-On the first anniversary of the CAA Yesterday evening, as we walked through Kotla Gaon, the clamour of a ragged wedding band mingled with the call to prayer, and for a moment, I swear, two bright sparks lit up the…
Poems about the dark times.
-On the first anniversary of the CAA Yesterday evening, as we walked through Kotla Gaon, the clamour of a ragged wedding band mingled with the call to prayer, and for a moment, I swear, two bright sparks lit up the…
-for Modi, Trump and the rest of us Modi says to Trump:We have a lot in common—we both build big walls. Trump says to Modi:True, my friend, but don’t forget,my wall is bigger! What neither one knows:United, we’ll break walls,…
-after Jeet Thayil First, remember, your job has little to do with homes, and much to do with security. You’ll have to choose: security for whom? If you choose security for the powerful and rich,expect to remain powerful and rich;throw…
Friends, these are confusing times and everywhere I go I hear people using words in confusing ways—it’s like we’re living in some kind of twisted fever dream or a second rate postmodern language poem. In Kashmir, torture has long been…
-for Chandra Shekhar Azad When they finally write the history of how we won this fight, they’ll say the tide turned at Jama Masjid when Chandra Shekhar Azadheld up the constitution, and a photo of Dr. Ambedkar,before leading the charge…
-December 19, 2019 Though we had seen what they’d done to the students, something changed that day in Delhi; the police filled bus after bus with people like us who had come simply to stand for our own rights and…