Poem
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Mao to Lama [Poem]
“My mother too was a Buddhist.
Religion is poison.
Motherland will take care of you. “
And dismissed him like an
Uninvited, unliked intruder.
Mao declared thus
His was not a civilising rel…
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Omniscient [Poem]
I have lived without the Vedas
And their knowledge
For centuries.
I can live without the Vedas
And their knowledge
For centuries.
You poured molten lead
Into my ears to prevent me
From l…
![Angry Tears [Poem]](https://i0.wp.com/velivada.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/eklavya-adivasi-e1493268720275.jpg?fit=1024%2C534&ssl=1)
Angry Tears [Poem]
In the train,
Certain Indian
Met the German,
After formal introduction,
Him praised the Indian,
For Swastik and calling Aryan.
Indian talked about Hindu religion
With praiseworthy words,
An…
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The Dog of Hastinapur [Poem]
When the dog barked at Eklavya,
He could have silenced it with a single shot.
But he silenced the barking dog
By filling up its mouth with arrows
Shot one after another
Like an expert archer.
…
Dalit’s Chest – The Launch Pad
Feeling like a rat or a cat,
A dog or a frog,
I lie
Stretched upon a table
Waiting for dissection,
Soon they shall come
With their stethoscopes
Dangling around their necks,
Like the pend…
Waiting
Whenever a Gita Chopra, a Gita Mathur, a Gita Thakur, a Gita Kaul,
A Gita Bannerjee, a Gita Chatterjee,
A Gita Rajput, a Gita Thevar,
A Gita Sharma, a Gita Rajvamshi,
A Gita Krishnamurthy, a G…
Kabir: Pandit, You’ve Got it Wrong
Pandit, look in your heart for knowledge.
Tell me where untouchability
came from, since you believe in it.
Mix red juice, white juice and air–
a body bakes in a body.
As soon as the eight lotu…
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[Poem] Untouchable – Sacrifice of Centuries
He sat there looking into space,
Expressionless;
He did not dare to look at anything specific
Lest he be misunderstood for being arrogant;
He breathed slowly, sparingly
Exhaled …
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Poem – I Don’t Need Your [Temple] Bells
I don’t need your bells
Babasaheb fought…
Fought for my rights as human
I couldn’t ring your temple bells
Your gods gave me just inequality
I couldn’t get water from public wells You…
Savitribai Phule Poems
Savitribai Phule was the first Dalit women, in-fact first women whose poems got noticed in the British Empire. Savitribai Phule was the mother of modern poetry stressing the necessity of English an…