The poem revolves around the fear of speaking the truth out loud in a polarised country.
Tag: communalism
Big Brother’s Minions
'Who is the victim? Who the perpetrator of the crime? Answers to these questions are turned on their head.'
Arundhati Roy on Things that Can and Cannot Be Said: The Dismantling of the World as We Know It
Solidarity, speaking up for others is more important than ever. But that too has become a perilous activity, says the acclaimed writer.
Revelation 6:9
A poem on the Gyanvapi verdict and Siddique Kappan's two year-long incarceration.
What Mohan Bhagwat’s Visit to a Madrasa Tells Us About the RSS
Can we now expect the RSS chief to back the idea of multi-religious primers for all school students – especially texts which set out the fundamental precepts and beliefs …
Communal Virus Injected into Diaspora, and the Culture is Growing
Incidents like the violence in Leicester are only going to increase and spread elsewhere unless local governments take decisive action.
Have We Lost?
A poem written on feeling disillusioned by everything that is happening around the world.
Faith Is a Thing of Wonder
A poem on the complexity of sustaining faith in the face of violence caused by the same.
A Nation Gone Berserk
Written in response to a general decline of civil rights in India in the name of abstract ideologies and the vicious cycle of justifying one act of excess by …
Uncertain Futures
Poem about the uncertainty of what happens when we leave the sheltered walls of our schools, an uncertainty constantly aggravated by the current state of the country.