexual torture of young Trade Union activist Nodeep Kaur by the Haryana police; all because she showed support to the farmers and demanded the unpaid wages of 300 workers in Kundli.…

  • Why I am not proud of the new India

    I have always been proud to be an Indian, partly because my childhood has been largely happy; apart from bullying which I experienced when I was around 9-10 years old. I am blessed to have a supportive family and relatives, and thus a good environment to grow in. However, I have also been sheltered by…

  • I am an angry Indian

    I am an angry Indian There are many reasons But silence I cannot maintain I dare you to call it treason People are being lynched Minorities are being targeted Voices are being silenced Rationalists are being eliminated Patriotism is being forced Sexism is getting enhanced This is not my India This is more like China…

  • America’s unhealthy obsession with guns

    Easter is a happy day right? A time to celebrate and get together surely? However, in USA (precisely Chicago) this year, it was a rather dark and gloomy day – marked by bangs, bloodbath, screaming, pain and death – as 2 people were killed and 43 wounded in a plethora of shootings over the weekend. http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2017/04/17/easter-weekend-shootings-gun-violence/ …