‘A girl, as part of the play’s dialogue, spoke
of beating anyone who would ever dare ask her
for her documents with a chappal’. -The Wire
The Emperor has no clothes:
every child knows the story;
our rulers have also learned it—
they understand its great power.
Every child knows the story:
the bully who’s secretly weak;
our rulers have also learned it—
why else charge a school with sedition?
A bully who’s secretly weak,
or wolves or demons disguised;
why else charge a school with sedition?
What do they fear? A chappal?
Wolves or demons disguised,
our rulers know what they’ve hidden.
What do they fear? A chappal—
or unafraid people who speak?
Our rulers know what they’ve hidden;
they understand its great power.
But unafraid people will speak:
The Emperor has no clothes!