Tag: Poem

In someone’s shed in someone else’s arms the boy has slept; he gets up at dawn, kicks the laggard beside him, slings a sack-bag over his shoulder, and out he goes into lanes and filthy alleys. He comes to a corporation dump, stands with clasped hands as if discovering a treasure, turns and wades in;…

Remember me? I am Professor Sheth. Once I taught you geography. Now  I am retired, though my health is good.  My wife died some years back.  By God’s grace, all my children  Are well settled in life.  One is Sales Manager,  One is Bank Manager,  Both have cars.  Other also doing well, though not so…

One day I cursed that mother-fucker God. He just laughed shamelessly. My neighbour – a born-to-the pen Brahman- was shocked. He looked at me with his castor-oil face and said, ‘How can you say such things to the Source of the Indescribable, Qualityless, Formless Juggernaut? Shame on you for trying to catch the dharma-hood in…

be my guest someday, sawarna [high caste hindu].  if you want to feel the pangs of woe come in the guise of an untouchable. see, yonder is the way to our village from the city. avoid that tallest mansion –  our young girls are seduced there customarily. that landlord is the king of our village…